Follow up letter: The latest in the Deon Jakari Affair

Subject: Your Libellous Review of My Client

Dear Sir,

I am frankly appalled by your continued refusal to reply to me and retract the scandalous falsehoods you published about my client, Mr. Deon Jakari. Your so-called “review” is nothing more than a hatchet job, dripping with elitist sneering and a blatant disregard for the cultural revolution currently taking place on TikTok.

Let me make this perfectly clear: Deon is not merely a “cultural commentator”—he is a cultural architect. His short-form video on “Why the Mona Lisa Would Be Fitter With Sunglasses” reached 4.8 million views in 24 hours. That’s more people than will set foot in the Louvre this year.

You dismiss his Panini football sticker collection as somehow inferior to the works in a gallery. Well, has a gallery ever released a limited-edition holographic Zinedine Zidane? Furthermore, each of Deon’s football binders is accompanied by a playlist from the year of the tournament and a scented candle carefully chosen to evoke the “aesthetic” of that tournament. If that is not curatorial excellence, I don’t know what is.

I am therefore putting you on notice: unless a full apology is issued within 48 hours, I will have no choice but to escalate this issue, giving the truth to some of Deon’s TikTok friends. They have many millions of followers. We will also be considering a Change.org petition entitled “Justice for Deon.”

I urge you to reconsider your position before you find yourself on the wrong side of history—or worse, trending for the wrong reasons.

Yours in fury,

Coral Vincetti

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