"I americium precise relieved that I told my parents astir who I americium actually," Simmonds said astatine the time. "I'm really a lad successful a girl's body. They are precise supportive of that. They enactment my decision, they enactment everything I volition spell through. For being trans, there's loads of stuff, advancement and stuff, to beryllium the idiosyncratic who you truly privation to be. I truly privation to bash this to marque maine much happier successful myself."

Simmonds has documented his modulation travel connected Instagram, including sporting a caller hairstyle and officially changing his ineligible sanction successful January 2022.

As for those who aren't successful his corner, Simmonds is shaking disconnected the haters, penning connected Twitter June 22, "I'm arrogant for who I am, I don't springiness [a] s--t what radical deliberation of me!!"

"Well for the radical who enactment maine of my journey, convey you truthful overmuch for [the] emotion and support," helium tweeted. "If you haven't travel retired yet, don't beryllium scared, we each enactment you, and we down your side. Just beryllium you—that's each that matters. Be proud, bash what you makes you happy."

Back successful 2014, Simmonds skyrocketed to fame aft filming the abbreviated clip of himself wrong his mom's car connected Vine, the short-form video level which unopen down successful 2017. Since then, Simmonds has expanded his societal media vocation to antithetic sites. He marked 4 years of Vine closing with a tribute connected Instagram, penning successful 2021, "This is wherever I archetypal created [the] Vine that went viral…I truly enjoyed making videos connected Vine, can't judge [it's] going to end, going to miss Vine truthful much."