Dylan Mulvaney Addresses Firestorm Of Hate Sparked By Bud Light Endorsement For The First Time
28.04.2023 - 04:55
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Saying at first she “decided to take the back seat and let them tucker themselves out,” Dylan Mulvaney posted a video to TikTok today announcing she’s had a change of heart. Mulvaney, of course, is the transgender influencer who promoted a Bud Light March Madness contest on her accounts and sparked a firestorm.
Conservative entertainers and politicians railed against Budweiser, calling for a boycott. An agitated Kid Rock posted a jarring video of himself shooting cases of Bud Light with an assault weapon and screaming “f*ck Bud Light!” Others, both famous and otherwise, followed suit.
Mulvaney said today that what convinced her to speak out was not a desire to address critics, but the need to address the nearly 13 million people “who at some point liked me enough to hit the follow button on these apps.”
Here is the majority of what she had to say:
What I’m struggling with most is that I grew up in a conservative family, and I’m extremely privileged because they still love me very much. And I grew up in the church, and I still have my faith, which I am really trying to hold onto right now. But I’ve always tried to love everyone, you know, even the people who make it really, really hard. And I think it’s okay to be frustrated with someone or confused, but what I’m struggling to understand is the need to dehumanize and to be cruel. I just, I don’t think that’s right. Dehumanization has never fixed anything in history, ever.
I’m embarrassed to even tell you this, but I was nervous that you were going to start believing those things that they were saying about me, since it is so loud. But I’m just going to go ahead and trust that the people who know me and my heart won’t listen to that noise.
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