CGI influencer Lil Miquela is receiving backlash after posting a vlog where she talks about being sexually assaulted in a rideshare.
According to Paper, the video made its rounds on Twitter Saturday when user @CORNYASSBITCH tweeted it out with the caption, “I have so many questions…”
In the video, Miquela describes a Lyft ride where she says a “creepy-ass man” in the car with her made her feel uncomfortable by touching her and asking her leading questions.
“Sure enough, I just feel this guy’s cold, meaty hand touch my leg as if he was confirming I’m real,” Miquela says in the video. “His hand literally lingers there rubbing my skin.”
I have so many questions… pic.twitter.com/6Jfv7itPFo
— landon (@CORNYASSBITCH) December 12, 2019
She says she felt like he was “threatening” her and that he made a comment about “down there,” which led her to leave the car in the middle of the highway.
Of course, people are pissed that a not-real “person” created a very real story about being sexually harassed.
“Absolutely fucking not. ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT. A virtual project telling me some story of an unreal sexual assault pisses me off just as much as when women lie,” Twitter user @disturbance_atd wrote “It’s a fabrication. A dangerous one. There are ways to make @lilmiquela relatable. This isn’t one of them.”
Absolutely fucking not. ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT. A virtual project telling me some story of an unreal sexual assault pisses me off just as much as when women lie. It’s a fabrication. A dangerous one. There are ways to make @lilmiquela relatable. This isn’t one of them. https://t.co/zFPdXjTgzW
— April Fools Gold (@disturbance_atd) December 13, 2019
did they just make up a sexual harassment scenario… omg https://t.co/31rD4LBRUT
— kim (@therealkimj) December 13, 2019
i HATE ai accounts on Instagram SO much. ‘Lil miquela‘ is literally a flopped photoshop project from a 3rd year design students work not a ‘robot’ how do u have 1.8 million followers ur not real? also ur ugly?? i can say what i want on this matter cause she doesn’t even exist
— Kate (@yungkatelynne) December 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/kranewife/status/1205348675913994241
Even singer Kehlani weighed in.
“Nah. at first it was kinda interesting,” she tweeted. “maybe. but @lilmiquela you’re playing wit real stories… real trauma.. sexual assault is a scary real reality and at this point you’re ignorantly offensive. what type of sick shit is this.”
https://twitter.com/Kehlani/status/1205264369292107777
Miquela and her team have yet to respond to the backlash, Paper reports.
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