KICK streamer Yousef Fousey says he has been banned from the site after a live video appeared to show him attacking a member of his team.
The controversial streamer was being filmed when he appeared to lash out – throwing kicks and punches while hurling abusive slurs.
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On Wednesday, he explained he had been doing a “24/7 live stream for 30 days” while recording his debut album and “hired the best team in America” for help.
He went on to make various complaints about the team, claiming they drove him to “punch them while live”.
“I got banned in under 48 hours, so I left (…)” he said in a video posted to X.
“I’m now by myself on the side of the mother f***ing road,” he added, showing himself without any shoes on.
Footage of the moment Fousey appeared to attack the member of his team showed the streamer yelling “Get the f*** out of my house” toward two men making their way to the door.
He then appears to hurl racial and homophobic slurs at the men, telling them to go and work at “Chuck E Cheese”.
The link to Fousey’s Kick site on Wednesday was broken, showing only an error message.
Fans were also quick to voice their concern.
“Praying for you to get home safe,” one person wrote on X.
“It’s never this man’s fault,” another said. “The king of not taking responsibility right here, people.”
“Dude, are you good?” another asked.
It is not the first time the controversial streamer has been banned from the internet.
Fousey, also known as FouseyTube – and real name Yousef Saleh Erakat – was banned on August 1 and again on August 6 last year for making racial slurs during a live stream.
Fousey’s first ban came after he was singing along to the J. Cole song Love Yourz during a subathon – short for “subscription marathon” where every time a streamer gets a subscription, more time is added to a descending timer that will end the stream when it reaches zero – when he said a racial slur.
After realizing what he said, Fousey immediately apologized. “I never use that word, I swear to f*****g god, this isn’t content!” he shouted.
“I never use that f*****g word. I’ve listened to rap songs every day on this subathon and I always change it out.”
He apologized again in a now-deleted tweet, writing: “I could not be more ashamed or upset with myself. I am deeply sorry. This doesn’t represent my character. I literally tweeted 2 weeks ago against the usage of the word. I will do better. No question.”
Just a few days later, on August 6, Fousey was banned again, claiming on Twitter that it was for saying another slur.
“I got banned for using the ‘F’ slur,” he said at the time.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Kick and a representative for Fousey for comment.