He previously told a misconduct hearing he was a "keyboard warrior" and would "lash out" by writing something "nasty" online because of his "personal situation". He told the hearing he left 10 vomiting emojis on the post, which was shared on June 1, International Children's Day. Mr Stae said he was upset that Facebook's logo had changed to a Pride design and that "Pride appeared to have taken over Facebook on International Children’s Day." Speaking at the hearing, Mr Stae said his comment was "completely wrong and inappropriate". A separate allegation that Mr Stae verbally abused a doctor, including using a racist slur and threatening to kill them, was withdrawn by the NMC.