NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA: The stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding, who went missing with the Titan submersible, recently went online to flirt with an OnlyFans model as rescuers raced against time to find the vessel. Harding, 58, is one of the five crew members who could be trapped 12,000 feet underwater on OceanGate's Titan submersible that went missing on a dive to see the famous Titanic wreck.
Harding’s stepson Brian Szasz took to Twitter on Wednesday, January 21, 2023, to send a raunchy reply to OnlyFans model Brea. The model posted a racy image of herself in a skimpy black thonged bikini alongside to cheeky caption, "Can I sit on u." Szasz, who has been quite active on social media since his stepdad’s disappearance, enthusiastically retweeted Brea’s sultry post with the caption, "Yes please!" along with an emoji surrounded by hearts.
Szasz’s flirtatious post came just a few minutes after he asked followers to “please keep my family in your prayers.” His post was soon called out by eagle-eyed followers, who slammed him for flirting with the model amid an extensive search to find his stepdad, according to New York Post.
'You supposed to be at the house, sad'
Szasz has deleted his Twitter account as a result of the criticism. Earlier this week, he received another furious backlash after he made a post about attending a gig for the punk rockers in San Diego. Sharing a snap of him beside the band's official merchandise stand, Brian wrote, "It might be distasteful being here but my family would want me to be at the blink-182 show as it's my favorite band and music helps me in difficult times!"
He attended the concert on Monday, June 19, the same day, when the Titan sub carrying his stepfather and four other members went missing off the North American coast in the Atlantic.
While Szasz knew it would gain attention, he perhaps didn't expect to be called out by Cardi B for his actions. The ‘WAP’ hitmaker, 30, called his action "crazy" and said she believes he should have stayed home to pray for his missing stepfather.
“People is like, ‘Um, well, what is he supposed to do? Be sad at the house? Is he supposed to go look for him himself?’ Yes,” Cardi said in a video uploaded to her Instagram Story. She then continued, “You supposed to be at the house, sad. You supposed to be crying for me. You are supposed to be right next to the phone waiting to hear any updates about me. You supposed to be consoling your mom and s*** (sic).”
Crew members had 24 hours of oxygen supply left
Apart from Harding, the other tourists onboard the missing submersible include French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistan millionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman. The titanium-made submersible was launched around 4 am on Sunday, June 18, but lost communication with its mothership MV Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes into the two-hour descent. An extensive search operation has been launched to rescue the Titan as experts believe the five missing passengers just have 24 hours of oxygen supply left inside the vessel.
