h3h3productions Ethan Klein calls Twitch CEO Daniel Clancy, 'f**king weirdo loser,' after his shameless self-promotion beg

Time of India

4 days ago

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A major controversy erupted surrounding Daniel Clancy, the Twitch CEO, after his actions of self-promoting charity streams in the other creators' chat came to light. The situation escalated, as many, including a popular YouTuber and podcast host, Ethan Klein, didn't hold back on unleashing a furious tirade against the Twitch CEO.
The entire incident reignited debates on Twitch leadership and its disconnect from the community of the platform.
Daniel
Clancy
gets roasted by Ethan Klein for his self-promotional actions
As per reports, Twitch CEO Daniel Clancy actively entered live chat channels of some established streamers on July 19, 2025. His messages started to specifically ask those streamers to
'raid'
their viewers over to his channel, after the broadcasts ended. The CEO openly described the tactic as
'Shamelessly'
self-promoting his 1st charity stream, which he was holding for St.
Jude.
h3h3productions Ethan Klein reacted quite fiercely as he learnt about the actions of Clancy. It was on July 20, 2025, that Klein took to his Instagram story and shared the screenshots of the CEO's comments, didn't hold back, accusing him of desperately
'begging for views,'
from fellow creators. Klein, who is known for his non-filtered commentary, further blasted on to Clancy for his move, calling him,
'f**king weirdo loser'.
'I can't wait for him to be unemployed,'
he further added.
This entire backlash was not limited to Klein. Clancy's behavior, as verified by many industry observers, including Zach Bussey, backfired across multiple streams. Many streamers reportedly timed Clancy out of chats. Such an act of the Twitch CEO soliciting raids has now sparked disbelief, especially given his position.
Instead of trying to organically grow an audience, Clancy's tactic came off to many as desperate.
As per them, it violates basic etiquette on Twitch. Some now even question if his actions broke their own spam rules of Twitch.
How did the fans react to Daniel Clancy's action?
The former NASA employee fallout extended rapidly all across social media, particularly Reddit and X. Fans as well as viewers expressed an overwhelming disapproval of Clancy and his methods. As per many, it was embarrassing for Twitch's CEO that he couldn't grow his channel organically and instead resorted to spamming fellow creators' chats.
An X user echoing onto the above words said,
'That's just embarrassing. Like if he WASN'T the CEO, I bet you streamers would ban him from their chats.'
Another added,
'CEO of Twitch can't even grow a Twitch channel.'
Another user even went ahead and questioned his methods to get support for charity. The comment read,
'So he wants to get raided so other people will join from the likely of the last person who raided and want to see him all sudden now because somebody just raided you and will now want donate charity I don't thin it works like that if people want see you then there going join.'
'While I don't mind the CEO using the product they sell and promote to consumers, Clancy shouldn't be a streamer if he thinks his platform doesn't have bias when it comes to ToS enforcement,'
read another comment that went on in a manner to state Clancy should not be a streamer.
The user even questioned whether or not he is aware of his platform being biased when it comes to Twitch Terms of Service enforcement.
As the comments kept kicking in, many started questioning Twitch and its leadership. A user in this regard commented,
'No but why the fuck is he doing that. So pathetic, I hate twitch administration now.'
While the other wrote,
'More focused on views than being a CEO? Hell, ExtraEmily SHOULD replace his ahh,'
expecting he would be replaced soon.
From critics questioning Clancy's priorities to being shocked about his judgment, the question that remained common all throughout was: Why is he so focused on begging for views? Why is he not leading the company? Comments ranged from calling his actions pathetic to disrespectful.
Some even labelled him a clown who is just unfit for leadership. Overall, the entire incident emerged as having damaged the top management's perceptions of Twitch in its own community.
Clancy and his approach backfired. It made him look like he was out of touch with the creators of Twitch, who kept it alive. With no response received from Clancy yet, the entire controversy continues to add fuel to discussions about the future of Twitch. If that is the case, and if the goal of the CEO was to get attention, he did get it—just not the way he wanted.
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