Hickman said that Whitney is “not homophobic in real life” as “her dads are gay” and said it was “almost ironic” that she’s been branded as “homophobic”.
Whitney’s owners Ben Campbell and Logan Hickman sat down for a chat with Know Your Meme in March about the memes surrounding the adorable dog. There have also been images that “suggested the dog learned from its homophobic ways and is now tolerant of the LGBTQ+ community”. Know Your Meme said there have been additional photoshopped images of Whitney with “similarly ironic homophobic captions” which appeared in 2022. The now-iconic image was posted on Whitney’s Instagram account in June 2019 and first appeared as a meme in March 2021. The website said the Whitney is seen “often sitting next to a glass of red wine with a Whisper caption that reads, ‘not too fond of gay people’, suggesting the dog is homophobic”. It has come to my attention that Ron DeSantis' press secretary has stolen my edit out of an inability to differentiate between satire and reality, please share your collection of dog memes under her post: Īccording to Know Your Meme, the dog from the ‘homophobic dog’ fake article is a white dachshund named Whitney Chewston.
