TikToker Dylan Mulvaney Responds to Caitlyn Jenner's "Ridicule"

Dylan Mulvaney is going nether the knife.

The TikToker and trans activist is undergoing facial feminization surgery and giving her fans updates each measurement of the way. One time aft sharing a video from a pre-op doctor's appointment, Dylan posted a clip of herself excitedly getting retired of bed connected Dec. 16, captioned, "It's country day!!!" Hours later, she shared a video getting dropped disconnected astatine a country center by a friend.

Moments earlier her procedure, Dylan besides posted a "duet" video of herself wearing a aesculapian gown and hairsbreadth cap, divided with a pep speech she received from her person Mercury Stardust, known connected TikTok arsenic the "Trans Handy Ma'am."

"I'm truly arrogant of you for taking matters into your ain hands erstwhile it comes to your sex affirmation," Mercury said, arsenic Dylan tearfully reacted with gratitude. "I privation you to instrumentality clip contiguous oregon time and bespeak connected however overmuch you've grown successful your ain transition. As a chap sister, I cognize it's precise hard to bash those things for ourselves. We sometimes hide astir america erstwhile we're trying to springiness truthful overmuch to the world."

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Dylan, 25, has gained a monolithic pursuing connected TikTok, affirming to her nearly 10 million followers backmost successful March that she is a transgender woman. The daily videos in her "Days of Girlhood" series, which documents her transition, person received implicit 1 cardinal views.

Dylan's surgery time comes astir 2 months aft getting into a nationalist feud with Caitlyn Jenner over a TikTok video she made earlier this twelvemonth that urged radical to "normalize the bulge" aft experiencing radical look astatine her crotch portion she was shopping.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum, 73, later denounced Dylan's video, penning connected Twitter successful October, "Let's not ‘normalize' immoderate of what this idiosyncratic is doing. This is absurdity!" Another tweet from Caitlyn's relationship besides misgendered Dylan, adding, "He is talking astir his penis!"

In a connection to the Washington Examiner, Caitlyn's rep addressed the misgendering of Dylan, explaining that an "individual connected Ms. Jenner's squad haphazardly misgendered Dylan" and that the squad was taking "appropriate actions to rectify the concern internally." However, the connection said, "Ms. Jenner has nary further remark connected the substance and stands by her statements, otherwise."

And portion Caitlyn whitethorn not beryllium connected committee with her messaging, Dylan plans to proceed utilizing her level to stock her authentic self with the word. During an interview with E! News over the summer, the societal media prima reflected connected her travel frankincense acold and the outpouring of enactment she has received from fans.

"I deliberation the coolest portion has been seeing radical consciousness inspired to beryllium themselves and getting these messages of hope, acceptance and support," she told E! News successful June. "As overwhelming arsenic this full acquisition has been, and arsenic exhausting arsenic it's been, I bash consciousness precise overmuch energized by my followers and by each the love."