THIS is the bizarre moment a raging French billionaire turned up for a fight with an online troll in a Lidl car park.
Xavier Niel, one of the country’s richest men, was seen shouting “I’m here! I’m waiting for you” as a response to a post that called him for a “one-against-one” fight outside the Lidl store in Marseille.
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Mr Niel, who owns the Free Telecoms group, was challenged by an X/Twitter user who wrote in a post: “Xavier Niel I hate you I propose a one-v-one in front of the Lidl on Rue Sainte in Marseille.”
The user explained that he was experiencing an extremely low internet speed on Niel’s Free internet service which hampered their experience of playing Call of Duty – a first-person shooting game that requires a stable intent connection.
Mr Niel was in Marseille for a conference on artificial intelligence when he posted the video.
Standing outside of the same Lidl store he was challenged to turn up to outside of Lidl, he said: “I’m here! I’m waiting for you!
“Where are you, come on! Do you want to meet in the car park?”
Fuego 7 then responded to Mr Niel on X, declining the billionaire’s offer of a brawl.
In all capitals, the social media user wrote: “No sorry I was joking,” before adding: “I would have liked to but 34.2 temperature plus stomach ache plus headache sorry I give up.”
Lidl’s social media team also joined in with the exchange, posting: “Please come and get the gentleman who has been tweeting since this morning in front of the store on Rue Sainte in Marseille.”
Mr Niel is known as something of an eccentric figure in France, The Telegraph reports.
He became a billionaire at the age of 24 his company Free introduced a singular set-top box that offered customers services like internet, telephone and television packed in one product.
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