Ahh look who I met? @JulieGichuru All’s well that ends well. pic.twitter.com/b3iAA7FWaq
— Richard Quest (@richardquest) October 27, 2018
CNN Journalist Richard Quest and Kenya’s media personality, Julie Gichuru seem to have made up after a Twitter exchange that where Julie tweeted something quoting Quest.
The American journalist however, came out to say that he never at any one point said anything like that even though he agreed with the ‘sentiments.’
Ahh Julie…. a nice pic and sentiment. But I never actually said that! (Even though I am having a very good visit)
— Richard Quest (@richardquest) October 25, 2018
Julie has since apologized for misquoting the CNN journalist but KOT are not the most forgiving.
Ok, I am fanning out right now @richardquest 😳🤗😆
Pole sana Richard, thought it was a real quote 😅 challenges of the digital era.
Enjoy Kenya, it is Magical ❤❤❤😁😁😁— Julie Gichuru (@JulieGichuru) October 25, 2018
The two apparently bumped into each other at the Nairobi National Park.
Lovely to bump into you.
Serendipity 🤗🤗🤗
Enjoy Nairobi National Park 👍👍👍— Julie Gichuru (@JulieGichuru) October 27, 2018
“Lovely to bump into you…” said Julie Gichuru in a tweet to Richard Quest.
Quest and Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala were at the Nairobi National Park this morning where the CS Balala hosted the CNN journalist for a bush breakfast.
Kenyan on Twitter have not bought the ‘we bumped into each other story’ saying that it all looked rehearsed.
😂😂😂 pure rehearsal to launder the damage pic.twitter.com/FZ1g6aVlMF
— Billgrahams (@billgrahams1) October 27, 2018
All this dramatization will not erase the fact that she was spreading fake news.
— ndinya john (@jndinya) October 27, 2018
Look , there was a cameraman all along ??
— Ranger ✳️ (@FredDaktari) October 27, 2018
Well Stage Managed ..!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Kelvin Kangethe (@KelvinKangethe) October 27, 2018
Global PR meets fake local PR.
Truce.— Antivocative. (@geonal) October 27, 2018
Julie Gichuru has since been trolled by Netizens for spreading false information. Richard Quest on the other had has been in the country in preparation for the historic Kenya Airways inaugural direct Kenya to US flight that will take off tomorrow, 28th October.
This new dawn will mark the beginning of the daily direct flights between Kenya and the United States that is set to put Kenya on the map and make it a hub for East Africa. The ‘Quest Means Business’ will go live from Kenya tomorrow as Richard Quest and other dignitaries led by President Kenyatta will fly direct to the US for the first time in history.
Do you think the embrace between Quest and Julie was genuine or just another PR stunt?