"Fortnite" star Tyler "Ninja" Blevins yesterday defended not streaming video game play with women, saying it was to guard against marriage-wrecking rumors.
Blevins took to Twitter to address a furor that erupted online after his reasoning for not streaming live play with women was shared at gaming website Polygon.
"While I understand some people have implied my views mean I have something against playing with women, I want to make clear the issue I'm addressing is online harassment, and my attempt to minimize it from my own life," Blevins said in a message at his verified @ninja Twitter account with more than three million followers.
"It is something that affects all streamers, especially ones that make their relationships public."
"You are free to do what you want, but understand you are encouraging a system that already heavily excludes women."
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