Dylan Mulvaney said she traveled to Peru to 'feel safe' after facing anti-trans backlash in the US over her Bud Light deal
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- Dylan Mulvaney revealed she traveled from the US to Peru in a series of TikTok videos.
- Mulvaney said she had to "leave my country to feel safe."
- Mulvaney faced backlash in April after Bud Light partnered with her for a promotion.
Dylan Mulvaney is vacationing in Peru to "feel safe" after facing anti-trans backlash over her Bud Light partnership.
On Monday, the transgender influencer updated her 10.7 million TikTok followers about her travels in Peru. Mulvaney said in the video that she flew to the South American country to "feel something."
"I've done shaman ceremonies that were like 10 years worth of therapy," Mulvaney said. "It was wild. I've seen a lot of llamas, and the people here are so kind. I feel very safe here."
Mulvaney then suggested she didn't feel safe in the United States.
"It's a little sad that I had to leave my country to feel safe, but that will get better, eventually," she said.
She added: "This trip has me feeling like I'm my own best friend again, and that's the best feeling in the world."
Mulvaney shared two additional videos, one showing Machu Picchu and another of her posing with a llama.
Mulvaney's recent remarks come after sharing an Instagram video featuring Bud Light beer in April. Soon after, conservative figures like Ben Shapiro and Donald Trump Jr. blasted the partnership and called for a boycott of Bud Light.
Although Mulvaney initially remained mum about the criticism, Anheuser-Busch — which owns Bud Light — commented on the partnership with Mulvaney in a statement to BuzzFeed News in April.
"Anheuser-Busch works with hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics and passion points," the statement read. "From time to time, we produce unique commemorative cans for fans and for brand influencers, like Dylan Mulvaney. This commemorative can was a gift to celebrate a personal milestone and is not for sale to the general public."
Anheuser-Busch also indirectly addressed the criticism in a second statement.
"We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer," it said.
That same month, Mulvaney shared how she felt about the criticism on the "Onward with Rosie O'Donnell" podcast. Mulvaney's previous partnership with Nike was also under fire at about this time.
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"I think it comes back to the fact that these people, they don't understand me, and anything that I do or say somehow gets taken out of context and is used against me," Mulvaney said. "It's so sad because everything I try to put out is positive. It's trying to connect with others that maybe don't understand me. It's to make people laugh, or to make a kid feel seen."
In June, Mulvaney told her followers that Bud Light never reached out to her amid the backlash.
"For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse, in my opinion, than not hiring a trans person at all because it gives customers permission to be as transphobic and hateful as they want," Mulvaney said in a TikTok video.