Streamer explains why having a boyfriend won\u2019t stop \u201ccreepy\u201d viewers grilthegamer, TwitchFinnish ASMR streamer \u2018grilthegamer\u2019 received some disturbing messages from an overly-enthusiastic fan on Instagram \u2014 proving that, despite openly being in a relationship, nothing will stop online creeps. While being a popular online content creator might seem like the perfect job, it\u2019s not necessarily an easy career path, with many social media personalities experiencing serious breaches of personal privacy. Twitch streamer and \u201cASMRtist\u201d grilthegamer is one such influencer, who detailed her disturbing experience with a fan who came into her chat asking to visit her in Finland, claiming that his uncle lived in the European country. However, that wasn\u2019t the end of his odd advances toward the streamer; he went on to message her via Instagram after her broadcast had ended, explaining that he wanted to be in a relationship with her despite only watching her stream one time. \u201c\u2018Oh, I\u2019m this dude from the stream, I love you so much and I think this is really real, and I want to make it work with you,\u2019\u201d she recounted his messages. \u201cAfter one stream! And that\u2019s the moment I knew, telling them you have a fiance \u2014 it doesn\u2019t work!\u201d Despite being quite open about her current engagement, the streamer claims that there\u2019s no upside to telling viewers about one\u2019s relationship, noting that many donators will stop their contributions after realizing a streamer is officially off the market. \u201cIt would be smarter to not make up any bulls**t, because the simps only give you money when you don\u2019t tell them that you have a fiance,\u201d she explained. \u201cOr when they think that you are single. There would be no way why it would be beneficial for me to lie that I have a fiance.\u201d Despite joking about \u201csimps\u201d \u2014 a term that has gone viral in online spaces \u2014 her situation is not unique, with streamers across the net dealing with overenthusiastic fans who don\u2019t understand personal boundaries, such as \u201cSweet Anita\u2019s\u201d stalker, who moved to her city and even slept outside her home. He has also gone from planning a short visit my town, to moving to a place 4 minutes from me permanently. I’m very used to the lack of protection from the police at this point, I guess I’ll have to get used to seeing him around too. \u2014 Sweet Anita (@sweetanita) November 8, 2019 Although they may share their lives online, streamers and content creators are humans like anyone else; but the issue of personal privacy and invasive messages doesn\u2019t seem like a problem that\u2019s going away anytime soon, as streaming continues to boom in popularity worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Streamer explains why having a boyfriend won\u2019t stop \u201ccreepy\u201d viewers grilthegamer, TwitchFinnish ASMR streamer \u2018grilthegamer\u2019 received some disturbing messages from an overly-enthusiastic fan on Instagram \u2014 proving that, despite openly being in a relationship, nothing will stop online creeps. While being a popular online content creator might seem like the perfect job, it\u2019s not necessarily […]<\/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-59384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59384","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=59384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}