The gaming streamer Adin Ross has reportedly switched from Twitch to Kick for a lot of money. However, the 22-year-old was missing for a few days and skipped his streams on Kick. This sparked wild speculation on Twitter.
Who is Adin Ross?
- Adin Ross is a controversial streamer who built a career on Twitch with live shows and NBA 2k. He was extremely successful on Twitch, especially in the wake of the controversial misogynist Andrew Tate, earning over 180,000 € a month solely from subscriptions.
- The streamer switched to Kick in February 2023 – as he himself hinted, he received a lot of money for it, allegedly the “best deal in streaming ever.”
- In April 2023, Ross was permanently banned from Twitch. According to Twitch, the lifetime ban was imposed because he transferred his unmoderated Kick chat to Twitch.
Adin Ross is reportedly getting even more money from Kick than xQc:
Ross does not stream for 5 days on Kick – despite strong contract
This was the situation: Although Adin Ross allegedly signed a huge contract with the new streaming service Kick, he was offline for several days: between July 19 and July 24, his channel on Kick remained silent.
This might be due to a conflict with his “mentor” Andrew Tate with whom he had a falling out: Tate criticized him for taking drugs and spreading narrow-minded, false views regarding LGBTQ+.
In any case, Ross was offline for 5 days.
This was the tweet: The Twitter user scubaryan_, who frequently posted about streamers, published a tweet on July 24:
“After disappearing for the 5th time in the last 2 months for almost a week, Kick has officially TERMINATED Adin Ross’s contract worth $180 million.”
Accompanying the tweet was a photo of Adin Ross.
This tweet has been viewed 11 million times so far, gaining over 1,000 retweets and nearly 60,000 likes.
Tweet was completely made up, meant to “scare Adin Ross”
What’s the problem with this tweet? The tweet is completely made up, there is no statement from Kick.
The tweet was apparently intended as a joke. Just minutes after the original tweet appeared, the user posted a second tweet with a picture of Spongebob and the text “Hopefully, this will scare him enough to stream again.”
But the tweet went viral and many took it as a serious announcement that Adin Ross was losing an extremely lucrative contract.
How did Twitter react? They added a “context note” that one could mistakenly take the tweet as a fact. The tweet is misleading: Kick did not terminate the contract.
Does Adin Ross really earn $180 million? No, the details of his contract with Kick are not clear:
- There was once a rumor that Ross would receive $150 million for his switch over 2 years
- This rumor was denied by Kick insider Trainwreck
- Adin Ross himself stated that he has not disclosed any details about his contract
The $180 million was apparently another ironic exaggeration from the Twitter user, who seems to have overestimated Adin Ross’s followers’ ability to recognize irony on the internet.
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