G4 Hides Backlash From Viewers After Epic “Sexism In Gaming” Meltdown

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G4 has burst back onto the gaming scene after nearly a decade-long hiatus as host Indiana “Froskurinn” Black lashed out at “sexism in gaming” in an epic meltdown rant.

we stand with @Froskurinn and the women in the space pic.twitter.com/oEU9gFPCkc

— G4TV (@G4TV) January 11, 2022

In her tirade, she called out viewers of the show and in the chat, saying that there will be backlash to her on the show “because I’m not as bangable as the previous host.”

In the clip, which has over 1 million views on Twitter, Froskurinn continued to deride the audience, saying, “Women do not exist to be nice on the eyes for you. Morgan Webb, Olivia Munn did not exist to be nice on the eyes for you.”

However, as Froskurinn is decrying “sexism” and not being “bangable” while attacking the audience, the producers of the previous show Olivia Munn was part of should also be on her radar.

The video below contains clips from previous episodes that overtly market Olivia Munn’s appearance to G4’s male audience. So, should Froskurinn be blaming the fans for watching the show or the producers for writing and producing segments specifically using Olivia Munn’s body to target their male audience?

She goes on to say that the show is a whole team effort, while on the screen in the background, fellow G4 host Adam Sessler claps up and down like a seal begging for a kipper. 

If you take a look at Sessler and Black’s previous tweets, it’s clear they fall on one side of the political aisle, even going as far as to say:

I dont want trump supports as fans. Cheers

— MGKurinn (@Froskurinn) November 7, 2020

This alienates millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump, some of whom may be one of the nearly 500 thousand subscribers to G4’s YouTube channel.

Sessler, meanwhile, reportedly called Republicans “a terrorist organization,” among many other derogatory tweets.

This brings us to G4’s YouTube stream today, where channel moderators were busy deleting comments and hiding users from their channel. Geeks + Gamers‘ own Jeremy Griggs, or DDayCobra on YouTube, said in his recent video, “I commented simply as my DDayCobra account, and I was like, ‘Hey, that ratio, though.’ They deleted my comment, and they banned me from their channel.”

He points out that they earned the ratio by attacking their fanbase, and now they are hiding criticism, which makes it look so much worse, saying, “You earned it, and people are calling you out for it, rightfully so. Not to mention that your host, who tried to fake virtue signal, decided to tell 75 million Americans they didn’t want them as supporters. They aren’t welcome to be G4 viewers.”

Below are a few tweets with screenshots of comments being deleted.

.@G4TV is deleting comments lol pic.twitter.com/EfP1xDFNMI

— DDayCobra (@DDay_Cobra) January 13, 2022

https://t.co/iRwq1NkFS7 pic.twitter.com/PiTXHbpjoK

— DDayCobra (@DDay_Cobra) January 13, 2022

Another member of Geeks + Gamers, Krista Novva, had her positive Olivia Munn comment deleted. 

My comment on @G4TV was just deleted on their live right now…

This was my comment: pic.twitter.com/dFjcwCrWuR

— krista ✨ (@kristanovva) January 13, 2022

The following @HAWTToys tweet points out the absurdity of G4’s comments section with multiple deleted chat messages.

STOP IT! The G4 chat is a very welcoming place. Look at these people saying "Hi" and "Welcome"….. when they aren't being deleted. pic.twitter.com/1Hu9BPIBzH

— HvB (@HAWTToys) January 13, 2022

Froskurinn ended her tirade, saying, “If you don’t like it, don’t watch it, peace.” YouTube commentator Eric July likened it to a comics writer who said something along the same lines. “That’s the old Kelly Sue DeConnick, ‘If you don’t like my politics, don’t buy my book.'”

After the initial reaction and interest garnered from Froskurinn’s rant and the subsequent banning of channels from the chat, it will be interesting to see how G4’s new shows will fair with maligned audiences going forward.