Grammy-winning rapper Doechii was criticized for swearing at her assistants. Instead of apologizing, she stood up to her fans.

Doechii fans are divided aft a video emerged showing the rapper shouting astatine her unit earlier she appeared astatine the Met Gala.

And alternatively of apologizing, she thanked her squad but said the lawsuit was "overstimulating."

Doechii is the latest female artists whose prima is rising not to apologize aft a instrumentality backlash, but to alternatively item her ain needs. Last year, Chappell Roan was criticized for not taking photos with fans and shouting astatine a lensman astatine the 2024 VMAs. She besides spoke retired astir however fame and instrumentality interactions had a antagonistic effect connected her intelligence health.

On Monday, a TikTok relationship called theviketwins published the video of paparazzi spotting Doechii astatine the Mark Hotel successful New York, wherever celebrities often get dressed earlier appearing connected the Met Gala reddish carpet.

Celebrities typically fell their outfits earlier the large uncover connected the reddish carpet, so Doechii's squad rapidly tried to screen her with a wardrobe surface and umbrellas.

As the squad tried to find much umbrellas, Doechii could beryllium heard saying successful a raised voice, "Give maine different umbrella. I request much fucking umbrellas."

Some fans criticized Doechii for raising her dependable and utilizing a curse connection portion speaking to her team.

On Wednesday, Doechii responded to the play by sharing a TikTok video captioned: "God forbid a miss needs much umbrellas."

"All jokes speech this was specified an overstimulating nighttime but I wouldn't commercialized it for the world! This was the nighttime we each dreamed of and my squad killed it (umbrellas aside)," she wrote beneath the video.

Doechii besides reshared the station connected her Instagram story. In a consequent station she said she was arrogant of her glam and manner teams, and that she had dreamed of attending the Met Gala for a agelong time.

Any large reddish carpet lawsuit tin beryllium a spot to radiance for celebrities. But a archetypal quality connected the prestigious Met Gala reddish carpet, arsenic was the lawsuit for Doechii, tin beryllium a career-defining infinitesimal and a motion that a idiosyncratic is connected their mode to becoming an A-lister.

Some fans, including rapper JT, praised Doechii's response. She commented connected Doechii's TikTok that she understood it was a stressful night.

Doechii was besides portion of the committee for this year's gala.

"That was anxietyyyyyyy🖤! Big night! Your debut! Getty was there, I get it! You ate!" JT wrote.

Other fans criticized Doechii for not taking work for her actions oregon apologizing publicly.

A typical for Doechii did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider.