{"id":6233,"date":"2026-08-03T17:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:38:21","slug":"modest-mouse-sidelines-guitarist-who-allegedly-sent-explicit-dm-to-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=6233","title":{"rendered":"Modest Mouse sidelines guitarist who allegedly sent explicit DM to teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Modest Mouse has sidelined guitarist Simon O\u2019Connor amid allegations he\u2019d sent a sexually explicit, racially overtoned image to a teen, though he insisted it was all a big misunderstanding, while admitting a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=6231\">Firefighters injured after massive fire hits Foster City apartment complex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon O\u2019Connor will not be joining us on the upcoming tour,\u201d the Pacific Northwest indie rock band announced Friday on social media after a young female fan publicized racy DMs she said she\u2019d received on the verge of her 17th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSIMON calls your bluff,\u201d O\u2019Connor wrote, followed by a photo meme of a naked, dark-skinned male body builder whose private parts were hidden behind a smiley face sticker, then added, \u201cSorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teen replied, \u201cit\u2019s all good,\u201d assuming he\u2019d been hacked and complimenting his music, but O\u2019Connor said no, that her bikini photos and a \u201cparty night\u201d were the culprits. She advised him to \u201cget some sleep,\u201d and O\u2019Connor replied with a salute \u2014 then apparently attempted to have the last word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you did blindside me with a gaggle of likes and then very little intro besides bikini pics, so we are both to blame,\u201d he wrote. In the next screenshot, that had disappeared and been replaced with, \u201cI did it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=6230\">Fremont police investigating $2.32 million home burglary, and culprits may use spy cams to pick new victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor, 42, on Monday tried to explain that he thought he was dealing with a longtime prankster who had dogged him \u201cthroughout my adult life\u201d but had realized his mistake a few minutes later, unsent the messages and cut off communication. He apologized to the fan and copped to exercising \u201cpoor judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Modest Mouse replaced him with Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav, labeling the move a \u201ctour update\u201d without giving a reason. It was not clear Monday whether O\u2019Connor, who joined the band in 2021 and played on its latest album \u201cAn Eraser and a Maze,\u201d was permanently out.<\/p>\n<p>The Modest Mouse tour kicks off in Ojai, California, on Tuesday and runs through Jan. 18 of next year. The band will play New York City\u2019s The Rooftop at Pier 17 on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=6228\">Concord police seized severed squirrel head in a jar during firearm investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to being out there with you all,\u201d Modest Mouse said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modest Mouse has sidelined guitarist Simon O\u2019Connor amid allegations he\u2019d sent a sexually explicit, racially overtoned image to a teen, though he insisted it was all a big misunderstanding, while admitting a mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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