One of the festival attendees who was the subject of many tweets was Liao, who admitted to stealing beds and peeing on mattresses on the first night of the festival.
He addressed his actions on Instagram after the documentary’s release, writing, “People are upset with me, and I understand why – I definitely didn’t come across well in the film given the way it was cut.”
He then proceeded to give “background” on why he and his friends did this, claiming the tents were empty anyway.
“People spread rumors about locals wielding machetes, tents and stands being set on fire, and rabid dogs roaming the site (all of which was later revealed to be false),” he wrote. “On film, I was laughing when telling the story, but in reality, at Fyre, we were panicked. What I was laughing about on film was the fact the absurdity of the whole situation in retrospect. @chris_smith knows this 🙂 i was laughing the entire hours and a half I was being interviewed in recalling the pandemonium and ridiculous things everyone was doing.”
He then posted a link to Rolle’s GoFundMe campaign in his bio. He went on to be the head of business development for Pulse Lab and BlockMedx, and was also a film producer in conjunction with Vice Media, according to his Linkedin. (Vice Media produced the Netflix doc.)
