Love him or hate him — or really hate him — when Dr. Disrespect talks, people listen... even if they're shaking their heads in disapproval while doing so. So what does the internet have to say about his imminent return?
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00:00Love him or hate him or really hate him, when Dr. Disrespect talks, people listen, even
00:05if they're shaking their heads in disapproval while doing so.
00:09So what does the internet have to say about his imminent return?
00:12Let me kind of break this down a little bit.
00:14Prior to the events of the past couple of months, the Doc was seen as one of the largest
00:18success stories in streaming, complete with brand sponsorships and his very own game studio.
00:24That all started to slip away when the internet learned about the disturbing allegations against
00:29him.
00:30The streamer was accused of inappropriately messaging a minor on Twitch Whispers back
00:33when Twitch was still his primary streaming platform, an accusation that he later confirmed.
00:39In a post on X, Dr. Disrespect said that he had conversations with an underage fan, quote,
00:44that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but maintains that
00:48nothing illegal happened.
00:50Now it seems like the Doc might be preparing to walk back his confession.
00:54Not only has Dr. Disrespect deleted that confessional post from his profile, but he's
00:59also uploaded a new message for his fans.
01:01"...whatever I want!
01:02And I'll do whatever I want!"
01:05Dr. Disrespect has been on hiatus ever since his controversy broke, and his business partners
01:10started ending their relationships with him.
01:13Now he's promising,
01:14"'We'll be back soon, though, champs.
01:15We have lots to talk about.'"
01:17Onlookers were all but certain that Dr. Disrespect would try to make a comeback at some point,
01:22but judging by the initial reactions to his most recent post, the Doc won't be able to
01:26easily push past the scandal.
01:28"...That's a little personal, don't you think?"
01:30This actually isn't the first time we've heard from Dr. Disrespect since he began his indefinite
01:34break from streaming.
01:36The Doc sort of broke his silence at the end of July, when he posted an image of himself
01:40sitting at a chessboard across from an unseen opponent, using checkers pieces.
01:44At the time, that post received a mix of hate and support.
01:48However, the responses to Dr. Disrespect's most recent post have seemingly skewed more
01:53negative.
01:54People are riffing on Doc's comment about enjoying his vacation, with a number of people
01:58implying that he's just trying to cope because the break was somewhat forced on him.
02:03Others are baffled by the chill nature of the Doc's latest post.
02:07Instead of making jokes, many commenters are trying to pull everyone's attention back to
02:10the allegations against Dr. Disrespect, including his own admission that they were true.
02:16Another common response is that people feel Dr. Disrespect has a lot of explaining to
02:20do if he wants to get back in the wider streaming community's good graces.
02:24There are also a number of Dr. Disrespect fans who are still supporting him, and they're
02:28holding out to hear more about his side of the story.
02:31Dr. Disrespect didn't just delete his previous confession and promise his fans that he'll
02:35be back soon.
02:36He also changed the banner image on his ex-profile.
02:39The new picture shows his now-deleted post on a torn piece of paper, now attached to
02:43a fishing hook.
02:45Asmingold saw that new image and immediately came up with a theory on what Dr. Disrespect's
02:49next move is going to be.
02:51On his stream, Asmingold said,
02:52"'He's going to act like he was only kidding and that's not actually what happened, and
02:57everybody took the bait for it when they shouldn't have.'"
03:00Asmingold's theory might prove to be true, but it's difficult to imagine that move being
03:05successful.
03:06As members of Asmingold's chat quickly asked, he would believe that Dr. Disrespect purposefully
03:11tricked people into thinking he'd shared inappropriate messages with an underage fan.
03:15On another stream, XQC was also shocked to see that Dr. Disrespect had deleted his confession.
03:21He had a much more straightforward interpretation of what the doc might be up to.
03:25XQC argued that Dr. Disrespect might be deleting everything to lay the groundwork to return
03:30to YouTube and pretend like nothing ever happened.
03:33We'll find out soon if either of them are correct, and what exactly Dr. Disrespect is
03:38thinking whenever he decides to end his hiatus.