Pokimane Reveals How Elon Musk Mention at a Party Almost Forced an Impulse Decision

Twitch is one of the most popular online streaming platforms in the community. Furthermore, several fans want to follow in the same footsteps as their role model and dreams of becoming a full-time streamer. Among all the streamers, Pokimane is the most followed female streamer on the platform.

Indeed, she has an immense fanbase, and fans nicknamed her as ‘Queen of Twitch’. Poki is also a member of OfflineTV and has a wonderful relationship with fellow streamers. Recently, Poki opened up to her fans that she’s considering of legally changing her name after a funny incident. Continue reading to find out the truth of the incident and why Poki became hesitant about her own name.

Pokimane was embarrassed, as her name’s similar to Elon Musk

Pokimane’s real name is Imane Anys, and she is currently the most-followed woman channel on Twitch with over 9 million followers. Interestingly, the Queen of Twitch recently shared an embarrassing incident with her fans, which made her question her own identity. Poki posted a tweet where she mentioned she was attending a party when a guy comes up to her to ask her name.

Poki fans are already aware of their role model’s kindness and sweet nature; thus, naturally, she answered the guy and said, Imane. Shockingly, the guy mistakes Poki’s name as ‘Elon’. Although Pokimane tried to pronounce it more easily for him to understand, he replied, “elon?! like elon musk?!”

After this incident, Poki confirmed she was very close to filing for a legal name change. Indeed, her fans were also shocked after hearing about this incident about Poki on Twitter. One fan said, ” Elon and Imane don’t sound the same at all. You would of been better off just saying Pokimane.”

Whereas, another comment read, “That’s because you spell and pronounce your name wrong. Its Eman not imane. Pronounced like E-maan” What are your thoughts about this incident? Let us know in the comments down below.

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Who is the most popular female streamer? Poki VS Valkyrae

Valkyrae and Poki arguably are the most popular female streamers and have gained a lot of audiences over the years. Furthermore, several fans claim both streamers rule over their domain, that is YouTube and Twitch. Although we don’t see any clash between the streamers themselves, the debate between their fans is most common.

Back in 2021, Valkyrae outshined Poki in terms of overall viewership. However, Queen of Twitch stood up to her name by having more amount of networth than Rae.

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