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'Why did you fire my wife?' Concerned husband's plea goes viral

'Why did you fire my wife?' Concerned husband's plea goes viral

A concerned husband’s plea to find out why his wife was unfairly dismissed from American food chain, Cracker Barrel, has since gone viral on social media.

Bradley Reid Byrd, from Indiana took to the Southern themed restaurants’ Facebook page to inquire “Why did you fire my wife?”

Social media users soon became interested by the scandal – which allegedly saw Bradley’s wife (whose name we do not know) work at the chain for 11 years, before she was terminated without reason.

Comedian Amiri King brought the furore to the attention of his followers - of which he has more than two million, uncovering more information – apparently, the woman in question was fired on Brad’s birthday.

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