Twitch Streamer xQc Gets Emotional Call from His Father During a Livestream

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It’s easy to forget that content creators on Twitch and YouTube are in fact real people with lives outside of streaming and making videos. This is unfortunately why it’s such a regular occurrence for viewers to send hate raids, swat, or even show up at creators’ houses themselves. In April, Twitch streamer xQc said he’d received an inordinate amount of death threats, and in the past he’s even had to move house due to viewer-incited police raids.

As one of the most well-known personalities on Twitch, xQc regularly experiences more than his share of unsavory behavior from people, but he also receives a lot of positivity from viewers. He has had gambling streams in the past, and recently xQc admitted to having a gambling addiction, which many people have expressed concern about. In the first episode of the podcast he started with fellow Twitch personality Pokimane, the French Canadian streamer revealed that he had lost $1.85 million in April due to gambling.

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Understandably, this revelation made a number of jaws drop and several media outlets picked up the story. However, the situation led to an unexpected but rather wholesome interaction between xQc and his father. During a Twitch livestream, the content creator received a phone call from his progenitor, which he answered on camera. His dad was clearly worried about his son, saying, “What do you mean ‘what’s up?’” The streamer responded, “Yeah, I lost some money today. What about it?” To this, his father replied, “You’re my little boy.”

The content creator immediately interjected, telling his dad to stop reading clickbait articles about him. “I lose money sometimes. It happens. What about it?” His father