steven || reputation era 🐍
steven || reputation era 🐍
@grandeunext
Jul 17 5 months ago 31 tweets Read on X
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This person is leaving Twitter to clear up misinformation. They explain they were kicked out of an event because they were blocked, not for tote bags or food. They brought snacks as a kind gesture, not to harm anyone. They wrote a heartfelt letter, brought signed vinyls, and followed rules. They’re upset about false stories and just wanted to share their side honestly.

i will be leaving twitter for awhile. but before i go, i must share my peace because there’s way too much misinformation going around. [a very long thread, but my name and reputation is being deteriorated over such a harmless situation]

1.) to first address the tiktok video, the reason i was kicked out was never because of the totes. how can somebody explain why i was kicked out when they were inside the mansion when the security gave me the exact reason. the reason i was kicked out was because i was blocked.

now should i have applied knowing i was blocked? no. should i have printed out that screenshot? definitely not. but to me, i thought being blocked over saying a song on her album is my least fav was unserious, especially since i was joking. it’s not a bad song at all.

i was completely honest in my application about being blocked, and it was approved and i won. so, to me, that justified talking about being blocked in my letter.

the screenshot, to me, sounded like something funny for doja to sign, given her whole “you’re blocked” meme/reaction vid. looking back, i can see how it looked to security and i do regret that. but there’s no malicious intent in any of this.

my issue was solely about airbnb letting me win knowing i was blocked and letting me spend all that money for travel and stay, but then kicking me out because i was blocked. this mixed messaging is why i’m upset. it has nothing to do with doja. i just wanted a refund from airbnb.

also, the whole tote thing is speculation from the other attendees. right after the event, they were like “we didn’t know what was going on?” and all of a sudden, they have a different narrative about what happened?

regardless, i never refused to give them my totes omg. i literally complied right away for the food bag and then security cleared me for the black tote. i was later asked by security to check my tote again and i said “someone already checked it,” and asked for clarification

since they said totes were allowed. either way, i still complied. they might’ve saw me not give it to them right away because i was taking out the pouch we needed for the night. need them to get video from the parking lot because these lies are crazy.

i also was still shuttled and entered the experience because i complied with the tote policy, so that is complete bs.

2.) okay let’s talk about the food bag. was it stupid to bring? yes. but did i try to poison her or lace it? wtf no. i’m a gift giver, also extra asf, i like to show my appreciation thru gifts. and i thought it would be cute to give her some of her fav snacks.

can she afford to buy it herself? duh. would it have likely been thrown out? yes. but it’s the thought that counts. also, people act like it’s stalkerish to know what her fav snacks are, i literally referenced a video interview she made back in 2018. public knowledge.

also, fans have been bringing food and snacks as fan gifts since forever, but now it’s a problem when i do it. ofc i see the potential harm in it, and that’s why i didn’t argue giving it up. i literally did it as a kind gesture that is getting completely mishandled on here.

i also didn’t intend to bring two bags in. i brought the blue tote as a gift bag that would’ve been left at some gift table, that was my assumption on how it would be run. that’s how a lot of meet and greet experiences are like. i only intended to bring in the black tote.

4.) okay let’s talk about that letter, which everyone has been spiraling about. it’s really not as crazy as y’all make it seem. in this heartfelt letter, i wrote about my journey with her, how she’s inspired me, being blocked, and an empowering closure w/ my fav songs by her.

i really don’t know how people can twist that as something bad. but everything i’ve said is being twisted.

3.) now for the black tote, yes there was 3 vinyls in there. we were not told beforehand that nothing would be signed. other people brought stuff to be signed such as funko pops. i didnt know how many she would sign (if she was signing), so i brought all 3 just in case.

never did it read stalkerish or like i wanted to harm her. there’s so many people inspired by celebs that would verbally say the same things i do. so to jump to extremes and compare me to the likes of yolanda and other crazy people is absurd.

as for the contact info, that’s also normal for fan letters. also, from a business major standpoint, i was told by business friends and industry professionals that i should put it in to shoot my shot. worst that can happen is she doesn’t read it and she doesn’t contact me.

but there’s always a chance that she might, that’s why i also included the songs. idk how you could twist this as something bad because it’s truly harmless.

5.) on the whole “k myself” thing, gosh why do people take everything i say so literally. people say that all the time when they experience an inconvenience, doesn’t mean they’re serious. i experienced an inconvenience and said that as an exaggeration.

so stop being weird and stop encouraging me to actually do it… all because of a harmless situation.

6.) the only rule that i broke was the “no outside food” policy because it wasn’t written in the 11 page rules document but was put somewhere else, so i missed it. but i literally gave them the food right away, no hesitation as soon as i got there. so no issue with that.

7.) i mentioned that the icons staff didn’t know her humor. the icons staff work for airbnb and not doja and work on hundreds of other experiences, so they don’t always know the person they’re representing.

regardless, it was parasocial of me to say this and act like i knew more about doja than they do. but all the other “parasocial” moments like saying “i thought you knew i love you,” etc. were all jokes. stop taking everything i say so literally.

saying the “we can laugh about this one day” was just me being optimistic and manifesting that one day, this misunderstanding would clear up because i don’t have any ill feelings towards doja. i’m not someone who gets on here and harasses her. i’m genuinely being kind.

did i critique her met gala outfit once and call piss the worst song on the deluxe? sure, but that doesn’t mean i dislike her. i also later after finding out the meaning behind the outfit then recanted my earlier comment and praised her. stop fishing for negativity.

because when i manifest working with someone who’s inspired me, it’s seen as parasocial, but when y’all do the same or dig up old celeb tweets of them doing the same, it’s completely fine and normal.

the “😭” should be an indicator of when i’m joking, as it is for everyone else who uses that emoji. though, a lot of y’all take my serious things and joke about it, and take my jokes and make them sound serious.

8.) just to quickly nip all those age comments in the bud, it’s so common for people to be my age and give celebs gifts and letters, so me doing so isn’t weird. also other attendees planned on doing the same. again, it was still harmless and meant with good intentions.

9.) also just to touch again on people saying i was unstable or weird or whatever, the attendees will literally tell you that i acted normal the whole time and didn’t do anything weird.

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