--- title: Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Why He Won't Stream With Women description: Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who rose to fame playing Fortnite, addressed backlash to his recent admission that he doesn't stream with women. canonical: https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-14T15:45:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:18.970Z og:title: Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Why He Won't Stream With Women og:description: "We are fans of all kind of streamers and gamers" og:url: https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92eaff03323f8de4/698937b497cdffc6686b5fac/fortnite-star-ninja-talks-not-streaming-with-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Tyler "Ninja" Blevins Takes On Challengers At Ninja Vegas '18 At Esports Arena Las Vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Why He Won't Stream With Women twitter:description: "We are fans of all kind of streamers and gamers" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92eaff03323f8de4/698937b497cdffc6686b5fac/fortnite-star-ninja-talks-not-streaming-with-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Backlash After He Said He Doesn't 'Play With Female Gamers' > Sponsored content. 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Blevins is playing against more than 230 challengers in front of 700 fans in 10 live "Fortnite" games with up to USD 50,000 in cash prizes on the line. He is donating all his winnings to the Alzheimer's Association. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 21: Twitch streamer and professional gamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins streams during Ninja Vegas '18 at Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino on April 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blevins is playing against more than 230 challengers in front of 700 fans in 10 live "Fortnite" games with up to USD 50,000 in cash prizes on the line. He is donating all his winnings to the Alzheimer's Association. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 14, 2018 3:45 PM UTC [Tyler “Ninja” Blevins](http://time.com/5201151/drake-fortnite-livestream/), who rose to fame playing video game [Fortnite](http://time.com/5355005/fortnite-coaches-kids/) on the live video-game streaming site Twitch, addressed backlash to his recent admission to [_Polygon_](https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/11/17675738/ninja-twitch-female-gamers)that he doesn’t stream with women. In the interview, Blevins states bluntly: “I don’t play with female gamers…if I have one conversation with one female streamer where we’re playing with one another, and even if there’s a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever.” Blevins took to Twitter to clarify his statements, emphasizing that his decision to keep his channel female gamer-free is because he wants to prevent online harassment and gossip about his wife, Jessica “Jghosty” Blevins, who is also a streamer on Twitch. “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 our life.” Blevins later affirmed a few of his female counterparts, noting that he and his wife “are fans of all kinds streamers and gamers” and was looking “forward to the opportunity to meet and play with all kinds of Fortnite players in future tournaments and events.” Read Blevins’ full statement below. > [](https://twitter.com/Ninja/status/1029128224457072641) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/"},"headline":"Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Backlash After He Said He Doesn't 'Play With Female Gamers'","datePublished":"2018-08-14T15:45:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:18.970Z","description":"\"We are fans of all kind of streamers and gamers\"","url":"https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92eaff03323f8de4/698937b497cdffc6686b5fac/fortnite-star-ninja-talks-not-streaming-with-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92eaff03323f8de4/698937b497cdffc6686b5fac/fortnite-star-ninja-talks-not-streaming-with-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tyler \"Ninja\" Blevins Takes On Challengers At Ninja Vegas '18 At Esports Arena Las Vegas","caption":"Tyler \"Ninja\" Blevins Takes On Challengers At Ninja Vegas '18 At Esports Arena Las Vegas","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5366608/ninja-on-women-fortnite/","name":"Fortnite Star Ninja Addresses Backlash After He Said He Doesn't 'Play With Female Gamers'"}}]}] ```