Kick streamer Steven “Destiny” has opened up about a frightening experience from his past involving armed people outside his apartment. During a recent Whick TV podcast clip shared on the X, Destiny said several people were outside his home with rifles and asked him questions about his son. The streamer also spoke about being swatted, police coming to his home and his family getting caught up in similar situations. He said these experiences changed how he sees online threats.
Destiny recalls armed people asking if his son was inside his apartment
Destiny described one scary incident that he said still feels hard to believe. According to the Kick streamer, a “whole bunch of people” were outside his apartment while pointing rifles at him.He said the people were asking if his son was inside the apartment. They also asked him if he had any firearms inside his home.Destiny called it an “unreal experience” and explained that the situation was especially frightening because he understood how serious firearms could be.The streamer made these comments while talking about online threats and harassment. He appeared frustrated by people discussing these things as if they were events that might happen in the future.For Destiny, however, these situations are not just possible dangers. He said he has already experienced serious incidents involving his home and family.
Kick streamer Destiny says his son and mother were also caught up in the harassment
Destiny also spoke about the first time he said he was swatted. Swatting is when someone makes a false emergency call to send police to another person’s home.According to Destiny, his son was inside the apartment when his first swatting incident happened. He said this was one reason why threats against his family affect him so strongly.The streamer also described waking up in the middle of the night with his hands raised because he believed he was being targeted. He called it “the craziest” feeling he had ever experienced.Destiny said the problems did not only affect him. He also spoke about his mother, who he said has Alzheimer’s. According to the streamer, his mother once told him that police had bomb-swept her house.These experiences, Destiny said, have happened to him and his family in many different ways. Because of this, he said he has become resentful toward parts of the online political space.Near the end of the discussion, Destiny said he sometimes feels he is not treated “as a human.” He admitted that he does not usually show this side of himself, but said the pressure from these experiences has been difficult to deal with.For Destiny, the discussion was about more than possible online threats. He said he and his family have already faced situations that many people only imagine or talk about online. His comments have now brought fresh attention to the real-life risks that online creators can face when harassment goes beyond the internet.
