Valkyrae denies ‘toxic’ accusation from her ex after he called out “disturbing” behavior
Instagram: Sonii / ValkyraeValkyrae has responded to her ex-boyfriend, fellow streamer Sonii, denying his claim that she was also toxic in their relationship.
Valkyrae streamed her podcast alongside co-host Alythuh, while both were cosplaying as characters from DC Comics’ Teen Titans.
In one segment of the show, which was clipped and shared to X on the official PressESC page, Alythuh gave Valkyrae a box of gifts, which included a voodoo doll.
“I made a voodoo doll of your ex,” Alythuh explained. “I hate that man.”
YouTube: PressESCValkyrae was shocked, replying: “Alyssa… that is the most deranged sh*t. Oh my god. Why does it actually look like him bro? This is so troll.”
The ex in question is Michael ‘Sonii’ Sherman, a Twitch streamer who was together with Valkyrae for four years, before the relationship ended in 2020.
Reacting to the clip, in a now-deleted post, he said: “I haven’t spoken to you since the day we split 3 years ago. But this is really disturbing and warrants my first message to you.
“All I’ve done these past few years is try to live a peaceful life without you in it. Our relationship was toxic on both sides.. but nobody ever cheated or was physically abusive. We both were hurt for our own reasons & hopefully healed at our own paces.
“And I absolutely understand if all of this behavior is an attempt for you to heal from our toxic past.
“But this has been going on for a while,” Sonii continued. “And to use this platform to spread more hate because of the private struggles we shared within something as complex as the relationship we had is not something I’d expect from you so many years later. However I’m very aware of how people & situations can change, so I don’t know what to expect.”
He concluded the message by explaining he has no other way of contacting her, but is open to communicating if she chooses.
“Truly hope we can be above the direction in which things are currently going. I have no way of contacting you but you are more than welcome to message me if you need anymore closure.”
Valkyrae responds to Sonii
Hours after Sonii’s message, the PressESC podcast posted: “Cheater and liar episode coming soon!” and Valkyrae has reposted it on her own page. The post was later deleted.
But, Valkyrae addressed the situation on stream instead. “I’m curious how both sides were toxic. Like the only toxic thing I did was get back with him over and over and over again. And not become a housewife.”
She also explained that they had spoken privately, and that in the conversation, she “pointed out every part of that tweet to him, which were not true. I knew for a fact I never blocked him because I wanted him to reach out and apologize.”
“I told him, that tweet is very misleading. Very, very misleading. And it hurts to see that. It felt like everything I went through was entirely dismissed.”
Sonii has since deleted his post, and the voodoo doll clip has been removed from PressESC’s X account.
In 2022, Sonii suggested that he would open up on what happened, but in the end, never did publicly.