Pokimane reveals why she gives fake names in public YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has revealed why she uses fake names out in public and asked fans not to call her out if they hear her doing it. Over the last few years, Twitch star Pokimane has become one of the most recognizable streamers on the internet, with fans approaching her wherever she goes. She\u2019s even gone as far as meeting a fan during his IRL stream while she was at the mall shopping. In a recent TikTok video, Poki revealed that she has trouble sharing her first name with employees at Starbucks, explaining that she sometimes uses a different name in those situations. Pokimane reveals she uses a different name at Starbucks Uploaded on April 17 to her alternate TikTok account, Poki asked fans not to call her out for using a different name when ordering her favorite Starbucks drink. \u201cIf you see me out in public at like a Starbucks or I\u2019m getting food and I give them a completely random name and you know that\u2019s not my real name \u2014 mind your business okay,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s my white name. Sometimes I go by Jen or Kim, you know. Because if I give them my actual name, Imane, here\u2019s how the conversation goes. \u2018Yvonne? No no no Imane. Elon? Girl, do I look like Elon Musk to you?’\u201d She went on to add: \u201cThey\u2019ll ask how to spell [Imane], and they\u2019ll come out and ask \u2018Is there an Imani here? I moon? Imana?\u2019 I don\u2019t wanna deal with it.\u201d Pokimane is Moroccan-Canadian, and her first name is quite common in Morocco, although it has a Muslim origin meaning \u201cfaith.\u201d For more entertainment news and other viral stories, check out our coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane reveals why she gives fake names in public YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has revealed why she uses fake names out in public and asked fans not to call her out if they hear her doing it. Over the last few years, Twitch star Pokimane has become one of the most recognizable streamers […]<\/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-58008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58008","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=58008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}