While most people would be embarrassed to have their more gag-worthy moments out there for the world to see, some streamers have actually managed to build an entire brand around their lack of hygiene. Get your barf bags and insect repellent ready — and don't say we didn't warn you.
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00:00While most people would be embarrassed to have their more gag-worthy moments out there
00:04for the world to see, some streamers have actually managed to build an entire brand
00:09around their lack of hygiene.
00:11Get your bath bags and insect repellent ready, and don't say we didn't warn you.
00:16Love him or hate him, Aiden Ross has always been pretty open about his character flaws.
00:20But despite his dedicated audience, pretty much every viewer can agree that they wish
00:25he'd stop picking his nose on camera.
00:27He's been called out on this and other unseemly habits on a number of occasions, only to explain
00:32that he thinks his streams would be less authentic if he were to stop.
00:36I'm me.
00:37I do what I want to do.
00:38That's how you know I'm a real person.
00:39Like, I pick my nose, I bite my toenails.
00:42A lot of people do these things.
00:43They do it behind closed doors."
00:44The nose-picking has become such an ingrained and expected part of Aiden Ross' behavior
00:49that an impression of the streamer isn't complete without it.
00:52During a 2023 stream, Twitch superstar Kai Sanat cracked viewers up by imitating Ross
00:58on-stream, complete with a pretty accurate take on Ross' rapid speech patterns and a
01:03moment in which he pretended to bite his toenails.
01:06Though viewers enjoyed the display, some members of the chat pointed out that Sanat needed
01:11to pick his nose to complete the bit.
01:13Though PowMV isn't a household name just yet, the Roblox streamer has gained internet notoriety
01:18for the absolutely horrid state of his room.
01:22In fact, the uncleanliness has become a huge part of PowMV's brand, with his occasional
01:26room-cleaning videos being some of his biggest hits on TikTok.
01:30Over the course of a few years, viewers have gotten to see PowMV check roach traps, pick
01:35up massive piles of fast food bags and drink cups, and even find a small roach resting
01:41on his toothbrush.
01:42In an interview with Business Insider, PowMV compared finding roaches in his room to hunting
01:48for wild Pokémon.
01:49No wonder his followers can't seem to look away from the screen, no matter what he finds
01:54during one of his intense cleaning expeditions.
01:57Some people have accused PowMV of putting on an act, but the existence of videos showing
02:02his living space from well before he was famous seem to indicate otherwise.
02:07The streamer also assured Business Insider that it's not a bit.
02:10He just truly forgets to pick up his room on a regular basis.
02:13When PowMV started his streaming career, he was still living with his parents.
02:18As viewers might imagine, his folks weren't terribly excited by the state of his living
02:22quarters, but this fact did not negatively impact his brand.
02:26The streamer explained to Business Insider, quote,
02:29"...they're supportive of my videos, but they're not supportive of my room."
02:33Another name that has generated a good bit of controversy during his time in the industry,
02:37XQC has been criticized for his gambling streams, beefs with other content creators, and the
02:43genuinely sorry state of his streaming setup.
02:46Although XQC has made moves to straighten up his room in recent history, which also
02:50managed to gross viewers out, there's one habit in particular that fans are desperate
02:55to see him break.
02:56Much like Aiden Ross, XQC is known for biting his toenails on camera.
03:01Even XQC's friends are appalled by his toe-trimming routine.
03:05In a clip that gained a good bit of traction in 2022, XQC's bud Pokimane tuned in to one
03:11of his streams while broadcasting to her own audience.
03:14She watched as XQC bit off a nail and then ingested it on camera, causing her to scream
03:19out in absolute horror.
03:21"...get that out of the way, I guess we can take a little bit of a closer look…"
03:26No!
03:27AHHHHH!
03:28Unbelievably, the incident did not encourage XQC to quit chomping down on his toenails,
03:32and the streamer was even shown to have bloody toes after dealing with a pesky ingrown nail
03:37during one broadcast.
03:39Asmongold has been roasted by the internet in the past for keeping an untidy living space.
03:44His streaming schedule can be pretty demanding, which results in other things falling to the
03:48wayside.
03:49Over the years, viewers have seen empty drink bottles and takeout containers pile up in
03:53the background of his streams, to the point where it becomes a bit of a running joke among
03:57fans.
03:58That doesn't mean it hasn't grossed people out on occasion, though.
04:01To combat this, Asmongold has straightened up his streaming space a few times while viewers
04:05looked on, aghast at the moldy bowls of old food and garbage bags full of soda he tosses
04:11away during these cleaning sprees.
04:14The streamer has even posted before-and-after photos of his room to show his followers how
04:18much progress he's made.
04:20One incident from a few years ago stands above all others, though, and it involves a little
04:25roach crawling up from Asmongold's floor and onto his shirt, in a clip that has been burned
04:30into viewers' brains.
04:31Much like a roach, the clip has survived, resurfacing on several occasions to shock
04:35viewers all over again.
04:37One of the more memorable responses came from XQC, who stared at his screen in stunned silence
04:43before remarking that it felt like Asmongold was used to doing this kind of thing.
04:47"'Chet, this isn't the first time he's doing this.
04:50He's holding it.
04:51Chet, how do you know what roaches do?'