"I figured no one would see it under my jacket" Valkyrae responds to backlash for wearing Fortnite x Balenciaga merch

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In a recent Rachell “Valkyrae” livestream, the YouTube superstar was called out for wearing controversial merchandise. Underneath the streamer’s jacket, she wore a Fortnite x Balenciaga hoodie, which she did her best to hide. She understood the company was “canceled” on social media, due its recent actions.

Though Valkyrae was trying to hide the hoodie, some of her fans addressed this, so she decided to speak up about the merchandise she was wearing, clarifying that she’s not going out and buying more Balenciaga items.

The streamer was not openly wearing the hoodie with the company logo on it. Instead, she had it hidden underneath a denim jacket. After being called out for wearing it by some viewers, she decided to speak up, stating that she thought nobody would see it. But since it was noticed, she had to discuss it.

Balenciaga recently courted controversy with a photo shoot that involved young children, and many consumers of their product have openly criticized the company on social media. Valkyrae insisted that she already owns the product, and wasn’t displaying it proudly for everyone to see.

The YouTuber admitted she didn’t know the whole story, only knowing that Balenciaga was in hot water and hiding her hoodie. She was convinced nobody would see it, but that was unfortunately not the case.

Not everybody in Valkyrae’s chat seemed to mind, with her reading out a viewer’s “Girl, we don’t care” reply. It sounds as if her chat was trying to pressure her to change out of it, given her next talking points.

The content creator did everything she could to hide the logo, pulling her hair down over it and lifting the hood onto her head.

There were quite a few responses on YouTube after this clip from Rachell’s stream surfaced on