Pokimane Addresses Hurtful Chat Messages About Her Late Cat Mimi Live

Pokimane addresses uncomfortable chat messages about her late cat.© NDTV Library

Pokimane is calling out viewers who keep dragging her late cat, Mimi, into her streams, and she says some of them are doing it to get an emotional reaction out of her. She said so during a November 11 broadcast, telling viewers the messages make her uncomfortable and admitting she has been feeling sad recently. Mimi died in an accident in September, after jumping from Pokimane's balcony when cleaners opened it, something the Twitch streamer explained in an emotional livestream back then. The new comments come weeks after she shared that she was still grieving during a difficult stretch while travelling to Shanghai.

Pokimane was ready to END STREAM as she revealed how uncomfortable she felt after viewers kept bringing up her cat that passed away ???? https://t.co/l0KTI9pbHT

— veizau (@veizau) November 11, 2026

Pokimane Says Some Viewers Are Deliberately Using Her Cat's Death to Get a Reaction

On the November 11 livestream, Pokimane went through the chat messages that referenced Mimi. She said they felt different than random remarks posted elsewhere online, since the people sending them were actively watching her stream.

“Sometimes, seeing, like, random messages in chat of people trying to, like, trigger me about my cat is really weird,” she said. “I think it just makes me sad that there are people like that online.”

She also said the messages made her uncomfortable. “You're in my chat, and you're not in a random corner,”she told viewers, which was her way of explaining why the comments felt especially unpleasant while she was live. She added that she had “been a little bit sad recently.”

Mimi died after jumping from Pokimane's balcony when cleaners opened it, and Pokimane talked about the loss on a September 28 Just Chatting stream.

That's the Twitch category for streams built mostly around talking with chat. She remembered being in the emergency room when the doctor came in, and said she could tell from their expression that Mimi was gone.

“I can't believe my baby is gone,”she said during that broadcast. Pokimane also told viewers they had seen Mimi with her since she first got the cat, and she described Mimi as a central part of her home.

Pokimane Previously Shared That She Was Still Grieving Mimi's Death During Her Shanghai Trip

Pokimane gave another update on October 15 in a TikTok video, filmed while she was travelling to Shanghai. She said she was “still grieving the loss of my cat” and described the week as the “worst week ever.”

The trip got stressful for another reason too. A friend's visa was not approved at the last minute, so she had to travel to China alone. She had planned Shanghai part of the trip months earlier, and her tickets were non-refundable.

Her November 11 comments didn't include any more details about the viewers sending the messages, or whether she had taken action against their accounts.