Kai Cenat Animal Cruelty Stream

Overview

Kai Cenat Animal Cruelty Stream refers to the backlash against a clip from a livestream held by prominent Twitch streamer Kai Cenat in which one of his friends, Druski, is blindfolded and touches a frog (or toad). Druski proceeds to panic and flings the frog across the room, causing the whole room of numerous people to panic, screaming and jumping on furniture while knocking objects over. A macaw parrot is also seen on the stream and appears frightened by the chaos, particularly after it's knocked to the ground during the incident. The clip was widely condemned on social media after garnering controversy in early March 2024, especially from Reddit's Livestream Fails community, as some perceived the stream as cruelty to animals.

Background

On March 6th, 2024, Kai Cenat held a stream with a group of friends, including comedian and entertainer Druski. Part of the stream included blindfolding Druski and having him touch an item in a mystery box. In the box was a frog. When Druski touched it, he flung it to the ground, causing the entire room to panic as Druski began running around and knocking things over, including a chair upon which a macaw was sitting. One of the arcade cabinets also appears to almost crush the frog on the floor but is stopped by another man.

The clip was reposted to Twitter / X on March 7th by user ayeejuju,^[1] gaining over 7,000 retweets and 100,000 likes in one day (shown below).

Online Reactions

Some online condemned the clip as animal cruelty. On March 7th, 2024, it was reposted to Reddit's /r/livestreamfail^[2] by Reddiotr AnaxesR7 with the title, "Kai Cenat tormenting animals live for content," gaining over 4,400 points in one day, as well as over 1,500 comments from many who criticized the stream (shown below).

On Twitter, many also voiced anger at the clip. On March 7th, Twitter user @lilerinb^[5] condemned the clip, asking how anyone could find it funny, gaining over 180 retweets and 4,400 likes in one day (shown below, left). The same day, Twitter user @Imallexx^[6] sarcastically wrote, "epic and hilarious how they nearly crush that parrot to death!!!!," gaining over 60 retweets and 2,900 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).

Also on March 7th, 2024, prominent Kick streamer xQc pulled up the LSF post and clip during his stream, briefly reacting to it. The clip was uploaded to the xQc Clips YouTube^[7] channel that day, receiving nearly 21,000 views in 20 hours (shown below).

The backlash and controversy was notably covered in articles by Hindustan Times^[3] and Dexerto.^[4]

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