“A lot of people were upset”: Pokimane responds strongly to backlash on her recent no-makeup look

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Imane “Pokimane” posted a selfie on February 16, 2022, where she flaunted her makeup-less look to her followers and audience. She put up a very controversial headline for this selfie when she mentioned how she makes more with her face than any of her viewers would see in their lives.

Fast forward to the present day, the streamer spoke up regarding this tweet and how it managed to gain a lot of negative press. She clarified her stance on the subject and mentioned how it was taken out of context and fans continued to stay furious at the said tweet.

After her drama with JiDionPremium was laid to rest, the Moroccan-Canadian Twitch superstar responded to her viewers about her fairly recent tweet which she posted on February 6th.

The streamer mentioned that JiDion had told her to tweet out an unfiltered pictured of herself. Beginning at 13:53, the conversation included JiDion telling Pokimane:

During her stream, Pokimane mentioned how JiDion told her to tweet out the picture, but did not expect the level of outreach the tweet had got. She said:

The streamer continued to talk by giving reasons behind the massive hate towards the tweet:

She further added:

She concluded her statement by saying that she understood why people would get upset about the tweet she made:

The tweet in the discussion has gained a massive 343k likes and more than eight thousand quote tweets. People were very divided as expected, but there were a number of positive replies to the Twitch star's controversial tweet.

The tweet continues to gain traction the day after it was posted. It has been featured in a number of subreddits where viewers heavily criticized Pokimane's take at the situation.