If Ramirez, a former hedge-fund manager who owns Palmar and the newly opened La Natural and has partnered with Miami luminaries Brad Kilgore and Antonio Bachour in those chefs' endeavors, was looking for sympathy, he quickly learned he'd taken the wrong tack. Many commenters condemned him for period-shaming, while others questioned his assumption that the stain was menstrual blood.
Within 24 hours, Ramirez had deleted the original posts and in their place issued an apology, writing, "I have no excuses. It was wrong. There is no level of stress that warrants this kind of comment. And for that, I sincerly [
sic] apologize."