Guess who won’t be rushing home to South Africa any time soon?

It’s your man Adam Catzavelos, because the 39-year-old is planning on laying low in Greece for a while. That’s according to his father, George, who is busy trying to weather the storm from his son’s repulsive video.

With Adam’s official apology having failed to win anyone over, the fallout for the Catzavelos family continues.

George spoke with News24:

“All I can say is that the whole storm has changed our families’ lives for the worse, in a blink of an eye. All of a sudden, we are all lepers. Nobody wants to be associated with us, and our family business is ruined. We had to permanently close our doors.”

Following Catzavelos’ racist remarks, made as part of a video he posted of himself on a beach in Greece using the k-word, the Catzavelos family business, St George’s Fine Foods, saw a number of companies they work with terminate their contracts.

The wheels have well and truly come off, with another of the family’s businesses, The Smokehouse and Grill in Braamfontein, also closing.

As we have already mentioned, some of Adam’s family members are now living in fear, with death threats having come their way.

Times LIVE with this:

“This week while I was at my dad’s house the telephone rang. When dad answered the person on the other end said he was coming to kill him,” said Adam’s elder brother, Nic.

“We are terrified. I have never been afraid living in my country before. Now when I walk to my mother’s house 800m away from my home, I look over my shoulder. We are living in fear.”

…Nic said it was difficult to tell if the threats to their lives were real.

“It’s hard to ignore what has been said. We have had to place our parents in a place of safety. We fear for our kids when they have to return to school, although staff have been supportive.”

Nic said there was no way to prepare for something like this.

“In the space of four days our lives have disintegrated.”

At least he fronted up when asked whether or not his brother was racist:

Asked if his brother was a racist, Nic said: “He made a video that is obscenely racist, which speaks for itself. There is no way the video could be taken out of context. You cannot wrap this up in cotton wool.”

With St. Johns, the school that Adam’s sons attend, having banned Adam from setting foot on school grounds, the fallout has also affected his children:

An emotional Nic said the toll on the family was immense.

“Our parents are shell-shocked. My mother this week told me we will never have a Sunday lunch or a Christmas as a whole unit ever again. Adam’s wife Kelly and his kids are totally devastated and embarrassed.

“My kids, who were born post-apartheid and who have friends of all races, are devastated. They have not been raised like this and cannot understand how someone they love could say something like this. We told them the truth, that Adam has done a terrible thing, which was hurtful to people, which will create major difficulties.”

Adam has been booted from the family businesses, and the family are trying to use the opportunity to make some form of amends to their employees:

He said Adam’s company shares had been taken from him and would be put into a trust for the company’s staff.

“It’s the little we as a family can do to make amends.”

Just another reminder that being a racist piece of shit can have dire consequences for everyone around you.

A quick note about stories like this – they tend to bring the worst humans out of the woodwork.

Take this comment on our original Adam Catzavelos story last week:

In case you can’t see that, it’s a charming chap called Pieter asking for the name of the beach that Adam so enjoyed, so he too can go there.

A look at some of his other recent comments shows that Pieter should probably join Adam over in Greece:

Whilst some of the email address remains ‘starred out’, we can see that the domain is calibreservices.co.za.

That would be this business right here. If you’re wondering what they do, they spell terribly:

Hey, Pieter, go ahead and join Adam in Greece, pal. Pretty sure nobody this side is going to miss you.

[sources:news24&timeslive]