‘Who Else Did You Call?’: White California Gym Manager Texts Black Woman to Accuse Her of Stealing Ring from Studio, Forced to Eat His Words After Video Proves Him Wrong

A viral video showing a manager at a fitness studio in California accusing a Black woman of theft has drawn a wave of backlash online. TikTok user @syduniversoul recently posted recordings of her dispute with the manager and franchise owner of a HOTWORX gym in Belmont, California, after she was accused of stealing a woman’s ring after a Pilates class. According to @syduniversoul, the manager texted her claiming that surveillance footage caught her stealing the ring while she was in the studio’s locker room. Hotworkx manager is facing backlash after being accused of racially profiling a Black woman at a gym (Credit: @syduniversoul/TikTok) When she shows up to the studio with her friends, the manager plays the security video showing her near a cubby in the locker room where the gym member reportedly kept her ring and states that she was the only other person recorded standing near that cubby on the day the ring went missing. “I’m trying to get this lady’s ring, that’s all,” says the manager as an explanation for his actions. “Why did you go back in?” he asks as they view the video footage together. “Who else did you call about this ring?” he’s asked....