The streamer DrDisrespect will return today on 06.09.2024 as a content creator, presumably on YouTube. He announced this in a video clip on X (formerly Twitter). The 42-year-old gaming streamer had taken a break from gaming after it became known that he exchanged inappropriate messages with a 17-year-old in 2017 and was subsequently banned from Twitch.
This is DrDisrespect’s announcement:
DrDisrespect uploaded a video yesterday on X, which stylizes him in a motorboat racing to an island with suspenseful music. This is a new version of his usual appearance, where he drives through the streets of a fictional city in a Lambo.
Ultimately, he arrives in the “Arena” in the video, where his “Champion’s Club” is waiting for him. These are all components of the myth he has built around himself.
The final message: “We’ve just started” – “Tomorrow” it should continue. It is expected that he will be back today on 06.09. as a content creator in gaming. Presumably on YouTube, where his channels have been demonetized since 28.06. It would also be possible, although surprising, that he streams on Kick.
That was our position on DrDisrespect’s Twitch ban for many years:
Award-winning editor leaves DrDisrespect after 6 years
Which employee did he lose? On September 3, DrDisrespect’s longtime video editor announced (via X) that he is quitting after 6 years of working for the influencer. The young man, known on X as “HobbertEdits”, was responsible for DrDisrespect’s video presence and has won awards in the role.
Particularly, DrDisrespect’s YouTube videos are considered extremely well-produced and have been repeatedly praised for their high quality. It seems that DrDisrespect is losing an important employee.
The editor does not give reasons for the separation, only stating that it is time to move on and how proud he was of his work.
One might suspect that a video editor who hasn’t had any videos to edit for more than two months might look for something else. And perhaps DrDisrespect can no longer afford the services of the evidently highly talented man – he already complained in 2023 that his income on YouTube was only a fraction of his earlier earnings on Twitch.
DrDisrespect returns 74 days after his fall
How long was DrDisrespect away from YouTube? DrDisrespect learned on June 24 that his gaming studio Midnight Society was ending their collaboration with him. Immediately afterward, he announced his streaming break and went “on vacation.”
If he returns today, he would have been “on vacation” for 74 days.
Why was DrDisrespect away for so long? For five years, there has been a mystery surrounding why he was banned from Twitch in 2019. But the “resolution” of this mystery did not go as DrDisrespect had envisioned. For all these years, he gave the impression that he had been banned from Twitch without reason – due to a business dispute over a high exclusivity contract.
As the actual circumstances of his ban gradually came to light starting June 22, it had serious consequences for the streamer. It became known that DrDisrespect exchanged inappropriate messages with a 17-year-old back in 2017 via Twitch’s whisper function: DrDisrespect explains what messages led to his Twitch ban
DrDisrespect is live with 141,000 viewers
Update 6.9. 12:20 PM: DrDisrespect is indeed back live. As expected, he is streaming on YouTube and already has over 141,000 viewers by 21:20. His channel with 4.6 million subscribers has only been demonetized on YouTube, not banned.
He is playing the beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 but seems dejected as he talks about being out of his gaming studio. That was his big goal.
DrDisrespect says: He did nothing wrong, and he was framed
In a statement, he says he did nothing illegal on the platform. He had stress with an employee there, a partner manager, who supposedly “framed” him for the scandal. The chat messages that led to his ban were harmless and just “banter”.
We have meanwhile processed and contextualized DrDisrespect’s stream and statement in an article: DrDisrespect says: Behind the ban is a conspiracy at Twitch – Rants about a “rat” who revealed the secret
