Kick streamer who harassed Japanese locals confronted by American: \u201cI got a problem with you\u201d Kick: johnnysomaliControversial Kick streamer Johnny Somali, known for harassing locals in Japan, got confronted by an American who was fed up with his behavior. Johnny Somali is a divisive streamer on Kick who has sparked a storm of outrage online due to his inflammatory behavior toward locals in Japan, where he\u2019s currently staying. Somali\u2019s actions made their way into the spotlight earlier this year after viewers witnessed him making racist remarks toward passengers on a train \u2014 specifically, making mention of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Somali has continued this behavior well into the summer, but his comments haven\u2019t gone unchecked. The streamer has been confronted numerous times by outraged locals, a few of whom have gotten physical with the broadcaster during his IRL streams. Kick streamer Johnny Somali confronted by American after harassing Japanese locals Now, another person has confronted Johnny Somali \u2014 and he made it clear that he wasn\u2019t pleased with the streamer\u2019s actions in a clip that\u2019s going viral online. In the clip, a foreigner \u2014 presumably American \u2014 walked up to Johnny Somali, holding up a smartphone showing a photo of the streamer. \u201cIs this you?\u201d he asked. After Somali confirmed that it was him, the American said: \u201cI gotta problem with you, bro.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a troll!\u201d Somali explained. \u201cMy wife is Japanese,\u201d the American continued. \u201cYou go there and insult people like that. Do you know how many people died from Hiroshima, and you\u2019re joking about that sh*t?\u201d Somali went on to claim that he was drunk while making those remarks and said that he\u2019d apologized \u2014 but the American wasn\u2019t having any of it. \u201cAll these families suffered, people suffered because of that. You\u2019re on the train harassing people like that\u2026 don\u2019t do it again, bro. I\u2019ve seen how people in Tokyo whoop your a**. You\u2019re lucky I don\u2019t do the same.\u201d \u201cIs that a threat?\u201d Somali asked. \u201cIt is, yes,\u201d the man replied. \u201cBecause you go around harassing people like that \u2014 innocent people who didn\u2019t do anything, Japanese people\u2026 and you\u2019re out here f*cking with them like that. For what, bro? For a little bit of clout? It\u2019s pathetic.\u201d Somali then asked what he was \u201csupposed to do about it now,\u201d to which the American responded, \u201cdon\u2019t do it again.\u201d The confrontation ended shortly thereafter, with the two men exchanging a handshake. Netizens have praised the American for confronting Johnny Somali, with many commenters hopeful that this will spark a change in the streamer\u2019s behavior. On the other side of this issue, several IRL streamers have been victims of racist attacks themselves, with the most recent instance of this behavior taking place when Thai steamer \u2018ppim\u2019 was subjected to racist remarks while traveling in Brussels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kick streamer who harassed Japanese locals confronted by American: \u201cI got a problem with you\u201d Kick: johnnysomaliControversial Kick streamer Johnny Somali, known for harassing locals in Japan, got confronted by an American who was fed up with his behavior. Johnny Somali is a divisive streamer on Kick who has sparked a storm of outrage online […]<\/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-52850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52850","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=52850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}