AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes has regret posting shirtless photo on LinkedIn: ‘got me a lot of publicity’

AirAsia‘s CEO Tony Fernandes said he doesn’t regret posting his shirtless photo on LinkedIn as the viral post garnered him a lot of publicity.

“Initially I asked whether we could delay the meeting so that I could have a massage, I was in a lot of pain from a lot of flying. But the team said, we’re OK, you know, nothing to hide. We’d rather not delay it. So I was actually posting to say, what an amazing culture we have,” Fernandes said.

“Do I regret it? No. Got me a lot of publicity,” he added.

The post, which has since been deleted, showed Fernandes getting massaged by a person in an apron, hairnet, and face mask. Fernandes appeared to be sitting topless in an office chair in a conference room.

Fernandes told CNBC that he manages his own social media accounts and posts online without them getting reviewed by his PR team.