SUMMARY
- Pokimane left Twitch recently and blamed the 'manosphere' of the platform.
- The streamer recently talked about exposing a Twitch employee.
Now that Pokimane is no longer tied to a contract with Twitch, she’s a free bird. After finally announcing her exit from the streaming platform, she has been out on the loose spilling out secrets about the platform.
After a decade-long streaming career on Twitch, Pokimane announced her exit from the platform on January 31, 2024. She expressed her gratitude to the platform while announcing her exit. Twitch too wished their highest-earning streamer luck for her future.
However, just a day later, Pokimane released a video revealing the reasons for her exit. She blamed the “manosphere” on the Amazon-owned platform for leaving the platform.
Pokimane reveals more secrets about Twitch
At the end of a recent episode of her “Don’t Tell Anyone” podcast, Pokimane hinted that in the next video, she would be revealing a bizarre incident that happened with a Twitch employee. She mentioned that the incident happened way back when she was still professionally related to the platform.
Naturally, the clip wherein she’s heard talking about the incident quickly went viral. “There was something bat sh*t crazy that happened with a Twitch employee”, she says.
“There was something bat sh*t crazy that happened with a Twitch employee”
Pokimane hints at exposing a crazy Twitch staff story soon pic.twitter.com/pD56myOkuy
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) February 4, 2024
She also states that earlier she refrained from sharing details since she was bound by contractual obligations. Pokimane said, “I haven’t fully publicized it, but now that my contract is over, I’m considering doing that in another soon podcast episode.”
Pokimane states, “But I didn’t talk about it at the time, frankly, because I feel Twitch gets enough negative PR anyways, and I did not want to add to it.” “And again you know I had a close working relationship with them, so it didn’t feel like the right time. But now that it happened a long while ago. It is a wild story but would make for a good story,” she later adds. Although the 27-year-old did not reveal many details about it, she promised to do so in a future video.
Fans react to Pokimane’s revelation
Naturally, the announcement about exposing a Twitch employee further intensified the controversy behind the female streamer’s departure. Several fans and users expressed their opinions about the revelation. Some users voiced their concern about potential repercussions from Twitch. on the other hand, others highlighted the timing of Pokimane’s decision to reveal this shocking story.
Pokimane claims she’s exposing a crazy story involving a Twitch employee soon pic.twitter.com/xnbMnVRcSW
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) February 5, 2024
A group of users even believe that her revelations could severely impact the Amazon-owned platform. A user Travis wrote, “Pokimane is about to end Twitch.” Similarly, another user ‘Juice’ says, “Twitch’s downfall?? Ya love to see it🔥🔥” (sic)
Several users even expressed that they were eagerly awaiting further details. It will be interesting to see what she has to share since it could possibly reveal the intricacies of what happens beyond the public eye in the streaming industry.