On April 2, 2023, Twitch star Matthew “Mizkif” shared an emotional statement following the death of his pet rabbit, Dedo, during a livestream. The streamer started crying and said that the circumstances “sucked.”
Mizkif went on to say that Maya, a fellow Twitch streamer and ex-girlfriend, gifted him the animal. He stated that he had trouble being “present,” and that Dedo had been a big help in that regard. The Texas-based content creator was speaking to the community when he thought back to an assertion he made in the past, in which he said that whenever his pet died, so would his livestream. Matthew further noted: “I never thought he would die. Just remember two weeks ago? When I was, like… when he dies, my stream dies. You know? It’s a lot. He means a lot to me.”
The co-founder of One True King (OTK), after declaring that he thought Dedo would “never die,” remarked that he once kept several rabbits as pets. However, there were a number of factors why Dedo’s passing “hit him” in particular. The fact that Mizkif spent the majority of his livestreaming career with his pet was one of the main explanations he gave: “I’ve had five rabbits in my life, chat. And… they haven’t really meant. Like, when they die, I’m like, ‘All right,’ Like, ‘Who’s cooking?’ Right? It’s like, ‘It sucks. I feel bad.’ It’s not like this. This one hit me a lot for multiple reasons. I mean, you got to realize something. I was around this rabbit all day. Like, my life. My career. I’m in this room, all day. That’s is all I do. I sit here and he’s right there, next to me. The whole time. My whole career.”
The Twitch streamer continued by saying that Dedo had grown to be an essential member of the group. Afterward, Mizkif disclosed that Maya had given him the rabbit and that it had improved his emotional state: “You know what else, chat? Maya got me that rabbit because he kept me present. So… I have a very hard time being present. So, he kept me present (the streamer starts crying). He did. It sucks, man!”
The 28-year-old personality went on to state that ever since Dedo passed away, his cat, Chompy, had been following him everywhere: “Look at this. Like, literally, you know, while he’s gone. This thing (the streamer shows his cat) literally follows me everywhere, every day. Like, literally, everywhere I go, he follows me. You know? So, I still have him.”