“I’m not homophobic”: Minecraft streamer Dream responds to latest Twitter controversy
Popular Minecraft streamer and content creator Clay “Dream” is no stranger to controversy. The 22-year-old Minecraft phenomenon has been the subject of many internet discussions and controversial events.
These include accusations of hacking in his speedrunning videos, questions regarding the price and quality of his merchandise, collaborations with Notch, the curator of Minecraft, supposed influence over the winner of Mojang’s mob voting event, and more.
Recently, Dream found himself under scrutiny yet again as a series of statements he shared on the popular social media platform Twitter were not received too well by many people.
His tweets supposedly led people to believe that he was homophobic and that his community was of the same ilk as well. Yesterday, Dream responded to these allegations and explained everything from his point of view in a Twitch stream that lasted almost an hour.
The Twitch stream had Dream talking for almost 50 minutes straight. The YouTuber went over all the tweets he sent out when the controversy and allegations were flying around. Dream started by explaining his tweets. He dissected each one of them to avoid any confusion.
The controversy started when multiple people on Twitter misunderstood Dream’s response to one of HasanAbi’s tweets, which showed a notice from YouTube that demonetized one of his videos, titled "Dear Conservatives: GAY PEOPLE EXIST."
Dream clarified on stream that the tweet was not homophobic but was simulating a homophobic person’s response.
Antfrost, a Minecraft YouTuber and a friend of Dream’s, also joked about the same from the perspective of a homophobic person. For those unaware, Antfrost is gay. Players can witness him competing against Dream in the latter's Minecraft
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