Sean Kingston apologises after his Facebook page mocks teen with Asperger's syndrome who was beaten by bullies

By Paul Chavez for MailOnline

Published: 20:52 EST, 9 July 2015 | Updated: 02:11 EST, 10 July 2015

Sean Kingston apologised on Thursday after his Facebook page mocked a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome who recently was beaten by bullies.

The 25-year-old insisted he wasn't behind the post, and tweeted: 'Just wanna apologize to Gavin and his family... My Facebook is not run by me!!... This is the 2nd time something like this happened'

He added: 'And it hurts.. Cause anyone and anybody that knows me know I'm far from that type of person... So from now on I'll post my own stuff.. Bless.' 

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Bad tip: Sean Kingston in a Facebook posting on Thursday mocked a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome who was recently beaten by a group of bullies in Illinois

Bad tip: Sean Kingston in a Facebook posting on Thursday mocked a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome who was recently beaten by a group of bullies in Illinois

The Jamaican rapper had posted a link to an article about recent Illinois high school graduate Gavin Joseph who was beaten by a group of teenagers for spending most of his time alone.

'Tip of the day: If you start a fight, You better know how to fight or this will be happen! Pic#4 is insane! Ha!,' the rapper wrote above an image of Gavin with a badly bruised and swollen right eye.  

The backlash was swift and severe as commentators took the Eenie Meenie singer to task for his insensitive comment.

One commentator wrote: '#readbeforeyoupost moron, no wonder your career is down the drain'. 

Immediate backlash: Sean, shown in December in Los Angeles, was swiftly criticised for his offensive post

Immediate backlash: Sean, shown in December in Los Angeles, was swiftly criticised for his offensive post

Another pundit posted: 'Really stupid tip, coming from a really stupid person'. 

'How About You Read The Story First SEAN KINGSTON, Before You Start To Make Stupid Comments!!!!,' read another comment.

A representative for the rapper, real name Kisean Anderson, said the Beautiful Girls singer did not read the story about Gavin, according to an article by TMZ.

The rep said that Sean has an outside vendor who runs his social media. 

Savagely attacked: Gavin was beaten last month by a group of teenage boys for being different

Savagely attacked: Gavin was beaten last month by a group of teenage boys for being different

Social media vendor: Sean, shown celebrating his 25th birthday in February in Los Angeles, did not read the article about Gavin before an outside vendor posted the offending message

Social media vendor: Sean, shown celebrating his 25th birthday in February in Los Angeles, did not read the article about Gavin before an outside vendor posted the offending message

The vendor admitted to TMZ that they did not read the whole post about Gavin and believed they were 'sending a message that it wasn't cool to pick on autistic kids because they'll fight back.'

After being told that Gavin didn't fight back, the vendor replied, 'We messed up.'

The posting seemed out of character with other Facebook messages on Sean's page, including pearls of wisdom such as: 'To find yourself, think for yourself' and 'Things won't get better until you make them better.'

Sean has previously collaborated with Justin Bieber and has been working on his fourth studio album. 

Dynamic duoe: Sean is shown performing with Justin Bieber in December 2010 in New York City following their collaboration on the song Eenie Meenie

Dynamic duoe: Sean is shown performing with Justin Bieber in December 2010 in New York City following their collaboration on the song Eenie Meenie

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