Bezos briefly makes eye contact before ignoring the question. As he continues to walk toward his car, the other diner shouts behind him: “Hey Jeff, nice lazy eye! I wish money could fix that.”
While the man in the video appears to be Bezos, his identity has not been officially confirmed.
According to The Daily Dot, the video was posted on TikTok by user @bat_rat_im_all_that twice but was removed by the platform both times, allegedly for violating the platform’s policies against “bullying.”
It’s unclear when exactly the video was filmed, but it has found recent popularity on Reddit, where it’s received over 800 comments in less than 12 hours. Many expressed support for the two hecklers, emphasizing their frustrations with Bezos—the richest man on Earth at the time of writing, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaire list. “Eat the rich,” wrote one blunt Redditor.
However, the replies were also flooded with users who took issue with the insults directed at Bezos. The “lazy eye” comment was particularly contentious, as some people felt it was unnecessary to target his physical appearance.
“I’m all for bashing Jeff Bezos but I don’t like bashing peoples [sic] physical appearance, only the choices they make,” commented one user.
“This man is the richest person [on Earth] built on suffering and almost every reply is about shaming the middle class girl. Guaranteed many of those are paid users,” reads one response, referring to the harsh backlash to the heckler’s comment.
