Kick co-founder hits back at ex-Twitch exec amid Adin Ross\u2019s \u2018Kim Jong Un\u2019 stream Twitch: DJWheatThe streaming wars rage on as Kick co-founder Bijan Tehrani says his platform lives \u201crent free\u201d in ex-Twitch exec DjWheat\u2019s head amid criticism around Adin Ross\u2019s recent stream with a Kim Jong Un impersonator. On September 20, Adin Ross went live with a Kim Jong Un impersonator after claiming he wanted to travel to North Korea to stream with the political leader. Of course, controversial commentator Andrew Tate was also part of this call, which shattered viewership records on Kick with a whopping 300,000 live viewers at its max. However, this particular stream has been garnering quite a bit of controversy online as to which personalities and what kind of content is allowed on Kick\u2026 and it even caught the attention of a former Twitch figurehead. DjWheat lashes out at Kick after Adin Ross\u2019s fake Kim Jong Un stream DjWheat was Twitch\u2019s Director of Creator Development before he left the company in 2022. He worked at Twitch for over ten years and continues to be a major voice in the streaming space. On September 20, Kick posted a tweet commenting on Ross\u2019s stream with the fake Kim Jong Un, writing, \u201cWe live in a simulation.\u201d \u201cYour business is a simulation,\u201d DjWheat replied in a quote-retweet. Kick co-founder Bijhan Tehrani was quick to hit back at this comment, simply replying: \u201cRent free.\u201d However, it doesn\u2019t look like DjWheat is taking the situation all too seriously. In response to Tehrani, the former Twitch exec simply posted a meme that read, \u201cMad.\u201d Kick also posted a response to DjWheat, telling him to \u201cenjoy the show\u201d alongside a screenshot showing that he follows the company on X\/Twitter. DjWheat replied with a gif of actor Nick Offerman doing an \u201cI see you\u201d motion to the camera. This is just the latest instance of DjWheat expressing concern about Kick after calling the platform a \u201csham\u201d back in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kick co-founder hits back at ex-Twitch exec amid Adin Ross\u2019s \u2018Kim Jong Un\u2019 stream Twitch: DJWheatThe streaming wars rage on as Kick co-founder Bijan Tehrani says his platform lives \u201crent free\u201d in ex-Twitch exec DjWheat\u2019s head amid criticism around Adin Ross\u2019s recent stream with a Kim Jong Un impersonator. On September 20, Adin Ross went […]<\/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-52782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52782","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=52782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}