On Monday, March 4, 2024, Samantha Hudson was announced as the brand ambassador of Doritos Spain, causing a widespread reaction on the internet. Samantha Hudson identifies herself as a non-binary trans person and a well-known pop star and European influencer.
A popular Twitter user @endwokeness shared a video in which Doritos Spain announced that 25-year-old Samantha Hudson will be their new brand ambassador.
Hudson was also included in a Crunch Talks 50-second promo.
As the news spread, the online community expressed their reaction and outrage over the transgender community gaining stardom by having brands endorse them. Plus several controversial tweets of Hudson from the past are also resurfacing on social media, igniting the backlash even more.
Samantha Hudson’s Controversial Tweets Surfaced Online
According to Samantha Hudson’s profile on El Pais, she is a non-binary trans girl. She is from Spain and gained popularity through the fashion and beauty content she shared on her YouTube channel. Reportedly, his former name until 2015 was Iván González Ranedo.
Samantha Hudson posted her song, “Maricón”, to YouTube in 2015 at her high school in Majorca, which went viral and gained her widespread recognition.
To date, Hudson has released only three albums.
She also won “Best Spanish Artist” at the 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The Daily Mail reported that PepsiCo-owned Spain branch Doritos faced a massive boycott trend after it announced Samantha Hudson as its brand ambassador. As the news broke, some of Hudson’s old tweets surfaced online, fanning the flames.
According to Newsweek, Hudson’s controversial tweets about a 12-year-old boy made headlines in 2015.
When Hudson was 16 years old she tweeted,
“Quiero hacer cosas gamberras como meterme a una niña de 12 años por el ojete.”
(English translation: “I want to do thuggish things like stick a 12-year-old girl up her a*shole.”)
Modernity News reported another alleged tweet of Samantha from 2014 which read,
“In the middle of the street in Mallorca in panties and screaming that I’m a nymphomaniac in front of a super beautiful 8-year-old girl.”
Netizen’s Reactions
Samantha Hudson and Doritos Spain have not yet issued a response or commented on the ongoing controversy.
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