Hallie Batchelder has formally gone viral — and never in the way in which she hoped.
The 25-year-old influencer is below fireplace after boldly declaring that she’s “offended by the condom epidemic,” claiming that condoms “kill the temper” throughout an episode of her podcast “Additional Soiled,” which airs below Alex Cooper’s Unwell Community.
“The final two guys I’ve f****d prior to now month have advised utilizing condoms,” Batchelder stated on the October 30 episode. “And I’m sort of being offended by the condom epidemic. I don’t understand how I really feel about it. I’m allergic. … Who likes them?”
Batchelder went on to argue that she doesn’t see the purpose of condoms since she has an IUD.
“One, it kills the temper,” she continued. “Two, I don’t wish to have your f***ing bizarre offspring child. Like, I’ve a stronger IUD than, like, Zeus. Being pregnant shouldn’t be on the desk. I don’t wish to have a baby with you. Or like three, are you calling me a whore and are you attempting to guard your self from STDs I might need?”
When cohost Jordyn Fishman requested if she ever confronted companions about it, Batchelder admitted she as soon as referred to as a person out for “ruining the temper.”
“This occurred to me like a pair weeks in the past and I used to be like, ‘Have a look at you searching for a condom and like the way it’s ruining the temper. And in addition like why do you want one,’” she stated, recalling how the person instructed her it was nearly being accountable. “He simply thought it was practising accountable intercourse and bounds with him. And I used to be like, ‘Blah blah blah blah blah.’”
After Fishman joked, “Did you inform him to develop up?” Batchelder replied, “I obtained the ick, and I haven’t talked to him since.”
The feedback instantly sparked outrage on-line, with critics flooding her social media. “Does your IUD additionally defend you towards HIV and AIDS?” one Instagram consumer wrote, whereas one other added, “You need to be encouraging condoms on your viewers.”
The backlash unfold to TikTok, the place influencers and followers alike referred to as her take “irresponsible” and “harmful.” Fellow content material creator Clarke Peoples, 24, even chimed in, saying, “Telling those that ‘utilizing condoms kills the temper’ or that you just really feel like a slut if somebody tells you, ‘Yeah, effectively, I wish to use a condom to guard myself,’ is likely one of the craziest issues I’ve really ever heard.”
However as a substitute of strolling again her feedback, Batchelder doubled down in a follow-up TikTok posted Saturday, saying she stands by her opinion.
“I stated I don’t f**ok with condoms and so they spoil the vibe,” she stated. “And if that’s what you wanna cancel me for, OK, cancel me and my profession. I don’t know what you need me to say. I’m not altering my thoughts on that one.”
