Echo Park restaurant manager fired after scolding gay actor for kissing date – CBS Los Angeles
An Echo Park restaurant manager who reportedly scolded a gay actor for kissing his date is now out of a job.
The employee was fired after actor Drew Droege took to social media to describe what he says happened to him during a dinner date at El Compadre in Echo Park earlier this week.
Droege says he and his date were enjoying the evening when he says “I was reprimanded by a manager for kissing another man and told ‘this is a family restaurant’ and ‘we don’t allow that behavior here.'”
Wednesday night on Instagram, El Compadre issued a statement which reads in part: “We want to sincerely apologize for the actions of our manager … This is not representative of our core values at El Compadre. The manager has been terminated.”
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