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YouTube star Rachell "Valkyrae's" ex-boyfriend, Michael "SONII," has called her out over a "really disturbing" situation. On October 30, 2024, the latter responded to a viral 37-second video from the latest episode of the Press ESC podcast. In it, host Lisa "Alythuh" revealed that she had created a voodoo doll of Valkyrae's ex-boyfriend.
Rae and SONII were in a relationship from 2016 to 2021. In 2022, she appeared as a guest on the 100 Thieves Cast podcast and expressed "regret" over being in a relationship in which she was "judged and compared." Readers should note that while Valkyrae did not explicitly mention SONII, many netizens believe she was talking about her relationship with the fitness influencer.
On the latest Press ESC podcast episode, Lisa expressed her 'hatred' for SONII, saying:
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"I made a voodoo doll of your ex. I hate that man. I was in my room, watching an ADHD documentary, making the voodoo doll in the bed."
In response, the 100 Thieves co-owner remarked:
"Alyssa! This is the most deranged s**t! Oh, my god! Why does it actually look like him, bro? This is so troll. I, actually, am so scared. Like, what if it actually harms him? Should we test it? No!"
In an X post, SONII described this situation as "really disturbing" and said that it "warranted his first message" to the YouTube streamer, indicating he hasn't been in contact with his former partner. While stating that he has "tried to live a peaceful life" without Valkyrae, the fitness influencer claimed that their relationship was "toxic on both sides."
"I haven't spoken to you since the day we split 3 years ago. But this is really disturbing and warrants my first message to you, Valkyrae. All I've done these past few years is try to live a peaceful life without you in it. Our relationship was toxic on both sides.. but nobody ever cheated or was physically abusive. We both were hurt for our own reasons & hopefully healed at our own paces."
"Truly hope we can be above the direction in which things are currently going" - Valkyrae's ex-boyfriend SONII's response to a "really disturbing" situation
In his post, SONII went on to state that he "understood" Valkyrae's behavior as an "attempt to heal from their toxic past." He then claimed that "this has been going on for a while" and that she "uses" social media to "spread more hate".
"And I absolutely understand if all of this behavior is an attempt for you to heal from our toxic past. But this has been going on for a while.. and to use this platform to spread more hate because of the private struggles we shared within something as complex as the relationship we had is not something I'd expect from you so many years later.. however, I'm very aware of how people & situations can change.. so I don't know what to expect."
The Twitch streamer ended his post with:
"Truly hope we can be above the direction in which things are currently going. I have no way of contacting you but you are more than welcome to message me if you need any more closure."
"It has a lot of lies in it" - Valkyrae responds to the controversy
During a livestream on October 31, 2024, Valkyrae addressed the controversy and responded to claims made by SONII. While stating that her ex-boyfriend 'lied' about the things he had said in his social media post, the YouTuber remarked:
"But, I know the tweet went viral because if you look at that tweet, and read it, it's so well-spoken. Right? It looks so good! Sure, it has a lot of lies in it, which I expressed to him, 'Listen, it's kind of crazy that you said,' I pointed out every part of that tweet to him which were not true. Like, he had every means..."
Furthermore, the Los Angeles-based personality stated that she did not block SONII on X because she wanted him to reach out to her and apologize.
"I know for a fact I never blocked him because I wanted him to reach out and apologize for certain things which never happened. I never blocked him. He had all the means to contact me."
SONII eventually deleted his tweet in which he had called out Valkyrae.
