Restaurant Owner Caught In Social Media Firestorm After Anti-Twerking Rant

The owner of the Dallas restaurant True Kitchen & Kocktails is going viral after being caught on video telling diners to stop twerking.

A Twitter video shows Kevin Kelley yelling in the middle of his busy eatery on Sunday.

"I invested a lot of money into buying this building, into developing this concept, so Black people can have somewhere nice to go to, OK? Somewhere where we can feel good about ourselves,” Kelley said. "Somewhere where our people can feel good about ourselves as a culture, OK?

No, no, real talk. So all this twerking and s--t, take it to Prime, take it to Pink, don’t bring it here because we’re a restaurant."

***Warning: Strong language***

The booty shaking allegedly started when the restaurant's DJ played Lil Ronny MothaF's "Circle."

Kelley defended himself on social media by saying that patrons were dancing on the furniture and he told them multiple times to stop before the viral outburst.

"A customer stood on her seat, placed her hands against the glass windows and began to twerk. My immediate reaction was this woman could fall through this window and we could be the target of a lawsuit if she is injured. My second reaction was enough is enough," Kelley wrote on Instagram.

Kelley has since apologized for his "poor choice of wording," but Twitter is clapping back on the restaurateur for creating a club-like atmosphere.

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