Hunter Schafer Drops Infidelity Bombshell Regarding Her Ex

After discovering her former accomplice’s infidelity, the 25-year-old actress—who famous that Dominic was the primary cisgender, straight-identifying man she had ever dated—initially blamed herself for the breakup.

Wanting again, Hunter Schafer finally understood that the state of affairs with Dominic Fike had nothing to do along with her.

“A part of why the connection ended is as a result of I obtained cheated on for the primary time,” Hunter mentioned on a current episode of the “Name Her Daddy” podcast. “It’s a part of my fact, however that essentially modified me as an individual.”

She later revealed that she had speculated that he was dishonest, and she or he ended up going by his telephone. “You at all times know,” she mentioned. “As a result of I knew, I went to the telephone—which I’m not pleased with.”

Schafer beforehand opened up about her journey with gender expression, which started at a younger age. By seventh grade, she had come out to her dad and mom as a homosexual boy, but it surely wasn’t till eighth grade that she started grappling with gender dysphoria.

“As a trans girl, with a person who has by no means dated that [type of person] earlier than,” she mentioned, reflecting on her relationship with Dominic. “Due to the way in which I’ve been socialized as a trans girl, it’s been this crux in my lifetime of what life has been so onerous generally, I used to be like, ‘Oh, god is that this it? Can I simply not?’”

Regardless of the alleged infidelity, Hunter mentioned, “It was one of many cleaner breakups I’ve had.”

“We each acknowledged that ‘This isn’t working and we are able to’t do that. We gotta go our personal separate methods.’ It was so onerous. We cherished one another. He was a extremely particular particular person,” she added. “He noticed me precisely as who I used to be, which was wonderful.”

In a current GQ cover story, Hunter Schafer revealed her efforts to shift public consideration away from her transgender identification.

The “Euphoria” star expressed her need for her identification to not be the only real focus of dialog about her and has sometimes averted utilizing the time period “trans” in interviews as a approach to make sure that her profession is acknowledged for extra than simply her gender identification.

“It has not simply occurred naturally by any means. If I let it occur, it might nonetheless be giving ‘Transsexual Actress’ earlier than each article ever,” Schafer mentioned. “As quickly as I say [trans], it will get blastoff. It took some time to be taught that and it additionally took some time to be taught that I don’t wish to be [reduced to] that, and I discover it finally demeaning to me and what I wish to do.”

She added, “Particularly after highschool, I used to be sick of speaking about it. I labored so onerous to get to the place I’m, previous these actually onerous factors in my transition, and now I simply wish to be a woman and at last transfer on.”

Schafer later acknowledged “it’s a privilege” to shift the main target past her gender identification. “It’s been very intentional. I’ve gotten provided tons of trans roles, and I simply don’t wish to do it,” she mentioned. “I don’t wish to speak about it.”

“I do know for a incontrovertible fact that I’m one of the crucial well-known trans folks in media proper now, and I do really feel a way of accountability, and possibly a bit little bit of guilt, for not being extra of a spokesperson,” Schafer added. “However finally, I actually do imagine that not making it the centerpiece to what I’m doing will permit me to get additional. And I believe getting additional and doing superior shit, within the curiosity of ‘the motion,’ shall be far more useful than speaking about it on a regular basis.”