Addison Rae finally addresses her controversial Donald Trump meetup Instagram: addisonraee \/ Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia CommonsTikTok star Addison Rae has finally spilled the beans regarding her highly controversial greeting to Donald Trump at a UFC event in July. Addison Rae is one of TikTok\u2019s biggest powerhouses. The influencer has founded her own makeup line, kickstarted a musical career, and is even starring in the recently released Netflix film, \u201cHe\u2019s All That.\u201d In spite of her major success, Rae can\u2019t seem to shake a legion of critics who follow her every move. The star has spoken out against being body-shamed by commenters in the past, and was met with heavy backlash after using dances created by Black influencers on Jimmy Fallon in March. This negative opinion of Rae only intensified after the star was caught introducing herself to former United States president Donald Trump at UFC 264. The entire moment was caught during a vlog by the NELK Boys, showing Rae claiming she \u201chad to\u201d introduce herself to Trump and shaking his hand. Rae\u2019s greeting to Trump sparks backlash This sparked a slew of speculation claiming that Rae was a Trump supporter, with critics bringing up old liked tweets and photos from her account. When approached by paparazzi about the incident, Rae notably turned away and made no comment. Over a month later, Rae has finally opened up about her meeting with Trump, as told in an interview with the Los Angeles Times \u2014 although she initially claimed she didn\u2019t \u201cfeel comfortable talking about it.\u201d Rae addresses criticism over meeting Trump According to the article, Rae said she felt it was \u201cpointless\u201d trying to convince netizens about her political beliefs, stating, \u201cthere\u2019s nothing I can do to change that opinion.\u201d \u201cI mean, I don\u2019t support Trump,\u201d she clarified. \u201cAnd if someone does, that\u2019s their opinion, and I respect everyone\u2019s opinion. To each their own. But it\u2019s very rare on occasion that you ever get to meet a former president, and I think most people could agree with me on that.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s very uncommon. And I consider myself a friendly person, and so introducing myself does not mean I stand behind anything that any respective person condones.\u201d Public opinion regarding Rae\u2019s statement on the subject seems to be highly divided, with comments leaning more toward the inflammatory than the complimentary. It\u2019s unclear if Rae will approach the topic again, but she has been met with support from other stars in the past, namely UFC President Dana White and YouTuber Tana Mongeau, who dubbed the entire ordeal \u201ca very iconic, viral moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Addison Rae finally addresses her controversial Donald Trump meetup Instagram: addisonraee \/ Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia CommonsTikTok star Addison Rae has finally spilled the beans regarding her highly controversial greeting to Donald Trump at a UFC event in July. Addison Rae is one of TikTok\u2019s biggest powerhouses. The influencer has founded her own makeup line, kickstarted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}