Influencer Taylor Caniff responds after his transphobic comments against Nikita Dragun surface online Instagram: Taylor Caniff \/ YouTube: Nikita DragunInfluencer Taylor Caniff has published an official response after his transphobic comments about YouTube star Nikita Dragun sparked outrage on social media. Nikita Dragun is one of YouTube\u2019s most celebrated transgender content creators. Known best for her humorous content and her work in the beauty scene, Nikita also gained notoriety for being open with her fanbase about her transition in several popular videos. Despite her general popularity and groundbreaking content on YouTube, Nikita has been the brunt of transphobia multiple times throughout her career \u2014 and this latest incident has sparked outrage on the internet. On June 15, a video from influencer Taylor Caniff circulated online, showing him making transphobic remarks against Dragun and claiming he\u2019d outed her to several security guards at a venue they were both attending. View this post on Instagram The video went viral on Twitter, prompting Caniff to respond. At first, it seemed like he was unbothered by the criticism, posting a clip of himself fake crying to the song \u201cBad Day\u201d by Daniel Powter. https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1404911146327441411 Later, Caniff uploaded a second video, claiming that some of his close \u201cclout-ridden\u201d friends were responsible for leaking the transphobic clip and that it had merely been a \u201cjoke\u201d he\u2019d meant to share with 140 people. https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1404930897011302403 Dragun was quick to respond to the situation via Twitter, reminding those involved of the very real danger she faces as a trans woman in her day-to-day life. \u201cI fear even being around a man as a trans woman,\u201d she wrote. \u201cLet alone date one publicly. His life is now at risk for being involved with a trans woman. It\u2019s so sad.\u201d i fear even being around a man as a trans woman. let alone date one publicly. his life now is at risk for being involved with a trans woman. it\u2019s so sad. \u2014 Nikita Dragun (@NikitaDragun) June 15, 2021 However, Caniff didn\u2019t seem to take too kindly to one of her response, writing, \u201cYou want me to leak some real info? Nah, you been doing this [since] 2015? You would hate that, you change to trending seasons. Keep changing for clout. I speak FACTS. What I said was facts.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorcaniff\/status\/1404927019268284418 Since then, footage of Tana Mongeau alleging that Caniff was transphobic from three years ago has also surfaced online, further sparking outrage against an influencer who is decidedly not in the internet\u2019s good graces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Influencer Taylor Caniff responds after his transphobic comments against Nikita Dragun surface online Instagram: Taylor Caniff \/ YouTube: Nikita DragunInfluencer Taylor Caniff has published an official response after his transphobic comments about YouTube star Nikita Dragun sparked outrage on social media. Nikita Dragun is one of YouTube\u2019s most celebrated transgender content creators. Known best for […]<\/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-50481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50481","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=50481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}