After months of disastrous partnership, there was a widespread backlash sparked when Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, said that it would be an “epic” day for her to star in a beer advertisement at the Super Bowl.
Mulvaney, 26, admitted in a comprehensive interview with The Cut that the consequences of the Bud Light controversy had served as a significant awakening for her, while she daydreamed about what lay ahead.
In the interview published on Wednesday, she expressed, “If I had the opportunity to do a beer advertisement for a Super Bowl in approximately 10 years, it could potentially be extraordinary.”
The influencer, who gained popularity on TikTok by documenting her transition, admitted that she was unaware of the challenges faced by trans women after the Bud Light incident.
Mulvaney remarked, “You have a long way to progress.” It’s likely that certain trans elders observed me over the past year and thought, “I can relate to that.” They probably anticipated the recent hardships I’ve experienced, I believe.
“This was a beneficial wake-up call for me. Now I’m a more pragmatic individual.”

The controversy surrounding Mulvaney erupted back in April when Anheuser-Busch sent her a can of Bud Light beer to celebrate her 365th day on TikTok, marking the beginning of her popular series about girlhood.
Infuriated right-wingers promptly initiated a campaign against Mulvaney and demanded a boycott of the brand following her publicizing of the Bud Light can to her social media supporters, resulting in a significant drop in sales.
Mulvaney went through several weeks of dark times on social media as she publicly talked about and resurfaced what she went through. She was blasted as an extreme amount of hate and transphobia.
In order to win over those who dislike her, she is confident that she could eventually captivate them. Additionally, Mulvaney expressed his confusion by exclaiming, “What on earth was that?” Reflecting on this time period, we may look back and say, “I hope that years from now, we will think differently.”

“I don’t like taking myself too seriously. I want to be the funny one,” she said of moving forward after the saga.
I don’t want to be the one who’s scared, that’s who the one that drives me insane. What really makes me controversial? That word — controversial, who’s afraid of it, that’s who I actually like being myself because God forbid I’m happy. Do I overshare? Do I make jokes like that? Am I hyperfeminine? Am I trans?
I think that maybe I am a controversial person. Actually, I believe that I have messed up majorly and I don’t think so. I think the world is messed up. Cheers to that.