{"id":56536,"date":"2025-01-28T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ninja-brings-young-fan-with-cerebral-palsy-to-tears-with-heartfelt-message-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:34:26","slug":"ninja-brings-young-fan-with-cerebral-palsy-to-tears-with-heartfelt-message-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ninja-brings-young-fan-with-cerebral-palsy-to-tears-with-heartfelt-message-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja brings young fan with Cerebral Palsy to tears with heartfelt message &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ninja brings young fan with Cerebral Palsy to tears with heartfelt message KingoCraigo, TwitterStreaming star Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins is one of the most popular faces in gaming, boasting over 14 million followers on Twitch before leaving the site for Mixer \u2013 and he\u2019s using his internet fame for a good cause. Ninja\u2019s expansive fanbase includes both older and younger gamers alike, and he\u2019s not above showing his admirers a little appreciation now and then. In fact, Ninja sent a special video message to one of his young fans on August 21 \u2013 a fan who suffers from cerebral palsy, a condition defined as a group of disorders that affect muscle coordination and movement. 600\u201cHi Finley!\u201d Ninja\u2019s message began. \u201cI just wanted to say hi and I hope you\u2019re feeling better. I love you buddy, and have a good rest of your day, man.\u201d The star\u2019s video was posted to Twitter by Finely\u2019s father, fellow streamer \u201cKingoCraigo,\u201d who revealed that Ninja had also sent his son a signed LAMO figure and t-shirts. @Ninja has sent Finley a video, along with a signed Ninja LAMO and tshirts!@Ninja @JessicaBlevins @BananaShark100 I cannot thank you all enough. You are amazing. Finley has been so happy today and his spirits lifted so high! Finleys reaction will be in the comments :heart::scream::heart::scream::heart: pic.twitter.com\/jTWwVzr6b4 \u2014 TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) August 21, 2019 KingoCraigo later uploaded a video of Finley watching Ninja\u2019s special message, who embraced his father with a hug, appearing to cry. \u201c\u2026he cried but I had to cut it out, as he doesn\u2019t want to show everyone,\u201d Kingo confirmed in the video\u2019s caption. \u201cHe will remember this forever, you\u2019re his idol mate and I appreciate you taking time out so much. Legend.\u201d Showing Finley @Ninja message, he cried but I had to cut it out as he doesnt want to show everyone :joyful: He will remember this forever, you&#8217;re his idol mate and I appreciate you taking time out so much. Legend. pic.twitter.com\/N4SAMFt3iF \u2014 TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) August 21, 2019 Ninja\u2019s wife and manager Jessica Blevins responded to Kingo\u2019s Tweet with an equally heartfelt message, writing, \u201cWhat a sweet boy. We wish him the best and send all of our love here from Chicago.\u201d What a sweet boy. We wish him the best and send all of our love here from Chicago :purple_heart: \u2014 Jessica Blevins (@JessicaBlevins) August 21, 2019 The heartfelt moment didn\u2019t end there: Finely\u2019s Amazon wishlist was also completely \u201cwiped out\u201d following Ninja\u2019s retweet of the tear-jerking video, which even gave the youngster motivation to walk on his own without any support. :fire:KICKING CEREBRAL PALSYS ASS:fire:@Ninja tweeting out to Finley has gave him some huge motivation! First time ever walking without anyone behind him for support! HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!:heart::heart: pic.twitter.com\/oXfhWdNeFa \u2014 TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) August 21, 2019 This wouldn\u2019t be the first time Ninja has brought a young fan to tears, either: the streamer sent a birthday message to nine-year-old Zach on August 12, completely shocking the youngster, who couldn\u2019t keep a smile off his face after watching Ninja\u2019s video. My nephew was in total shock.. it took him a few minutes to realize what had just happened :joyful: words cannot begin to express my gratitude for @Ninja taking the time out of his anniversary today to do this! pic.twitter.com\/2cIScStKQ7 \u2014 Seth:drum_with_drumsticks: (@SethDrumsTV) August 13, 2019 Ninja\u2019s latest heartfelt act goes to show that, no matter how famous he is, the star can take time out of his busy schedule to make fans\u2019 days brighter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninja brings young fan with Cerebral Palsy to tears with heartfelt message KingoCraigo, TwitterStreaming star Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins is one of the most popular faces in gaming, boasting over 14 million followers on Twitch before leaving the site for Mixer \u2013 and he\u2019s using his internet fame for a good cause. 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