Highlights
- Shroud revealed that he stopped communicating with Dr Disrespect after his 2020 Twitch ban, avoiding controversy.
- Other streamers like Nickmercs and TimTheTatman expressed sadness and disapproval of Dr Disrespect’s actions.
- Dr Disrespect lost subscribers, sponsorships, and monetization on his YouTube channel due to the scandal behind his ban, and he plans to take a break from streaming.
Twitch streamer Michael Grzesiek, known to fans as Shroud, commented on the ban of Dr Disrespect with a very professional and clear message. Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, aka Dr Disrespect, got permanently banned from Twitch in June 2020. Back then, the streaming platform didn’t provide any reason for the ban, but recently the reason has come to light and many streamers are issuing statements regarding the controversial matter.
The legal dispute between Twitch and Dr Disrespect was settled in 2022, but neither party revealed why he was permanently banned. However, the reason came to light when ex-Twitch employee Cody Conners disclosed why Dr Disrespect got banned. Doc was allegedly sending explicit text messages to a minor and wanted to meet up with her at a TwitchCon event. This revelation spread through the internet like wildfire and other streamers quickly began to issue their statements regarding this issue.
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On a recent Twitch stream, Shroud went vocal and let everyone know how he handled the situation. He said that the second Doc got banned, his logical conscience kicked in, and he stopped all communications with Dr Disrespect. Shroud believes that one doesn’t get randomly banned from Twitch, so he didn’t talk to Doc about it, didn’t message him or reply to any tweets at all. His goal was to not get associated with this controversy at all because he is, to quote him, “not an idiot.” He went on asking people to use their brains and stressed the fact that one doesn’t just get banned without a proper reason.
Dr Disrespect Keeps Losing Support
Other streamers like Nickmercs and TimTheTatman have also issued statements on the Dr Disrespect controversy. Both of them said that they felt sad and weird that a fellow streamer had sent inappropriate messages to a minor. Nickmercs and Tim both mentioned that they used to play a lot with Doc and this incident just broke their hearts. They both stressed the point that this behavior from Doc is not acceptable or excusable at all.
As a result of this scandal, Doc is losing support left and right. He lost over 30,000 subscribers after the reason for his ban was revealed and got fired from his own game company. Sponsors like The San Francisco 49ers and Turtle Beach have cut off all associations with the streamer. To top that off, YouTube canceled the monetization of Dr Disrespects’ videos by removing his channel from the YouTube Partner Program.
As a result of losing support and sponsorships, Dr Disrespect is planning to take a break from streaming. He said on one of his streams that he had these plans to take a vacation, and he might just start on that immediately. It seems like this incident is taking a big toll on him and Doc feels that he has said everything he needed to say. He even talked about starting something new aside from streaming. At this point, only time can tell whether Dr Disrespect will get back to streaming or not.
