Trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney has posted a belated rant nearly a year after the Bud Light debacle, insisting she has plenty of work under her belt and her “15 minutes” of fame aren’t over.
Mulvaney, whose relationship with the beer maker led to a costly boycott from conservatives last year, responded angrily to an online critic who declared her “15 minutes were almost up.”
Mulvaney wore pajamas, rolled around in bed and repeated himself. Mulvaney dismissed the troll, pretended to look at a wristwatch and said, “I think it’s been a little over fifteen minutes, honey.”
Mulvaney emphasized that her career is moving forward despite Bud Light’s backlash, which caused the drink to lose its spot as America’s best-selling beer.
Mulvaney rolls around in bed with a grimace, insisting she has plenty of work to do but not saying what it is.
“Since I’m wrapping things up in two to three years, I think it might be a little longer” than 15 minutes, Mulvaney, 27, said.
Mulvaney held the phone up to her face and concluded in an eerie voice, “The longest fifteen minutes of your life.”
The post has been viewed 1.4 million times and received nearly 2,400 comments – many from die-hard fans who said they were “LMAO” and liked the sassy “Dark Dylan” character.
But others among Mulvaney’s 10.2 million followers pointed out her erratic showmanship, in which she rolled around in bed, grimaced and repeated words in a manner that suggested intoxication.
“This is absolutely unhinged,” one viewer wrote.
“Dylan, you’ve officially lost it,” said another.
Others said Mulvaney’s “15 minutes of fame” – a phrase about the ephemeral nature of celebrity associated with 1960s artist Andy Warhol – was quickly coming to an end.
‘HA! I completely forgot you existed, keep it up everyone,” one critic wrote.
“Shhhh, I had to google who you were,” wrote another.
The late-night rant comes nearly a year after Mulvaney’s disastrous relationship with Bud Light, which led to a boycott and cost the company nearly $400 million in U.S. sales.
In the late night post, Mulvaney pretends to look at a watch and claims her 15 minutes of fame aren’t over yet
Many TikTok viewers commented on Mulvaney’s bizarre performance, calling it “unhinged”
Another mocked Mulvaney’s doomed beer sales, saying, “How’s that light stock working for you?”
Mulvaney, an unemployed stage performer, rose to internet stardom in 2022 by launching her popular TikTok series Days of Girlhood, documenting her transition from a young man to a “girl.”
She has made millions of dollars promoting cosmetics, fashion and other products, appeared at the White House with President Joe Biden and performed alongside Hollywood celebrities.
It came out of the closet last April, when she posted a video to promote a Bud Light giveaway, saying the company sent her a tallboy can with her face on it to celebrate her gender transition.
This irritated conservatives, who said a favorite beer had “gotten woke.”
They went on a social media rampage and boycotted the drink, costing parent company Anheuser-Busch $400 million in sales — a 13.5 percent drop.
Musician Kid Rock, NFL player Trae Waynes and model Bri Teresi were among the high-profile faces who stoked the outrage and filmed themselves shooting cans of beer.
Mulvaney ends the post by pulling the phone to her face and saying in a gravelly voice that this is the “longest 15 minutes of your life.”
Mulvaney addressed a half-empty audience at Penn State in December, where she unveiled plans for a one-woman show
The fallout led to a devastating period for Bud Light, where the company suffered double-digit sales declines on an almost weekly basis.
Mulvaney made $2 million in promotional work last year, inking deals with Nike and Mac, and she appeared at the Golden Globes in January.
She was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in December.
The magazine praised her for weathering the effects of Bud Light, and Mulvaney blasted the beer company for throwing her to the wolves.
“I waited for the brand to contact me but it never happened,” Mulvaney wrote on Instagram.
“If a company hires a trans person and then doesn’t publicly support them, that’s worse than not hiring a trans person at all.
“It gives customers permission to be as transphobic and hateful as they want.”
Still, it remains unclear what major projects Mulvaney has in the pipeline “in two to three years,” she said in this month’s TikTok rant.
In December, she addressed a half-empty audience at Penn State, unveiling plans for a one-woman show.