DJ Fresh

Yesterday DJ Fresh tweeted the following regarding a suicidal cousin of his: “Attention seeking person i know says ‘i just tried to kill myself’… would it be ‘wrong’ to send them 5 ways that WILL work? #SOselfish”.

He also called his cousin “a suicidal brat”. This has upset a lot of people, including the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) and the following Twitter conversation took place between them:

DJ Fresh: “Attention seeking person i know says ‘i just tried to kill myself’… would it be ‘wrong’ to send them 5 ways that WILL work? #SOselfish”

SADAG: “1.Not attention seeking, a cry for help. 2.Would u give ur kids those same 5ways if they said that to u? Disappointed@ that tweet”.

DJ Fresh: “Attention seeker… i KNOW them… YOU DONT … go thru this drill every single yr… including all possible ‘interventions’ …”

SADAG: “we DO go through it…about 400 suicidal calls EVERYDAY. They keep threatened because they need help. They will do it oneday.”

DJ Fresh: “It is a spoilt brat that does this so they have shit go their way evry yr end… all interventions tried! maybe help them “out” now.”

DJ Fresh: “i REPEAT: this person is NOT suicidal… they “cry wolf” to get shit go their way at home!! hence an gatvol”

As news of this broke in the mainstream media this morning, Fresh felt the need to send another tweet to SADAG, saying:

[Source: Channel24]