On Thursday night, the sixth annual Streamer Awards were held in Los Angeles, honoring the most popular online personalities, Twitch streamers in particular. A gala filled with reaction and drama farmers will inevitably attract its own share of troublemakers, but this year one stage crasher decided to pull out an old classic. Recreating Kanye West’s infamous MTV stunt, a man took to the stage during AriAtHome’s acceptance speech, saying that nominee DDG was more deserving. Shortly after, DDG squashed any potential, second hand beef by apologizing on the fan’s behalf.
i do not co-sign or approve of what happened during ur award bro. ur very talented and clearly deserved it. My apologies 💯🏆 @ARIatTWIT
— DDG (@PontiacMadeDDG) November 13, 2026
“I do not co-sign or approve of what happened during ur award bro,” posted DDG, “ur [AriAtHome] very talented and clearly deserved it. My apologies.”
Darryl Dwayne Granberry, better known as DDG, was nominated for this year’s Best Music Streamer award, alongside PlaqueBoyMax and Bishu. The award went to Ari Miller, better known as AriAtHome. Partway through Miller’s acceptance speech, an unknown individual took to the stage, grabbing the microphone. “I’m sorry imma let you finish but DDG had the best music of all time,” the crasher said.
Man who interrupted ARIatHOME on stage at the Streamer Awards to say DDG should’ve won the award, releases his POV through recording sunglasses 😳
While exiting he gets into an argument with Marlon. pic.twitter.com/NCPcdG0LmD
— yoxic (@yoxics) November 13, 2026
A clear nod to Kanye West’s infamous MTV Music Video Awards snafu from 2009, where West cut off Taylor Swift to say Beyoncé was robbed, the individual donned smart glasses, a $700 long sleeve and live streamed the incident from his goggles. While Miller appears to be a good sport, nodding and letting him hang out to dry, the fan received jeers from the crowd. On his way out, the individual got into a verbal altercation with streamer Marlon Lundgren Garcia, who called him “corny as fuck.” After Granberry posted his apology, Miller responded in kind, writing “nothing but love bro.”
In the days following, other streamers have criticized the awards for allowing someone to easily raid the stage. The Streamer Awards are held in tandem with TwitchCon. While unaffiliated beyond convenient timing, both events seem to suffer similar security woes. The convention itself seems to be hurting from low ticket sales after years of safety issues, whether it’s stalker concerns or hazardous ball pits.
The winner of this year’s Streamer Award was the immensely popular IShowSpeed, who wasn’t in attendance due to a missed flight. If anyone deserved a stage crasher on their behalf, it was the GoOffKings, who deserve more flowers for “DVD week.”
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