Friday 13th February 2015 by Andy Morris Contributor

Diplo apologises for his 'trollish tendencies' after Twitter Gif fight

Following the producer using a gif by Rebecca Mock

Diplo's tweets over stolen gif anger Geoff Barrow

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Following an unpleasant Twitter altercation with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow over misogynistic tweets, Diplo has apologised to a cartoonist whose work he used without permission.

Earlier this week, Diplo used a gif by Brooklyn cartoonist Rebecca Mock without her approval. When she called him out on it the prodocuer responded, “I credited her what u want me to do? Eat her out and massage her boobs at the same time as well?”. He deleted the tweet but after being alerted by a tweet from Fact magazine, Geoff Barrow then got involved.

When Barrow mentioned his objections to the comments Diplo tweeted "I pray to the Lord that I don't become a salty asshole when I'm irrelevant." Barrow refused to take the bait, tweeting back. "Think what you will of me it doesn't matter. I just hope that young people don't think what you said tonight is OK."

While the pair traded blows, Diplo accused the Portishead producer of having "lost his way". Barrow responded: "na man I feel like a 16 yo kid making music for the first time ever.. Couldn't give a monkeys & Couldn't be happier thanks."

Following a storm of social media protest, Diplo has now apologised for his actions “@rebeccamock sorry if i hurt your feelings, or trivialize your art… so maybe I was posting music I’m working on.. i used a gif… found out later that u made said gif… and then u said it was hard to reach me on twitter.

“But out of respect for you (you were polite enough in your correspondence) i saved the snapchat to my phone and posted it on instagram but this time i said the gif was made by you and added your name.. something i never seen done on any spontaneous vine/instagram or snapchat posts…

“Do i have time for every piece of art in my studio to be credited on every medium of social media.. actually i don’t.. maybe i need an intern.”

He continued: “I’m sorry i have trollish tendencies on the internet and i like to fight with people.. if your friends and “supporters” hadn’t attacked me we could have probably shared some correspondence maybe even worked on something together … but when people attack me i tend to s**t on each and every one of them because thats just what i do.. I’m sorry thats my nature…

“i wasn’t selling it (the image) or making a profit over it.. i put it up on my instagram because that’s all i could do to make people aware that it was yours.. if you would like me to delete it i will. Was i an a**hole? yes.. probably.”

Things now appear to have calmed down, but Diplo still manages to spend his studio time, mocking the media's interest in the gif war.

Following fans tweeting him things such as "you are the nickleback of electronic" and "you can steal all my gifs and fuck me for them in return", Diplo resorted to quoting Kanye to sum up his feelings right now.