Nmplol Defends Valkyrae, Says Apology Was Unnecessary
Twitch star and co-owner of One True King, Nick “Nmplol” Polom, believes that Rachell ‘Valkyrae’ Hofstetter didn’t need to apologize for using African American Vernacular English (AAVE) language, despite some people, including her moderator, taking offense.
Valkyrae never disclosed what she said when apologizing, but according to fans from her YouTube streams, it was allegedly “no cap on a stack fr fr.”
Valkyrae claimed that she heard her friends use the phrase and didn’t realize it was something “non-black people should not be saying” until it was brought to her attention.
Nmplol didn’t express his personal opinion on the matter, but he firmly believes that Valkyrae’s public apology was unnecessary and that she felt pressured into doing it.
“Listen, just ignore it,” said Nmplol. “If people just ignored all this stuff, it would stop. Just don’t apologize, Rae. Just be like, ‘Yo, what?’ and move on. You know what I’m saying? It is what it is.”
Nmplol agreed when a viewer mentioned that the whole situation felt “weird, very forced, and scared.”
“Yeah, she’s probably afraid of being canceled, especially after the RFLCT cream incident,” he said. “Nobody wants that to happen to them. It’s horrifying.”
Valkyrae’s apology was sincere, and she promised to be more mindful of using AAVE language in the future.
This is not the first time a streamer has faced backlash for using AAVE language. Imane “Pokimane” Anys received criticism for including it in the title of her Twitch stream in August 2021, which read ‘On god frfr? It’s bussin’ bussin’ in here.’
The popular Twitch streamer also issued a public apology at the time.