On June 20, 2023, Twitch and Kick star Felix “xQc”responded to a Twitter controversy in which a user accused him of using a homophobic slur. According to @YourFellowArab, the streamer rose to prominence a few years ago after allegedly calling someone the F-word but still ended up signing the “biggest deal”in the history of the industry:
The user followed up by claiming that he was on xQc’s side and that “cancel culture does not exist”:
Responding to the allegations, the former Overwatch pro asserted that @YourFellowArab seemingly “made up”the entire thing. He stated:
“That’s literally made up. I mean, that would be the equivalent of what we would call – actually made up. It’s quite literally made out of thin air that just never happened. That, whatever.”
“Oh, they misspoke”- xQc throws shade at Twitter user who accused him of using a homophobic slur five years ago
xQc was 22 minutes into his livestream when fans asked him to look at @YourFellowArab’s social media post. After claiming that the user’s take was “made out of thin air,”the Twitch star sarcastically remarked:
“Oh, they… oh, they misspoke! Oh, my bad! Oh, wait a minute. Was that a mistake? Holy f**k! I think they misspoke! I think they… wait a minute! S**t! Oh, no! They used the wrong word! Oh, man! S**t, dude. Oh, man. My bad! They said the wrong word. S**t!”
The French-Canadian personality went on to say that whenever Twitter users’ bait fails to work, they apologize and claim to have “misspoke”:
“It’s almost like; like, I said earlier they throw a f**king bait. And they hope that it catches. And if it does, cash in the f**king wind and the W. And if it doesn’t, it’s, ‘Misspeaking, guys. My bad. I clicked the wrong key-bind on my keyboard.’”
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xQc then asked how many “examples”he needed to show his audience to prove his point:
“Again, how many examples of that do I have to show you to start understanding what I’m telling you about? How many?! How many f**king times do I have to show you this so that people start get to understand? How many?!”
He asserted that he never said the homophobic slur:
“I didn’t say that word. That didn’t happen! You can go through me for my bad takes. You can go through me for being f**king brain-dead. You can go through me for saying, ‘Fat this. Fat that.’ Okay? Some skits. Okay? But you’re not going to f**king make s**t about me, dude! Because the reality is, I’ve been on my f**king absolute A-Game.”
Fans react to the streamer’s response
xQc’s response to the Twitter controversy has elicited quite a lot of traction in the YouTube comments section. Here’s what the streaming community had to say:
According to one viewer, being canceled by the Twitter community is a “badge of honor.”Meanwhile, another fan stated that people were “getting jealous”of xQc’s $100 million Kick contract.
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