Doja Cat Is Being Called Out For Wearing A Sam Hyde T-Shirt

    "I can’t keep defending you."

    Chelsea Stewart
    by Chelsea Stewart

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Doja Cat is being called out for wearing a shirt with Sam Hyde's face on it.

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    The "Attention" singer took to her Instagram feed yesterday and shared photos of herself wearing the shirt inside a car. According to Insider, she also posted a pic in the tee to her Instagram Story.

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    Sam, if you don't know, is a troll and comedian who cowrote the sketch-comedy show Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace. The series premiered on Adult Swim in 2016 but was canceled after one season after complaints that it featured racist, sexist, and bigoted themes.

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    Additionally, Sam has been linked to the alt-right and has publicly backed neo-Nazi causes. In 2017, he reportedly donated $5,000 to Andrew Anglin, who founded the neo-Nazi website, the Daily Stormer, after Andrew was sued by the Southern Poverty Law Center for his alleged harassment of a Jewish woman in Montana.

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    You might have also seen Sam's face on social media — he's often baselessly linked to mass shootings around the US. 

    When Sam was previously asked whether he belonged to the alt-right, he responded, asking: "Is that some sort of indie book store?"

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    And when he was questioned about his donation on behalf of the Daily Stormer, he said: “Don’t worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That’s a quote."

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    So yeah, a lot of people aren't fans of him — and they weren't thrilled to see Doja wearing him on her shirt.

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    Taking to Twitter, one person wrote: "imagine being a pick me for incels… like doja cat is really trying her best to be cancelled and un-famous again just so she can get back to those racial chat rooms full time."

    imagine being a pick me for incels… like doja cat is really trying her best to be cancelled and un-famous again just so she can get back to those racial chat rooms full time https://t.co/kO3PQZk9He

    — 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 ☥ ³³³ (@ONSOMEPACSHIT) October 7, 2023
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    They're referencing how, in 2020, Doja was accused of participating in racist chat rooms on Tinychat, which she denied.

    Another said her behavior is "getting ridiculous."

    doja cat BEEN weird but the music ate so bad i had to chalk them chatroom feet shenanigans up to fake news. but this getting ridiculous

    — zae (@itszaeok) October 7, 2023
    Twitter: @itszaeok

    Doja Cat really has deep rooted issues as a woman & she thinks being an “edge lord” for ugly white men makes her different..

    — Bella Goth ☀️ (@WickedNFine) October 7, 2023
    Twitter: @WickedNFine

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    "Yeah, man. Y'all gonna have cancel Doja Cat. Ion care how talented she is," another Twitter user said.

    Yeah man. Yall gonna have cancel Doja Cat. Ion care how talented she is

    — Head Broke Boi Will (@MrGee54) October 7, 2023
    Twitter: @MrGee54

    Doja hasn't yet directly responded to the backlash, but she re-uploaded the pic to her Instagram grid with the shirt cropped out, along with a series of eye roll emojis. You can see the post below.