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Josh Seiter opened up concerning the hate she has acquired since popping out as transgender.
“I’ve had demise threats, individuals telling me they’re going to hold me, they’ll’t wait to see me to allow them to kill me,” Seiter, 37, claimed in an interview with the Every day Mail on Monday, August 12. “These are all messages I’ve in my [direct message inbox].”
Seiter, who appeared on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season of The Bachelorette in 2015, added that she’s used to individuals voicing their “horrible” opinions at her over time.
“I don’t take life recommendation from individuals screaming at me on social media. That’s simply by no means how I’ve lived my life,” she instructed the outlet. “Once I was a male stripper, individuals have been saying nasty issues about me. Once I did OnlyFans, individuals stated nasty issues about me.”
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The one factor that did shock Seiter was the alleged lack of a heat welcome she’s acquired from the LGBTQIA+ group.
“Sarcastically, I’ve truly discovered that the far left and the LGBTQ group have been a few of the most vitriolic and imply in direction of me all through all of this,” she claimed. “In order that’s a really powerful problem for me as a result of I haven’t been met with acceptance, tolerance and open arms just like the left loves to evangelise about.”
Seiter got here out as transgender in Could in an emotional Instagram publish.
“I’ve struggled with my gender id — and ensuing emotions of guilt and disgrace — for so long as I can bear in mind. I spent the final three many years taking nice pains to maintain this aspect personal,” Seiter wrote in a press release on the time. “I felt I had no selection, given my upbringing in a strictly non secular, conservative household. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried my hardest to undertaking the anticipated picture of a robust, masculine son and brother.”
The previous actuality star defined that she now not wished to “conceal” her genuine self to forestall the “psychological turmoil” she confronted. Seiter shared that she was additionally within the means of transitioning and requested that her followers “settle for” her now as they as soon as did.
In August 2023, Seiter had her Instagram hacked and the account falsely claimed that she died. Days later, the publish was taken down and Seiter launched a video stating she was alive.
“Hey guys as you’ll be able to see, I’m alive and effectively. My account was hacked for the final 24 hours. I had been attempting desperately to get into it,” she stated in an August 2023 Instagram clip. “Any individual was enjoying a merciless joke and mocking my psychological sickness and the struggles I’ve gone by with despair and suicide makes an attempt. I’m sorry for the ache they brought about once they made that publish.”
Following the demise hoax, Seiter checked right into a psychological well being facility after she claimed to obtain harassing messages.
“I want I used to be stronger however I can’t take any extra and am logging off of social media for good and am checking myself right into a wellness facility now to attempt to get some form of deal with on my psychological well being,” she stated by way of Instagram in September 2023. “I’m shedding my cellphone within the subsequent hour. I really like you all. To the individuals sending me demise threats, you win.”
