Tylil James is currently going viral after he stood ten toes behind his friend Kai Cenat on the recent Streamer Awards. Over the weekend, FanFan made a joke while hosting the show. She told Kai, “Congrats in your recent documentary…” following the discharge of the ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ docuseries. While Kai let the Diddy joke fly, Tylil quickly hopped on the mic and told her the joke wasn’t funny. After the clips went viral, he received mixed reviews. Some applauded him, and others said he did an excessive amount of! Now, Tylil is back online claiming the ‘W Friend’ title as he doubles down on the whole lot he said.
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Tylil Explains Why He Stood Up for Kai Cenat Against FanFan
Tylil sat down during his recent stream to clarify why he stood up for Kai Cenat after FanFan compared him to Diddy. He shared that, with all of the allegations surrounding Diddy, he personally felt the joke was something “F** as much as say.” He added that Kai being his friend made the situation feel much more disrespectful. Tylil clarified that while he could have stayed silent, doing so would have gone against his true self. As he responded to critics, he emphasized: “It’s a time and place for the whole lot.” He continued:
“You don’t got friend back like I got my friend back. You wouldn’t go to the further extent to ensure that your friend felt reassured or cared about like I might. So if I gotta take care of some hate just so my mans feel good. I’ll do it f** it.”
Other Content Creators Chime In
As clips from the Streamer Awards proceed circulating, many streamers and creators weighed in to share their thoughts. Chrisean Rock took to her platform, saying she was disturbed by the jokes about Kai Cenat and Rakai. She added that there wouldn’t be a streamer world without them.
Streamers PlaqueBoyMax and Fanum acknowledged that they understood it was imagined to be a roast, however the jokes didn’t come off well. PlaqueBoyMax made it clear that nobody should run a hate train on FanFan. He agreed the jokes weren’t hitting and even commended Tylil for defending Kai. During Fanum’s stream, he stated:
“It’s imagined to be a roast… don’t think it was communicated either. It’s just a foul comparison. It probably would’ve been funnier if the documentary didn’t release cause it’s like if a n*** saying a Jeffrey Dahmer joke… no person wanna be in comparison with that. L joke and L timing.”
Kai Cenat Preaches Mental Health During A Night Full Of Wins
Despite getting used because the butt of a joke, Kai Cenat still walked away with major accomplishments. The jokes couldn’t dim his success as he took home 4 Streamer Awards. During his stream for Best Streamed Collab, he encouraged fellow streamers and viewers to prioritize their mental health. In his speech, he stated:
“I hope a whole lot of the creators in here and everybody at home and the viewers and streamers really take care y’all mental health. I just noticed that recently I just been going through things in my head and I used to be in a position to turn to love anime, Death Note, Naruto, recently since I been gone. I just been in a position to find happiness in that. Inside our community collabing is the whole lot. You are feeling what I’m saying. I do know this 12 months has been very difficult usually on the fan bases, the communities of streaming usually. So long as we don’t tear one another apart and let that get in between us we gone be just superb.”
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