Dylan Mulvaney slams haters 'misgendering' her as man, says she's 'not processing' Bud Light backlash
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, stated that the response to her contentious engagement with Bud Light "really wore me down for a second." There were numerous calls for a boycott of America's best-selling beer after she published several posts with her 11 million social media followers on April 1.
Mulvaney's partnership content, which featured her drinking from custom Bud Light cans bearing her face while sitting in a bathtub, incited much outrage. On May 4, she made an appearance on comedian Chelsea Handler's show Dear Chelsea and stated that she is "not processing" the subsequent events. But she admitted that individuals who are misgendering her as a man have crushed her heart.
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What did Dylan Mulvaney say about haters?
Mulvaney admitted to feeling exhausted by the barrage of criticism that has followed her posts about Bud Light and thinks the "haters" are unaware of the effect it has on her mental health. "That's what I think a lot of these haters don't realize is the Mental effects of misgendering in the media it breaks my heart because you know there are people calling me a man and I don't right now I feel like I'm not even processing any of it," she told Handler in a podcast on Thursday. "I'm so scared to to do that deep dive and to know what the effects are and I'll say these haters they really wore me down for a second. Dysphoria truly it feels like a darkness that kind of washes over you and it is those moments of being misgendered...that made me so sad."
'Two gals cut from the same cloth'
But the trans influencer admitted that it gave her some solace to know that Handler had also faced hostility. "But then they came for you Chels and I thought oh my god this is my favorite woman in the entire world and the same people that are coming for me are coming for her," said Mulvaney. "Something clicked and I went 'oh my God maybe what they're saying isn't true' because I'm now watching them take out someone I love and I know her truth and I stand by her and I love her so maybe the same goes for me." She added, "It's almost easier when it's not about you and it's about someone you love or enjoy and I know we hadn't met yet but I actually was able to see in through your experience with them."
The influencer also posted a picture with Handler on Instagram and wrote, "In high school, my friends and I would sneakily buy @chelseahandler books and at sleepovers we’d dish over everything we learned from her. Flash forward, the season premiere of Dear Chelsea podcast is out today and I’m her guest. Two gals cut from the same cloth. Love you deeply !!! 👯♀️"
What did Chelsea Handler say?
Handler responded, "Oh wow I love that. Yeah I mean I was saying this to you a little bit before we started, but you know the haters it's just like you have a big pile of stuff there's always going to be some negative stuff you know you have to learn how to focus on the positive and all the people that you're impacting and eventually it just rolls right off your back." "And we both know how to have a good time exactly and that's what you know I don't think they want to see that," Mulvaney added.
'I wanted to show that I'm not some monster'
She asserted that she is not a "monster" and spoke out against the prejudice she has faced since coming out as a transgender woman. Mulvaney became well-known for her Girlhood video series, in which she chronicled her first year of transitioning to womanhood. The uproar started when Bud Light handed her a can bearing her image to mark 365 days of her existence as a woman. "It's sad that there are still so many people that are trying to use this really beautiful journey against me and twisting my words and taking things out of context," stated her. "But at the end of the day, I'm happier than I ever have been, because I could I can't imagine going back to that other person. It breaks my heart to think about it." She added, "A lot of people don't have a Dylan in their lives to ask questions and I think that's kind of why I got online... I wanted to be that friend for people. I wanted to show that I'm not some monster."