When Dylan Mulvaney posted a video of her a can that Bud Light sent her with her face on it, in a cute harmless video on Instagram, she could never have guessed the vicious wave of transphobic backlash that was heading her way.

Now she is finally speaking out about her side of the story in a powerful TikTok video, and she is calling Bud Light out for essentially leaving her to face that backlash alone.

“One thing I will not tolerate people saying about me is that I don't like beer, because I love beer and I always have,” Mulvaney says at the start of the video, but quickly her tone turned more serious.” I built my platform on being honest with you. And what I'm about to tell you might sound like old news. But you know that feeling when you have something uncomfy sitting on your chest? Well, that's how I feel right now. So, this feels like the right thing to do”

“What I'm about to tell you might sound like old news,” she continued. “I took a brand deal with a company that I loved. And I posted a sponsored video to my page. And it must have been a slow news week, because of the way that this ad got blown up, you would have thought I was like, on a billboard, or on a TV commercial or something major, but no, it was just an Instagram video.”

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“You might be thinking Dylan, why bring it up now. I'm bringing it up, because what transpired from that video was more bullying and transphobia than I could have ever imagined,” she shared. “I should have made this video months ago, but I didn't. And I was scared. And I was scared of more backlash. And I felt personally guilty for what transpired. So I patiently waited for things to get better. But surprise, they haven't really.”

She was also waiting for a call she assumed would come from Bud Light, a call that she says never came. “For months now, I've been scared to leave my house, I have been ridiculed in public. I've been following. And I have felt a loneliness that I wouldn't wish on anyone.”