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❘ Posted: 2023-01-24T23:37:52
❘ Updated: 2023-01-24T23:38:01
Twitch streamer Jessica49 has apologized for accusing a man of “sexualizing” her at the gym in a TikTok video that has taken social media by storm and sparked backlash against her.
In late January, a clip from Jessica49’s Twitch stream went viral, showing the influencer working out in a gym.
During her workout, Jessica lashed out at a man who was after her, accusing him of “sexualizing” her after he tried to help her put plates on a bar she was using to hip thrust.
Her video went viral after she was called out by fitness influencer Joey Swoll, who took issue with Jessica for calling the man a “stupid piece of shit”, arguing that he was probably just trying to help her. place the heavy plates on the deadlift bar.
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“Any experienced lifter knows that when you have a barbell on the ground… it’s very difficult to put plates on,” Swoll said. “He sees that you struggled, being an experienced lifter, he comes over and tries to help you, because that’s what nice people do.”
Women are harassed in gyms and that has to stop, but you are not one of them. An act of kindness or a look does not make you a victim. pic.twitter.com/34g9265KXb
– Joey Swoll (@TheJoeySwoll) January 21, 2023
A few days after the video went viral, Jessica posted a statement on Twitlonger apologizing to the man and anyone she offended with her words during the broadcast, calling the matter a “big mistake.”
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Jessica49 apologizes for ‘big mistake’ after gym video sparks backlash
“I want to sincerely apologize to the man at the gym where this all started,” he wrote. “He didn’t do anything wrong to me and I blew our interaction out of proportion.”
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“After reading literally thousands of comments about me, the situation, and the man in question, it really opened my eyes to how damaging this could have been to him,” she continued. “Men and women deal with very different issues in the opposite-sex realm, and after looking through the lens of an innocent man, they find themselves in a situation just like that. Honestly, he made me sick to my stomach with guilt.”
Jessica went on to say that she was “extremely immature” for treating the bystander in such a manner and expressed her wish to “never hurt anyone like this again.”
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The influencer also added that she would remove the video from all of her social platforms, but says her Twitlonger apology “isn’t going anywhere.”
As of yet, Joey Swoll has yet to respond to Jessica’s statement, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as soon as he does here on Dexerto.
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