Jinny comes under fire on Twitch for \u201cableist\u201d joke about Spider-Man cosplayer Twitch: JinnyttyTwitch star Jinny has come under fire from the streaming community after making an \u201cableist\u201d joke about a young Spider-Man cosplayer in a wheelchair while at the Los Angeles Comic-Con for an IRL stream. Popular IRL streamer Jinny has come under heavy fire from Twitch fans after making a comment about a child in a wheelchair dressed as superhero Spider-Man. The 29-year-old was broadcasting her adventures at the Los Angeles Comic-Con over the weekend when she walked past a parent, dressed as Dr Strange, and their child, who was in a wheelchair. Jinny exclaimed in excitement at the costumes, catching the attention of the child\u2019s caretaker. \u201cOh wow, this is really cool. Like a\u2026 Stephen Hawking Spider-Man,\u201d she then proclaimed, within earshot of the pair, before repeating herself again as she walked away. \u201cYeah, they\u2019re like a Stephen Hawking Spider-Man.\u201d The now-deleted clip quickly went viral online, with most Twitch fans demanding Jinny apologize for her comments, and dubbing her \u201cableist\u201d for the joke. As soon as Jinny made her comment, her Twitch chat was flooded with responses begging her to apologize, and telling her the Spider-Man cosplayer was a child. \u201cThat kid is actually disabled,\u201d one wrote, while another told Jinny she was \u201crude\u201d and \u201cableist\u201d for making the joke in the first place. The backlash continued on Reddit and Twitter too, where one commenter suggested it was a \u201cvery strange thing to joke\u201d whether the streamer knew it was a prop or not. Jinny didn\u2019t originally respond to the outpouring in her chat, continuing around the convention, but hastily apologized when she saw the torrent of comments telling her that she had made a mistake. \u201cIs that an actual person? That was an actual person? That\u2019s my bad, I thought someone made it. I didn\u2019t know,\u201d she said. \u201cMy bad. I actually didn\u2019t know.\u201d The streamer\u2019s December VOD in question has since been deleted, though her other Comic-Con streams still remain available. This isn\u2019t the first time the popular Korean star has come under fire for on-stream comments in recent months either. In September, the 29-year-old found herself on the wrong side of internet scrutiny after she filmed a UK security officer then lied about it, allegedly breaking several laws in the process. Beyond her original apology during the Comic-Con stream on Twitch, Jinny has yet to address the \u201cStephen Hawking\u201d joke or the ensuing backlash online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jinny comes under fire on Twitch for \u201cableist\u201d joke about Spider-Man cosplayer Twitch: JinnyttyTwitch star Jinny has come under fire from the streaming community after making an \u201cableist\u201d joke about a young Spider-Man cosplayer in a wheelchair while at the Los Angeles Comic-Con for an IRL stream. Popular IRL streamer Jinny has come under heavy […]<\/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-52045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045","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=52045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}