xQc slams heartbreaking Squid Game contestant: \u201cskill issue\u201d Streaming sensation xQc has hit out at people criticizing Netflix after Squid Game: The Challenge contestant 299 was \u201cbullied\u201d by his team in a heartbreaking moment. It\u2019s fair to say Squid Game was a mega-success, with the award-winning K-drama taking over the world for a brief period of time. The show quickly became Netflix\u2019s most-watched show in the streaming platform\u2019s history. Of course, with its huge success, Netflix has not only followed up by confirming a second season but also released a reality game show inspired by the hit Korean show, where 456 players compete for a 4.56 million dollar prize. However, many fans have since hit out at Netflix over contestant 299, who was \u201cbullied\u201d by his team during the Dalgona Challenge before breaking down into tears on camera. \u201cThis is not entertainment. This is a man who just lost a chance at getting a life-changing amount of money realizing he lost everything and shutting down on camera. Netflix lost the plot,\u201d one wrote on Twitter\/X, which has amassed over 80k likes at the time of writing. xQc hits back at Squid Game: The Challenge critics Hitting back, streaming star xQc has slammed those criticizing the streaming service. \u201cSkill issue, literally. POV: Sheltered, weak person realizes not everyone wins in a game show,\u201d he said. \u201c50k likes for a tweet from someone who doesn\u2019t understand contestants enter willingly, knowing they will be filmed.\u201d The streamer added: \u201cNetflix is not evil for this, stop crying.\u201d Skill issue, literally. POV: Sheltered, weak person realizes not everyone wins in a game show. 50k likes for a tweet from someone who doesn’t understand contestants enter willingly, knowing they will be filmed. Netflix is not evil for this, stop crying https:\/\/t.co\/U6q572X3Uh \u2014 xQc (@xQc) November 28, 2023 While xQc\u2019s fans called the streamer \u201cout of touch\u201d for the comment, the 28-year-old has stuck to his guns, explaining contestants can\u2019t expect millions just for showing up and competing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc slams heartbreaking Squid Game contestant: \u201cskill issue\u201d Streaming sensation xQc has hit out at people criticizing Netflix after Squid Game: The Challenge contestant 299 was \u201cbullied\u201d by his team in a heartbreaking moment. It\u2019s fair to say Squid Game was a mega-success, with the award-winning K-drama taking over the world for a brief period […]<\/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-65505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65505","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=65505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}