PopularTwitchstreamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa received her first ban since 2021 from the Amazon-owned streaming service and the sixth ban of her streaming career. The news of Amouranth’s ban came without warning on social media, and other users weighed in with their thoughts on her temporary ban fromTwitch.As a content creator that is known for hot tub streams and other ventures, Amouranth is no stranger to criticism and controversy throughout her career as a streamer. Recently,Amouranth challenged another female streamer, Adriana Chechik, to a boxing match following a heated exchange on stream. While Amouranth has an official bout coming up in Madrid on July 1, it is not known if her exchange with Chechik was a promotional ploy for the event or was a legitimate argument. Nevertheless, with Amouranth banned, it remains to be seen how it will affect her plans for the bout, if at all.RELATED:Twitch Has Banned KiaraaKitty for the 6th TimeBut, at the time of writing, neither Twitch nor Amouranth has publicly commented on the ban. On Twitter, StreamerBans reported that Amouranth’s sixth ban was enacted today, May 4, at 12:02 PM Eastern. The length of the ban has also not been disclosed. Given that Amouranth’s Twitch page pops up with a message of her channel being temporarily unavailable, the ban will likely not last long.Amouranth’s previous ban from Twitchwas administered in October 2021, and she returned to streaming on the platform after three days. The reasons behind her previous ban were never publicly disclosed, either. After Amouranth’s ban from Twitch was announced, users across social media commented with divisive remarks about it. While some users welcomed the ban and mocked Amouranth and her content, other users pondered the reasons why she was banned and asked for answers from either her or Twitch about it.
Whileshe has spoken out against criticism of her contentand has called out Twitch’s policies regarding sexual content in the past, Amouranth remains one of the most popular streamers on the platform. In 2022, Amouranth was the only female streamer to crack Twitch’s top 100 list by viewer count. Though she has had a rough year between abuse allegations against her ex-husband and the return of a stalker from Estonia, only time will tell what this ban will do to Amouranth in the short term.
Amouranth’s ban is just the latest in a string of high-profile content creators getting the ban hammer dropped on them, such asBruceDropEmOff receiving his third Twitch banof the year. It remains to be seen when Amouranth will return to streaming, and what she will have to say about it.
