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xQc faced criticism after his stream with Will Smith, with many comparing him to Kai Cenat. The streamer later responded to the backlash.
Felix “xQc” received backlash after streaming with Will Smith, leading to comparisons with Kai Cenat. Kai is known for his collaboration streams with popular music artists and celebrities. Felix, however, hosted his first collaboration stream with a popular celebrity on Twitch. A member of Ludwig’s editorial team commented that watching xQc collaborate with celebrities was “hard to watch.” In response, Felix dismissed the criticism, claiming the user was simply “farming interactions.” He also stated that he was among the first to introduce celebrity collaborations on Twitch:
“True, true. Farm it, brother. Farm it, farm it. Hey chat, the celebrity bit I did before, it was cool. Hey, don’t act like I’m new to this bit. I’ve been doing that before some of these guys even made their Twitch channel.”
X has over 12M followers on Twitch and has been streaming for over 10 years since his Overwatch League days. xQc referenced his popular Wiz Khalifa stream, where the streamer played with Wiz during a charity stream. Felix claimed that he had collaborated with celebrities before some streamers started their Twitch journey. X also played Among Us with AOC during a collaboration stream. The streamer also appeared alongside Donald Trump during his stream with Adin Ross. In a recent Kick stream, xQc also streamed with Drake.
xQcOW: WIZ KHALIFA being introduced to XQC Views: 160,658#Twitch #Twitchtv #Clips #TwitchStreamer #Gaming #CallofDutyModernWarfare #xQcOW pic.twitter.com/9NVnUcuEct
— Top Live on Twitch (@TopLiveonTwitc1) July 13, 2020
What Backlash Did xQc Face for His Stream With Will Smith?
While his stream with Will Smith was entertaining for fans, he was called out by several fans. The streamer was called out for trying to do the “Kai Cenat thing”, referencing Kai’s streams with popular celebrities, including Kevin Hart and John Cena. @ShakeDrizzle, a user on X and an editor for Ludwig stated in his tweet:
“xQc trying to do the kai cenat thing with celebrities is so hard to watch LMAO.”
xQc trying to do the kai cenat thing with celebrities is so hard to watch LMAO
— ShakeyD (@ShakeDrizzle) February 19, 2025
The tweet gained traction as it got over 574.4K views and over 9.3K likes on X as of this writing. In over 90 comments, several users criticized Shake for his tweet.
“Crazy that two people can’t hang out with each other anymore for fun,” wrote @AlexManCool_.
“Anyone can do anything. It aint exclusive to one streamer. You can jump on trends,” stated @ENiGMAistaken.
“Hasn’t he always had celebrities on once in a while?” commented @BrofessorOak_.
“It’s not copying. Its opportunity. This new generation of content creators opened a pathway for creators to do stuff like this. Kai didn’t copyright celebrities so stop being weird,” remarked @NuggetGx_.
“lil bro, he started doing streams with celebrities before kai even made his channel, calling it the “kai cenat” thing is crazy” said @AForturk88941.
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