H3h3Productions' Ethan Klein Is Under Fire For Laughing At Crying Streamer Who Fell Victim To Illegal AI Porn That Used Her Face
YouTuber Ethan Klein is under fire for laughing at a streamer – QTCinderella – who cried during a livestream after she fell victim to AI porn that used her face. The illegal website was discovered when gamer Brandon "Atrioc" Ewing accidentally revealed it during one of his streams.
As deepfakes and AI capabilities advance, many young women online are falling victim to AI porn that illegally uses their faces. Just last month, overly-sexualized AI images of Jenna Ortega in a black, skin-tight bodysuit and large breasts circulated online. More recently, however, a Twitch streamer named Blaire (who is known as QTCinderella online) had fake pornographic images of her spread all over the internet.
A Twitch streamer named Brandon "Atrioc" Ewing got caught using a website that contained sexual AI content of female streamers – including QTCinderella – while playing Hitman 3. When he tabbed out of the game for a second, the other windows he had left open on his PC showed the alleged deepfake porn site. He has since issued an apology, but the damage had already been done.
In an emotional live stream, QTCinderella revealed how distraught she was over the distributed images. YouTuber Ethan Klein played the video of QTCinderella on his own show. As he watched the streamer cry, Ethan covered his mouth and smiled. Suddenly, an inappropriate soundbite of "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" played, prompting him to start laughing hysterically. He continued to play the clip of QTCinderella – but he doesn’t cease to laugh.
Ethan later revealed that he asked one of his guys to play the soundbite during the clip. "I may have mentioned on Discord for Zach to play the 'chestnut' song," he giggled. "And everybody saw it, and here's what it is, and I apologize. I know that it was super inappropriate." The YouTuber's insensitive behavior fueled outrage on social media, and users have begun calling him out for his hypocrisy in criticizing Andrew Tate for his misogynistic comments.
On January 30, QTCinderella went live to disclose how AI porn has affected her mentally. "I wanna go live because this is what pain looks like – this is what it looks like, okay? F*ck the f*cking internet, f*ck the constant exploitation and objectification of women, it's exhausting," she sobs. "F*ck Atrioc for showing it to thousands of people. F*ck the people DMing pictures of myself from that website. F*ck you all. This is what it looks like, this is what the pain looks like, okay?"
She continued, "If you are able to look at women who are not selling themselves or benefiting off of being seen sexually – they're not benefitting, they're not selling it, they're not platforming it themselves – if you are able to look at that, you are the problem," she added. "You see women as an object. You should not be okay doing that. It should not be a part of my job to have to pay money to get this stuff taken down, it should not be a part of my job to be harassed, to see pictures of me 'nude' spread around, it should not be something that is found on the internet. That shouldn't be a part of my job, and the fact that it is is exhausting."
"And to the person that made that website, I'm going to f*cking sue you. I promise you. With every part of my soul, I'm going to f*ckin' sue you," she declared.
"This is what it looks like to feel violated. This is what it looks like to feel taken advantage of, this is what it looks like to see yourself naked against your will being spread all over the internet."
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