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NextImg:Dylan Mulvaney worn down by the 'mental effects' of being misgendered amid Bud Light debacle

Controversial transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney described being worn down by the backlash stemming from the LGBT advocate's partnership with Bud Light.

"Haters really wore me down for a second," Mulvaney told Chelsea Handler on the Thursday episode of Handler's podcast Dear Chelsea.

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"That's what I think a lot of these haters don't realize, is that the mental effects of misgendering in the media, it breaks my heart. Because you know there are people calling me a man, and I don't, right now, I feel like I'm not even processing any of it."

The constant battering could have seriously damaging effects, Mulvaney said.

"I'm so scared to do that deep dive and to know what the effects are. And I'll say these haters, they really wore me down for a second."

According to Mulvaney, "Dysphoria truly feels like a darkness that kind of washes over you and in those moments of being misgendered ... that made me so sad."

Mulvaney's advertising collaboration with Bud Light kicked off last month, greatly increasing the influencer's public profile.

Dressed like Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's, wearing a black dress, black gloves, an updo hairstyle, and a necklace, Mulvaney posted a promotional video carrying five Bud Light cans.

"This month, I celebrated my '365 Days of Womanhood,' and Bud Light sent me possibly the best gift ever ... a can with my face on it," Mulvaney said.

Conservative backlash to the content creator's partnership with Anheuser-Busch was fast and furious, with many on the Right calling for a boycott of the beverage brand.

Last month, during the week ranging from April 17 to April 22, Bud Light sales fell 26.1% from what they were a year ago.

Despite the toll on the influencer's mental health, Mulvaney told Handler there have been voices of support, including Handler.

"They came for you Chels, and I thought 'Oh my god, this is my favorite woman in the entire world and the same people that are coming for me are coming for her,'" Mulvaney said. "Something clicked, and I went, 'Oh my God, maybe what they're saying isn't true' because I'm now watching them take out someone I love, and I know her truth, and I stand by her, and I love her, so maybe the same goes for me.

"It's almost easier when it's not about you, and it's about someone you love or enjoy, and I know we hadn't met yet, but I actually was able to see in through your experience with them."

Handler responded with words of support.

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"I love that," she said. "Yeah, I mean I was saying this to you a little bit before we started, but you know the haters. It's just like you have a big pile of stuff. There's always going to be some negative stuff, you know, you have to learn how to focus on the positive and all the people that you're impacting and eventually, it just rolls right off your back.

"We both know how to have a good time exactly, and that's what, you know, I don't think they want to see that."