Sexyy Red revealed during an appearance on Lil Yachty and MitchGoneMad's A Safe Place Podcast that she's been a victim of rape, but Yachty's response has fans on social media upset. After Red brought up the incident, the two podcast hosts appeared unsure of how to handle the conversation.
When asked for the "cr*ziest" thing she's ever been through, Sexyy Red responded: "I got raped before. That's the cr*ziest thing that ever happened to me." Yachty and MitchGoneMad both pause and then ask for a different story, to which Sexyy answers with a "shoot out." Both of the hosts then start laughing, before later apologizing. The way they handled the situation didn't sit well with some fans on social media.
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One user on Twitter wrote: "This video has really pissed me off this morning and shows how men really do not care about making women feel protected or comfortable in any environment because how can Sexxyred open up about her abuse and Lil Yachty laugh in her face…" Another added: "It’s not lost on me that the name of that lil yachty podcast is 'Safe Place' but these mfs are laughing when Sexyy Red said she was SA’d." Check out some of the responses below.
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As for her music career, Sexyy Red recently got a huge cosign from Drake, who added her to his ongoing It’s All A Blur tour with 21 Savage. During an interview at Rolling Loud, she revealed that the two have also been in the studio. “We got a song coming out," she said. "I mean, we supposed to be. I did some lil’ shit on his song, he sent me a beat, and I had rapped for him or whatever. He was fuckin’ with it, so we gon’ see if he drop that bitch. I don’t know, he just fk with me. I don’t know what he gon’ do. He gon’ pop out with some cr*zy shit, I know that.”
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