How long should streamers take a break after being publicly exposed? For the streamer DrDisrespect, the answer is “About 51 days.” That’s how long his vacation has been so far, but it seems to be coming to an end soon. Not everyone is excited about that.
What is he returning from?
- DrDisrespect announced on June 24 that he was moving up a planned vacation and disappearing from the public eye for a while. What he frames as a “I actually wanted to be away for a while anyway because everything is annoying me, so I’m doing it earlier” decision was, in the eyes of many critics, a consequence after he was publicly exposed and lost all his sponsors.
- The announcement of the vacation came when his own gaming studio distanced itself from him amid a scandal: DrDisrespect admitted to exchanging messages with a minor in 2017 that were “occasionally” somewhat inappropriate.
- But now it seems he has had enough of the vacation.
The ban of DrDisrespect has been one of the biggest mysteries in the gaming world for years. It was suspected that Twitch had parted ways with him due to a financial dispute:
What does he announce: Today around midnight, he announced he would be back soon. There’s a lot to discuss.
How is this commented on? His return is largely met with very nasty comments:
- “They call you a child-molester on X, Doc.”
- “Yeah, right, we know on which island you spent your vacation” – a reference to the pedophilia scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein, who allegedly did unspeakable things on a private island in the Virgin Islands.
- Someone also posts the meme where someone is “putting on a good face for a bad game.”
Where does DrDisrespect want to return to? That’s a problem:
- He can’t return to Twitch; he is permanently banned there.
- On YouTube, where he has streamed for the past few years, he is also no longer welcome. While he can still stream there, he has been cut off from earning money there.
- Kick seems to be the only option left. The controversial platform, closely tied to a crypto casino, appears to be the hottest candidate for a return right now.
Many open questions surrounding DrDisrespect’s ban have been clarified by an insider who has been examining the ban of the mustached entertainer for years: A new report answers 5 previously open questions about DrDisrespect’s Twitch ban.
