The social media star faced backlash when he spoke about immigration in Ireland.
Garron Noone has returned to social media after receiving backlash for speaking about immigration in Ireland.
The Mayo influencer deactivated his accounts last week after he spoke out about immigration and Conor McGregor’s White House visit.
The creator, who has 1.7 million followers on Instagram, spoke in the video about immgration in Ireland and state that ‘there absolutely is an immigration issue in Ireland’.
Furthermore, he said the systems in place in Ireland were being ‘taken advantage of’.
While Garron made it clear doesn’t support McGregor or think he is a ‘good person’, he said it doesn’t surprise him ‘in the least’ to see people agreeing with McGregor’s views.
The comedian and singer received heavy backlash on the matter, with people labelling him anti-immigration and far right.
He uploaded a video to TikTok and Instagram Reels last night saying he ‘stands by what [he] said’.
“I needed to take a few days away, there was a lot of stuff happening online as I’m sure many of you know.
“I just couldn’t stop myself you know looking at it, and engaging with it, and it wasn’t productive for me, and I think anything I’d said it response to it would be purely based on emotion.”
Garron said he decided that removing himself and clearing his head was the best thing to do in the situation.
He went on to acknowledge that some of his points were ‘too vague’ and ‘too open to interpretation’, saying he could have communicated it better.
“I absolutely should be held accountable for that, I have a very large platform and the things I say get out to a lot of people and if they’re poorly communicated people should absolutely criticise me now, then, and they should criticise me in the future for that,” he added.
The online personality denied claims that he was anti-immigrant or part of the far right movement.
“I’m sure some of you seen some of the far right people who were misappropriating what I was saying and using it to bolster their own agenda, which was obviously absolutely horrifying to me and last thing I would want,” he explained.
He continued to say that while most understood what he was trying to say, the backlash was very personal and something he had never experienced on such a large scale.
Additionally, Garron stated that he ‘never aligned with Conor McGregor’, and he tried to do the ‘opposite’.
He began the video by saying it was ‘the last time’ he would speak on the matter.
Garron did not take back what he said, and said he does believe towns and cities in Ireland are becoming ‘much less safe’, but said there are ‘many, many factors’ to this.
“There is a lot of anti-social behaviour being unaddressed, there’s a lot of problems with drugs, the types of drugs have changed, there’s many, many factors as to why people are feeling more unsafe,” said Garron.
He concluded: “Denying the reality that people have these concerns is leaving a massive vacuum open for people like Conor McGregor to come in and occupy, and spread messages that I know you don’t want him to spread, that was the point of my video and I stand by that.”
