Valkyrae responds after getting called out for wearing Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie YouTube: ValkyraeYouTube star Valkyrae was quick to respond after fans called her out for wearing a Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie during a recent broadcast amid controversy surrounding the luxury brand. Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter is a prominent streamer on YouTube, where she boasts over 3 million followers. After presenting an award at the 2022 Game Awards, Rae is back to broadcasting as usual \u2014 but one of her recent streams caused a bit of a stir among her fans. During the stream, Rae was wearing a hoodie from Fortnite\u2019s 2021 collaboration with Balenciaga. The hoodie itself is quite simple; it\u2019s a basic black sweatshirt with the words \u2018Fortnite x Balenciaga\u2019 in the game\u2019s signature font. However, eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice the hoodie and prodded Rae about her decision to wear it, with some pointing out the current controversy surrounding the brand. Recently, Balenciaga came under fire due to a controversial photoshoot involving young children and a Supreme Court case. The brand has since come under fire from consumers, with the company now taking legal action against the parties involved in the photoshoot. Valkyrae begs fans not to ask her to change out of Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie amid controversy \u201cYes, I know Balenciaga was canceled. I understand,\u201d Rae said in response to her fans. \u201cBut I figured no one would see it under my jacket. But a few of you have noticed, so now I feel insecure and now I feel like I need to go change.\u201d \u201cI already own it,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m gonna go buy more. \u2026I thought maybe they wouldn\u2019t notice, but people in chat noticed!\u201d Although Rae admitted to \u201cnot knowing the full story\u201d behind the backlash surrounding the company, she acknowledged the current controversy, but begged fans not to ask her to change out of her outfit. \u201cDon\u2019t make me change,\u201d pleaded with her viewers. \u201cI feel like you guys just wanna make me change because you can. But new leaf Rae, alright? It\u2019s true. It\u2019s Capricorn season, alright? It\u2019s fine. Just don\u2019t look!\u201d This is far from the first time Rae has been called out by her fanbase; in October, the streamer came under fire for using AAVE, which she said she would avoid using in her apology to viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valkyrae responds after getting called out for wearing Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie YouTube: ValkyraeYouTube star Valkyrae was quick to respond after fans called her out for wearing a Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie during a recent broadcast amid controversy surrounding the luxury brand. Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter is a prominent streamer on YouTube, where she boasts over […]<\/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-63293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63293","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=63293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}