"Fake streamers": Adin Ross speaks out on trust issues in streaming, all eyes on Kai Cenat

In a clip that has the streaming world talking, Adin Ross is once again sparking conversation by raising what he views as an escalating problem in the industry, trust. A 46-second clip of Ross chatting with fellow streamer Felix “xQc” on July 7 has gone viral, where Ross explicitly referenced the existence of “snakes and fakes” in the community.

Though no names were specifically made, the web immediately started guessing with much of the attention directed at Kai Cenat.

Adin Ross gets candid in viral clip

He mentioned, “The problem with when you hang around with snakes and fakes is that it's inevitable that the drama breaks out and s**t. So, you and I have done so much together, like, I'll never snake you, on god! Like, I will, real, never snake you. I would never..."While Ross never named Kai Cenat, the subtext was deafening to fans.

“Why doesn’t he just say Kai,” read one X user’s comment, reflecting a response that reverberated throughout social media. The Adin-Kai relationship has been in the spotlight for a while from collaborations to radio silence. A lot of fans think this may be fuel for yet another unspoken feud.

Old wounds resurface: The Sketch controversy

Amid the trust talk, Ross circled back to an older controversy surrounding his former fan community, AR Loyals, and the exposure of streamer Sketch’s problematic history.

Adin recently disclosed that he didn’t realize it was his own fans who were responsible for Sketch’s viral outing in LGBTQ+ adult entertainment.

“It was my old community that did that,” he confessed in a livestream. Ross said he only dissolved AR Loyals to get unbanned from Twitch, not because he agreed with what they did. “If it were up to me, the community would still be active today,” he added.With the streaming world more competitive and even more personal, Ross’s words sound less like drama and more like a cautionary tale. Whether directed at Kai Cenat or not, his point is obvious: trust is scarce and treachery seems unavoidable. To the crowd, that could be the real act.