Jenna issues second apology in wake of racism and homophobia scandal Twitch: JennaTwitch personality Jenna has issued another apology in the aftermath of offensive messages from her Discord being made public, saying that she \u201cunderstands what [she] did was incredibly wrong.\u201d The streamer has been embroiled in controversy this week over racist and homophobic messages she sent in her Discord server were made public on Reddit. Over 30 examples were shared, dating back from 2016 to as recently as December 2019. The thread, shared on \/r\/livestreamfail, peaked at over 30,000 upvotes and hit the website\u2019s front page before being deleted. While she issued an initial apology on stream saying that she \u201cdoesn\u2019t remember doing any of this,\u201d she took some time away from the platform to reflect on her actions and prepared another one. \u201cI wanted to think about all my actions, the things I said, the things I did, to really look deep inside and ask myself if that\u2019s the person I want to be,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t ever think ignorance is a valid excuse which is why I want to educate myself about all of these issues very well.\u201d She said that she \u201churt so many people with [her] words,\u201d which included the use of the n-word, as well as homophobic, anti-semetic, ableist, and xenophobic slurs. Im sorry I let everyone down. Read: https:\/\/t.co\/rrunzInbl5 \u2014 \ud83c\udf38Jenna\ud83c\udf38 (@KittyCatJenna) January 16, 2020 \u201cI wanted to apologize for the absolutely horrible and harmful behaviors I exhibited in my Discord, both recently and in the past,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m now aware how saying these kinds of words can affect people and I\u2019m learning to reform the way I speak to and about others.\u201d She also acknowledged the story about forcibly kissing her friend, which led to allegations of sexual assault being leveled against the streamer. She mentioned that it was \u201cirresponsible in reflecting on the story without giving the full context.\u201d \u201cI want to be clear that I think all sexual assault is wrong and I don\u2019t advocate for any acts that are pressured or forced or made uncomfortable for anyone even if the situation may seem innocent.\u201d Jenna said that she was \u201cblindsided\u201d by the Reddit post, and wasn\u2019t expecting it to blow up. \u201cI know that this situation was brought up entirely out of nowhere, and to be honest it blindsided me because I didn\u2019t understand the weight of my actions.\u201d The streamer mentioned that she is going to work on \u201cchanging\u201d herself after \u201cthis life-changing experience.\u201d \u201cI am truly grateful for this life-changing experience because it has caused me to open my eyes to the reality of my harmful words and behavior. I truly do care for people, and I genuinely am sorry if I ever hurt anyone with my words. \u201cI want people to simply exist in peace without feeling unaccepted, misunderstood, or that they aren\u2019t loved. I hope that this change in myself and my community will help these goals be reached.\u201d Jenna, who is a Twitch partner, has not faced repercussions from the company as of January 16. While the messages were made off the platform, the community guidelines state that Twitch \u201cmay take action against users for hateful conduct or harassment that occurs off Twitch services\u201d that\u2019s targeted at other Twitch users. She has not indicated when she will return to the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jenna issues second apology in wake of racism and homophobia scandal Twitch: JennaTwitch personality Jenna has issued another apology in the aftermath of offensive messages from her Discord being made public, saying that she \u201cunderstands what [she] did was incredibly wrong.\u201d The streamer has been embroiled in controversy this week over racist and homophobic messages […]<\/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-51972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51972","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=51972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}