Valkyrae apologizes for \u201cI wish I was gay\u201d comment on stream Instagram: valkyraePopular streamer Valkyrae has apologized for a comment she made about \u2018wishing she was gay,\u2019 letting fans know she understands the comment could come off as \u201cinvalidating LGBTQ+ struggles.\u201d Valkyrae is one of the most popular streamers on the internet, and ever since she partnered exclusively with YouTube in January 2020, she has experienced an ever-growing rise in popularity. Recently, she blew the internet away by portraying Corpse Husband in the music video for his and Machine Gun Kelly\u2019s new song \u2018DAYWALKER!,\u2019 with congratulation messages and high praise flooding in from both fans and fellow streamers. However, some viewers had concerns over something the streamer while live, leading to her post an apology message via Twitter. “”I wish I was gay.. I love women so much”” As I was reading the VOD comments, some mentioned while they understand I didn’t mean any harm, it comes off as invalidating lgbtq+ struggles as being straight is a privilege. I understand & you’re absolutely right. I’ll do better! > \u2014 RAE (@Valkyrae) March 21, 2021 The comment in question was, \u201cI wish I was gay\u2026 I love women so much,\u201d and in response to the criticism, Valkyrae said, \u201cAs I was reading the VOD comments, some mentioned while they understand I didn\u2019t mean any harm, it comes off as invalidating LGBTQ+ struggles as being straight is a privilege.\u201d Read More: Sykkuno hits another huge Twitch milestone – She added, \u201cI understand and you\u2019re absolutely right. I\u2019ll do better!\u201d Many expressed that they were grateful for the star addressing the comment publicly. One commenter wrote, \u201cqueen sh*t. Thank you for understanding and talking about it.\u201d Another said, \u201cWe really appreciate how open you are to critique, and you addressing it shows how much you support our community. I always appreciate your honesty. Love you.\u201d While the reaction to the original comment was mixed, many fans seemed grateful that the star was willing to publicly apologize about it. The streamer currently has over 3.2 million subscribers on YouTube, and she regularly gets over a million views on her videos, which consist of her playing a variety of games with other popular streamers like Sykkuno. She also recently teased a \u201ccrazy\u201d upcoming project following the DAYWALKER! video, and her supporters are waiting in anticipation for it to be revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valkyrae apologizes for \u201cI wish I was gay\u201d comment on stream Instagram: valkyraePopular streamer Valkyrae has apologized for a comment she made about \u2018wishing she was gay,\u2019 letting fans know she understands the comment could come off as \u201cinvalidating LGBTQ+ struggles.\u201d Valkyrae is one of the most popular streamers on the internet, and ever since […]<\/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-63185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63185","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=63185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}