Gibney explains to Yahoo Lifestyle that she and Raindrop sat down to film an explainer video as soon as they got home after a friend encouraged them to share their story. “I really recommend that you guys take that down.” That’s like blackmail,” he is heard saying over the phone.
“There’s no need for you guys to post that s*** and talk s*** about us. In the car on the way home, she captured a conversation with Blaine where he offered to pay for their ride while pleading that she take the Instagram post down. The video plays out to show the women leaving the house, where just outside of the front door Gibney hopped onto her Instagram stories to share what had taken place. Hearing such degrading words come out of the mouth of someone in a home where she’s felt comfortable in the past was “shocking and insane to me.” Gibney, who just came out as transgender one year ago, went on to explain that as a trans woman, she lives with nearly constant worry about her safety. “We were like, ‘Wait what’s the problem?’ And he was just like, ‘We were kind of under the impression that girls were coming.’ We were like, ‘OK what are we missing?’ And he said, ‘Real girls.’”
“It was so uncomfortable and I knew that something was wrong,” Gibney explains, mentioning that Blaine was whispering in the ear of her and Raindrop’s cisgender friend. That particular evening, however, her friends Cole Carrigan, Payton Caci and Mikahl Caci weren’t around. Gibney tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she’s been to the Team 10 house numerous times and has friendships with many people involved in the group.