Ninja defends Kai Cenat as Twitch star’s Fortnite skin sparks criticism
Ninja is coming to the defense of Twitch star Kai Cenat after Fortnite added his skin to the game ahead of prominent creators more associated with the battle royale.
On August 19, Kai Cenat unveiled his new Fortnite skin, part of the Icon Series lineup,on the Las Vegas Sphere.
While Kai is one of the biggest names in the streaming world, some fans have taken issue with the AMP star getting a skin instead of Fortnite players or other streamers such asIShowSpeed.
Surprisingly, Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, someone who has hadbeef with Cenat in the past, stepped up to support Kai, explaining why it’s not as big of a deal some are making it out to be.
Ninja responds to Kai Cenat Fortnite skin backlash
During a broadcast, viewers inquired why Kai was getting a skin and Ninja had a simple reply.
“There are creators who have Icon skins and then there’s just Icons,” Belevins explained. “It’s safe to say he’s up there in the streaming scene.”
Going through the roster of skins, Ninja said that a Speed skin would be “great” too, but added that Epic doesn’t just pump out cosmetics.
Ninja gives his take on Kai Cenat getting a Fortnite Icon Skin before other “Fortnite” creatorspic.twitter.com/ek2TEmDypI
“These things are spaced out, so we can still see a Speed one in the future and there are loads of people who don’t play this game every day.”
Of note,Ninjapointed to the Eminem, Billie Eilish and Harry Kane skins as famous people not exactly associated with Fortnite, and there was more room for streamers to get skins.
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Ninja emphasised that Kai is an Icon and the fact that he’s not getting a Creator Skin means he’s not taking a skin away from someone.
The Kai Cenat collab is set to arrive on July 09, 2025.
