In recent years, the hot tub livestream trend has exploded on Twitch. Basically, streamers have taken advantage of Twitch’s allowance for bikinis at certain locations like beaches, hot tubs, and hot springs to show off their bodies and boost donations. This trend grew so fast that Twitch even created a separate category for it instead of lumping it in with Just Chatting.
When this trend became popular in the West, South Korean female streamers quickly picked it up. In one case, a group of female streamers combined the hot tub content with bringing their pets on stream. However, many viewers pushed back, accusing the streamers of mistreating their pets.
Specifically, on November 17, streamer Momoro went live with some friends at a hot spring. They wore very sexy bikinis, cuddled their dogs, chatted, and even danced on stream. Fans enjoyed the eye candy of the streamers’ hot bodies alongside the adorable pets.
But after the video spread on social media and forums, the group faced serious backlash. Using pets to boost donations was already a negative point for many online. Plus, letting pets play in a hot spring environment was seen as dangerous to their health. Because of this, Momoro and her friends were accused of animal abuse.
Later on social media, Momoro explained she only wanted to create fresh content and had no bad intentions toward her pets. She’ll likely need to be more careful in future streams to avoid this kind of criticism. Momoro has only been streaming for a short time with just over 13,000 followers, which isn’t a huge number. It would be a shame if the backlash forced her to quit so soon.
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