Before being identified, Brookes was often referred to as "Philip Hedley". In July 2021, Brookes was outed by journalist Alex Mann, who revealed his real name on an ABC radio podcast episode. Throughout his online activities, Brookes made a large attempt to hide his real identity. Later, Brookes was interviewed by the FBI, which he described as a "raid". In February 2021, one of Brookes' streams was played at a Zoom meeting on racial equality organized by Pennsylvania State University, where he depicted himself dressed up as a police officer, kneeling on a doll of George Floyd. One of the attendees of said rally was Jake Angeli, popularly known as the "QAnon Shaman", who later attended the 2021 storming of the US Capitol. Later at the rally, he clashed with a group of anti-Trump activists, where a Mexican activist alleged he yelled racist catchphrases and racial slurs. This time, we know our war is with them", referring to the theory that Donald Trump won the 2020 American elections. īrookes, along with online streamer Anthime Gionet (known online as Baked Alaska), attended a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, where he chanted that "we will not fall for the lies of the Jews this time. His activities helped inspire ex-journalist Paul Miller, known online as Gyps圜rusader, who participated in many of the same activities. Starting in mid-2020, Brookes streamed uploaded multiple videos of himself to DLive and BitChute, where he wore racist outfits, including blackface and stereotypical outfits that mocked Blacks, Asians, and Jews, along with mocking the murder of George Floyd. His most notorious stream was a 10-hour long meeting with American white nationalist Nick Fuentes, streamed in December 2019. Many of these clips are often shared through his personal Telegram channel. Online activities įormerly going under the username "lolisocks", one of his most constant online activities is livestreaming himself in various activities, famously including online trolling of users on the popular chatting site Omegle. In his youth, he played various video games with his father, under the online username "Kamikaze", Brookes finished high school around 2015, and started streaming in 2019. Tor Brookes was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and he was raised in Brisbane, Australia. Fuentes, the leader of the Groypers, and with fellow alt right streamer Gyps圜rusader.Tor Gustafsson Brookes (born either 1997 or 1998), better known by his online alias CatboyKami, is an Australian streamer known for his various online activities connected to far-right activism. Catbo圜ami previously maintained friendship with Nicholas J. As of June 18th, 2020, CatboyKami was 21 years old. He resides in Brisbane, Australia, is a NEET and an avid lolicon fan. Personal LifeĬatboyKami's real name is unknown. On the same day, user t j created a petition to deplatform CatboyKami which gained over 670 signatures in one day. On July 15th, 2020, DailyMail reported on CatboyKami's streams. CatboyKami's disregard for any social taboos includes, among other things, wearing blackface and use of racial and homophobic slurs. The streams and clips from them later received viral spread online, with multiple reuploads on Telegram, imageboards, VK and other social platforms.ĬatboyKami's troll persona revolves around exploiting modern social trends and breaking social norms in order to discomfort and shock people he is interacting with. Starting on July 5th, 2020, CatboyKami conducted a number of Omegle streams in which he wore blackface, used racial slurs and made offensive jokes (such as reenacting George Floyd's death and referencing the fried chicken stereotype) while interacting with black people, later posting the streams to BitChute (shown below). Following a December 10th, 2019, ten-hour co-stream by CatboyKami and Fuentes, combined with CatboyKami's history of cross-dressing, has led to rumors that the two might be in a relationship, which was then refuted by Fuentes on his Telegram channel. ĬatboyKami previously maintained friendhip with far-right political commentator Nicholas J. In addition to his activity on YouTube, CatboyKami has maintained an active social presence on a variety of other social media platforms, including Discord, Telegram, Instagram and TikTok. In the following year, CatboyKai streamed a variety of content, primarily gaming videos, reaction videos, trolling videos and debates with streamers such as Destiny (video examples shown below). On January 30th, 2016, CatboyKami launched his YouTube channel, streaming his first currently available video, a Fortnite stream, on June 6th, 2019.
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