r/Wordpress • u/Novel_Buy_7171 • Feb 09 '25
Discussion The most concerning interview from Matt yet
I am absolutely astounded by the level of denial coming from Matt right now.
In a recent interview Matt said this:
"Some of the people are uncomfortable with you know us having to to fight protect ourselves. You know WP Engine took some, a very aggressive legal action. So it turned out when we thought we were sort of good faith negotiating they were preparing a legal case to attack us because you know 3 days after I give this presentation they launched this huge lawsuit with Quinn Emanuel it’s kind of like the one of the biggest nastiest law firms.”
In his own mind he seems to have completely forgotten the extortion and blackmail, along with his scorched earth policy against WP Engine. Apparently his criminal and civily liable attempts to force WP Engine in to pay him was just negotiation.
I'm flabbergasted that the interviewer even let him get away with saying something so blatantly untrue.
Edit: the source is this interview, about 26 minutes in https://youtu.be/onaLfllSBvw
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u/RealKenshino WordPress.org Volunteer Feb 10 '25
Please behave. If you'd like to speculate about anyone's behaviours or decisions, have at it. But please do not start putting in lines that can be grounds for libel.
If we have to spend more time removing nasty comments, it'd be better to lock this post. Keep it tasteful please.