Twitter Users Call Out Tiffany "New York" Pollard For Transphobic Probe On Dating Show

tw: transphobia/very ashy behavior
I'm still not over New York being VIOLENTLY transphobic to this woman like I honestly, truly, cannot have or enjoy a single thing. pic.twitter.com/7N1MMSRc2E

— Mika Mizuno ☿ 水野米凯 (@0pvlent) December 30, 2020

The Flavor of Love alumna made a guest appearance on episode ten of the reality TV dating show as a judge to help Kamal “Chance” Givens find his true love. Givens competed for Pollard’s affection on the VH1 cult-classic, I Love New York. 

During Pollard’s interview with contestant Tiffany “Believable” Walker, she claimed that Walker had not been open about who she was. In the clip, Pollard goes ham on Walker with a series of assumptions and invasive questions.

“You aren’t very forthcoming with me,” she began. “You didn’t shed any light on the questions that I had, and I feel like you have a situation. I do believe that you are a man.”

The young woman remained calm through the line of questioning.

“I know I’m not,” Walker responded. “It is what it is.”

“Does it bother you when I tell you that I feel like you’re a man,” Pollard continued. “That you have genitalia, like penis and balls and sweaty d**k? What does that do to you, does it f**k with you at all?” 

“No,” Walker replied.

“That’s what scares me, and that’s why you’re going home,” the 38-year-old reality star finally said.

Twitter was quick to respond to the problematic clip.

One day we are going to have to make decisions on acceptable forms of entertainment on reality tv. Violence in any form ain’t it.

This ain’t it. There’s no way anyone can say this is acceptable.

— ☿ ???????????????????????????????????????????????? (@sweetfacedinero) December 30, 2020

One Twitter user expressed that those words should never be uttered under any circumstance.

Idgaf if it’s scripted or not, u should NEVER say those things to trans women or trans ppl in general, periodt

— ✧ ???????????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ✧ (@torrystyX_) December 30, 2020

Another person was disappointed by Pollard’s actions.

This is so cruel and unnecessary , I’m so disappointed in Tiffany here .

— k (@kerry_skipper) December 30
, 2020

Someone else brought up the reality star’s past behaviors involving misgendering women.

I thought Tiffany was glowing up out of her Flavor of Love days, but apparently the trash behavior is still present. Y’all don’t remember when she was calling other women men who she deemed “ugly”? pic.twitter.com/NdIfadOzh3

— sceneries (@skinsceneries) December 30, 2020

One Twitter user wasn’t surprised at all.

Y’all she was transphobic on flavor of love… are y’all that shocked?

— you know you aint paying they rent (@VickyLynnLovey) December 30, 2020

Previously, Pollard has been identified as a staunch ally to the LGBTQ community.

In a 2019 interview with Out Magazine, she discussed why the community was close to her heart.

“The community has always shown me love and I think that we connect on levels that are just unspoken because – and a lot of people don’t know this – I was bullied throughout high school,” Pollard told the publication. “We connect on that level because we know how it is to be ridiculed for being yourself. You can’t apologize for being yourself because that’s all you know how to be."