Dream trolls fans with fake face reveal as \u201ccatfishing\u201d rumors spread Instagram: @dreamwastakenMinecraft YouTuber \u2018Dream\u2019 is hitting back at accusations of \u201ccatfishing\u201d his fanbase after a purported photo of the star began circulating around social media. The past few days have been a whirlwind of controversy for Dream. After appearing in an interview with fellow influencer Anthony Padilla, Dream came under fire for admitting to throwing out his ADHD medication, claiming he felt \u201cway less creative\u201d while medicated. Shortly thereafter, a massive Twitter thread containing purported racist behavior from Dream took off online, with an alleged DM from the Minecrafter responding to accusations of racism in his fanbase appearing to kickstart the backlash. The YouTube star, who boasts over 23 million subscribers and a sprawling fanbase, has now been accused of \u201ccatfishing\u201d his viewers after a purported photo of him surfaced amid the Twitter drama. Fans claimed that the person in the photos is actually Dream, himself, as the individual responsible for getting a hold of the picture allegedly discovered the pic through his family\u2019s personal Facebook profiles. However, it\u2019s not just the photo itself that\u2019s causing controversy \u2014 it\u2019s the fact that the purported picture of him isn\u2019t exactly what fans had in mind when imagining what the faceless YouTuber would really look like. This kicked off a tsunami of backlash against Dream, with many critics and fans accusing the YouTuber of using his brother as a possible \u201cbody double\u201d for his Instagram photos. It doesn\u2019t look like Dream is getting too riled up about the drama, though, as he posted a cheeky Tweet reacting to the scandal the next day. \u201cDecided to face reveal\u2026 please be nice,\u201d the YouTuber wrote, attached to a computer-generated image of a blonde Caucasian man with blue eyes. It appears that much of Dream\u2019s fanbase is divided regarding the purported \u201ccatfishing,\u201d with some turning their anger toward Dream, while others worry over his mental health after his family was essentially doxxed by overzealous netizens trying to discover his true identity. Either way, the pressure to match a certain image fantasized by fans must be overwhelming, and Dream isn\u2019t alone in hiding his face from the world; fellow faceless YouTuber Corpse Husband has also cited anxiety and apprehension as a reason for keeping his face off the net after amassing a huge fanbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dream trolls fans with fake face reveal as \u201ccatfishing\u201d rumors spread Instagram: @dreamwastakenMinecraft YouTuber \u2018Dream\u2019 is hitting back at accusations of \u201ccatfishing\u201d his fanbase after a purported photo of the star began circulating around social media. The past few days have been a whirlwind of controversy for Dream. After appearing in an interview with fellow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}