{"id":181676,"date":"2025-08-26T18:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/26\/king-princess-weighs-in-on-betty-whos-recent-comments-about-dating-a-man-as-a-queer-woman-you-are-not-a-victim-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:09:44","slug":"king-princess-weighs-in-on-betty-whos-recent-comments-about-dating-a-man-as-a-queer-woman-you-are-not-a-victim-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/26\/king-princess-weighs-in-on-betty-whos-recent-comments-about-dating-a-man-as-a-queer-woman-you-are-not-a-victim-2\/","title":{"rendered":"King Princess Weighs In on Betty Who\u2019s Recent Comments About Dating a Man as a Queer Woman: \u2018You Are Not a\u00a0Victim\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe internet has had <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/betty-who-renee-rapp-podcast-lesbophobic-controversy\" target=\"_blank\">a lot<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/betty-who-comment-about-renee-rapps-sexuality-homophobic-myth\" target=\"_blank\">to say<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/betty-who\/\">Betty Who<\/a>\u2018s recent appearance on the <em>Made It Out <\/em>podcast \u2014 and now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/king-princess\/\">King Princess<\/a> is offering her two cents on the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a TikTok posted Tuesday (Aug. 26), Mikaela Straus shared her thoughts on the recent controversy, in which Who <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VPaHpx8CMqA&amp;t=6s\" target=\"_blank\">talked about<\/a> being a queer woman while dating a straight man, and how it felt \u201clike a crime to be straight\u201d in the queer community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/king-princess-rip-kp-new-music-trump-pride-month-1236007293\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/King-Princess-bbnews-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/King-Princess-bbnews-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"King Princess\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKing Princess Is Manifesting a \u2018Slutty Gay Summer\u2019 That Goes Beyond Just Pride\u00a0Month\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/betty-who-hadestown-broadway-interview-1235437960\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Betty-Who-in-Hadestown-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Betty-Who-in-Hadestown-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Betty Who and cast of Hadestown\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBetty Who Shares Her Favorite (And Least Favorite) Moments of Performing in \u2018Hadestown\u2019 on\u00a0Broadway\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/king-princess-meeting-christina-aguilera-pop-girl-is-mean-1235628681\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/king-princess-la-pride-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/king-princess-la-pride-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"King Princess, LA Pride in the Park\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKing Princess Opens Up About Meeting Christina Aguilera: \u2018I Love When a Pop Girl Is\u00a0Mean\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou are not a victim because you started dating a man and queer people are disappointed in you because you used the queer community to market your music,\u201d Straus said in her video. \u201cThey feel betrayed, that\u2019s fair, you have to live with that. Who cares? To get up on a podcast and claim this victimhood when you are in a position of privilege \u2014 dating a man in a heteronormative society \u2014 is ridiculous, and it is not going to resonate with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStraus did not specifically call out Who by name, but clarified in a comment under the video that her statements were \u201cabout the many divas who felt the need to do this THIS YEAR,\u201d seemingly also referring to similar controversies that erupted around<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/straus%20did%20not%20specifically%20call%20out%20who%20by%20name,%20but%20did%20clarify%20in%20a%20comment%20under%20the%20video%20that%20her%20statements%20were%20not%20%22about%20the%20many%20divas%20who%20felt%20the%20need%20to%20do%20this%20this%20year,%22%20seemingly%20referring%20to%20similar%20controversies%20that%20erupted%20around%20jojo%20siwa%20and%20fletcher%20earlier%20this%20year\/\" target=\"_blank\"> JoJo Siwa<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/fletcher-boy-single-queer-evolution-would-you-still-love-me-if-you-really-knew-me\" target=\"_blank\">Fletcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDate a man, it\u2019s not a big deal. But why are you on a podcast talking about it? It\u2019s not an interesting narrative,\u201d Straus continued in her video. \u201cWe live in a country where our rights are being stripped from us every day, and you think it\u2019s important to get on a podcast and talk about how hard it is to be in a heteronormative relationship? Diva!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring her appearance on the <em>Made It Out <\/em>podcast, Betty Who also made comments about lesbian pop star Rene\u00e9 Rapp, saying that she would \u201chold space\u201d for the singer to one day fall in love with a man while trying to make a larger point about the fluidity of sexuality. \u201cRene\u00e9 Rapp is like, \u2018You\u2019ll never catch me dating a man.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018Go off, queen! I love that for you,&rsquo;\u201d Who said. \u201cBut I also hold space for her in 10 years if she goes, \u2018Oops, I met the love of my life and it\u2019s this man, I didn\u2019t mean to.\u2019 It\u2019s like, that\u2019s OK!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCheck out King Princess\u2019 take on Betty Who\u2019s comments below: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kingprincess\/video\/7542944108390796599\" data-video-id=\"7542944108390796599\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@kingprincess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kingprincess?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow\">@kingprincess<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Girls - King Princess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Girls-7525746727560497153?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u266c Girls \u2013 King Princess<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/king-princess-betty-who-podcast-controversy-1236052546\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet has had a lot to say about Betty Who\u2018s recent appearance on the Made It Out podcast \u2014 and now, King Princess is offering her two cents on the situation. In a TikTok posted Tuesday (Aug. 26), Mikaela Straus shared her thoughts on the recent controversy, in which Who talked about being a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}