Asmongold steps back from OTK and says 'I need to fix my f***ing life' after racist rant about Palestinians: 'I have been slowly devolving into the most mean-spirited, rude, nasty, callous, psychopathic version of myself'
Twitch streamer Asmongold has announced that he is stepping back from his positions at OTK Media and boutique PC builder Starforge Systems so he can focus on becoming «a better version of myself for everyone.»
Asmongold, known in the real world as Zack Hoyt, sparked outrage earlier this week with a racist tirade about the ongoing genocide of Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli military in Gaza, which the UN says has resulted in the deaths of more than 42,000 people so far, most of them women and children. After describing Palestinians as «terrible people» who have a call to genocide «baked into their laws,» he said, «They're not the same as us. They come from an inferior culture that is horrible. It kills people for their identity, and it is directly antithetical to everything Western values stand for, and it is an inferior culture in all ways.»
The outcry was swift and fierce: His "zackrawrr" account on Twitch was suspended, and a half-hearted «my bad» apology only seemed to make things worse, being widely seen as overly flippant and dismissive. Now he's taking it a step further: In a new video posted to YouTube, Asmongold said he's stepping back from his role at OTK, the company he co-founded in 2020, and its Starforge Systems subsidiary.
«I've slowly been devolving into the most mean-spirited, rude, nasty, callous, psychopathic version of myself,» Asmongold said near the start of the video.
«The last two years, I think that I haven't really been able to fulfill my responsibilities as a leader in a lot of cases to them, and I think that I've let a lot of people down. One thing this thing has taught me, it's made me realize that I need to get myself in check. I need to get my mind under control. I need to just get my life—I need to fix my fucking life.
»Everything about my life is basically fucked. I'm gonna take a step back from all of that. I'm going to step away from my leadership position at OTK and Starforge and everything. I want to—and they're fine with
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