TommyInnit Apologizes For Joke About Dream Fans

TwitchBeat - March 27, 2021
TommyInnit Apologizes For Joke About Dream Fans

Popular Minecraft YouTuber Thomas Simons popularly known online as Tommyinnit have recently courted controversy after his recent comments on the Dream fandom sparked backlash online. Tommyinnit have recently collaborated with his fellow youtuber Jeje Olatunji aka KSI in a Minecraft game.

They were exploring DreamSMP minecraft server when the following remarks by TommyInnit invited criticism from the Dream fandom online. Tommyinnit stated; “The reason KSI just wouldn’t swear in this video is because Dream’s fans fucking hate him. KSI is scared of Dream’s fans.” Tommyinnit’s remarks on KSI suggest that Dream’s fans were a toxic and unreasonable bunch and because of this, it recieve a lot of backlash. The reason Dream’s fan are a little hostile to KSI was because the YouTuber was webbed in a transphobia scandal.

Several fans have taken issue on twitter with one writing; “We do not hate KSI because he curses, we hate him for his past of offensive remarks such as ableism and transphobia that have hurt minorities.” Due to the backlash, Tommyinnit responded to the Tweet via his alt Twitter account as he wrote; “Just read thru all this thread, ty m8, super sorry about that, won’t happen again,” followed up by another tweet after some said that his apology felt insincere, Tommy wrote; “Sorry I am just confused on what to do, I am upset people think I am transphobic and I didn’t mean to come across that way, very upset I did, for real, I am super sorry.” Some fans are requesting that Tommy take down his video featuring KSI.

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