Kick streamer Lavlune, who streams as FoidElf, lost her Kick channel after a clip of her appearing to toss her dachshund to the floor went viral on October 14. Kick hasn't said why. One X post announcing the ban pulled 106.7K views, roughly 21 times her Kick following. Then MoistCr1TiKaL and Doja Cat piled on, and she made it worse.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Kick streamer Lavlune (FoidElf) lost her channel after an October 14 clip showed her appearing to toss her dachshund to the floor.
- Kick gave no public reason, and her channel was still unavailable on October 17.
- One X post about the ban hit 106.7K views, about 21x her ~5K Kick followers.
- MoistCr1TiKaL (18.2M subs) called it "inexcusable"; Doja Cat said she hoped the pets would be taken away.
- Her defense backfired: she called the dog an "idiot" and insulted Charlie's looks in a rant Sportskeeda called homophobic.
- The creator lesson: even the "lenient" platform can end your channel overnight, without explanation.
What actually happened?
During a Just Chatting stream, Lavlune appeared to grab her dog by the scruff of its neck and toss it to the floor, then joked about it on camera, according to Sportskeeda. The clip spread on r/LivestreamFail and X the same day, and her channel went dark behind an error page. A ban post from TheClipZone hit 106.7K views. Kick has given no public reason, which is why outlets still call it a reported ban.
"Jesus, I just killed the dog."
Lavlune (FoidElf), Kick streamer, Sportskeeda
Charlie White (MoistCr1TiKaL) uploaded a nine-minute video called "Completely Unacceptable" the same day, calling her actions "inexcusable," per Sportskeeda. His penguinz0 channel has about 18.2M subscribers, according to Wikipedia. On October 16, Doja Cat posted on X that she hoped Lavlune's dachshund and cat would be taken away, Primetimer reported. Animal-rights accounts on X also shared older clips they allege show her throwing a cat, which no outlet has independently verified.
Her defense did not help. She denied abuse, said she held the dog by its "extra skin" and that it "spun" as she put it down, and called the dog an "idiot." Then she went after Charlie's hair, jawline, and hygiene in a rant Sportskeeda called homophobic. Charlie fired back that her defense was "completely useless jibberjabber on nothing" and that she had "no self-awareness whatsoever," per Dexerto.
Why does this matter for creators?
Start with the obvious: the outrage is earned. What's in that clip is the story, and nothing about platform risk makes it less ugly. But there's a second lesson here that every creator should sit with.
Lavlune had about 5,000 Kick followers and 63,000+ on Instagram, per Sportskeeda. Her partner GEWN, also a Kick streamer, has about 17.5K, per his Kick page. One clip put her in front of an audience many times bigger than anything she built, and that audience got her removed from the only place she streamed. Virality doesn't care how small you are.
And this was Kick, the platform with a reputation for leniency, the place streamers land after Twitch bans. It still pulled the channel within days and never explained itself. If one platform is your entire income, you are one moderation call away from zero, and nobody owes you a reason.
Where does this go from here?
Her channel was still unavailable when Dexerto checked on October 17, and Kick's page gave no reason. inkl flagged the same silence. Commenters called her pivot to insulting Charlie a "typical move to deflect to other topics," per Primetimer. Watch whether the older cat clips get verified, because that would turn one bad clip into a pattern.
The bigger story is the machine itself. A clip lands on r/LivestreamFail, a huge creator reacts, a celebrity amplifies, and a platform acts, all inside about three days. Here it landed on someone whose own stream earned the scrutiny, but the mechanism runs the same way for everyone.
What does Fanvault think?
Fanvault thinks creators should own more of their economics and rent less of someone else's feed, which is why Fanvault creators keep 92% (an 8% fee, versus Fanvue at 15%, Passes at 10% + $0.30, and Fanfix at about 20%) and sell through their own storefront with memberships, paywalled posts, tips, wishlists, auctions, and authenticated memorabilia drops. A diversified business protects good-faith creators from arbitrary platform risk. It is not cover for what's in this clip, and standards apply on our side too: Fanvault is invite-gated, manually approves every creator, runs AI moderation through Sightengine, and enforces a two-strike brand-safe policy. Treat your animals well, then build a business no single ban can erase.
The dog didn't deserve any of this. Everyone else should take two things from it: act like the camera is always on, because it is, and never let one platform hold your whole business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why was Lavlune banned from Kick?
Kick has not given a public reason. Her FoidElf channel went dark on October 14, the same day a clip of her appearing to grab her dachshund by the scruff and toss it to the floor went viral, according to Sportskeeda. Dexerto confirmed the channel was still unavailable on October 17.
Who is Lavlune?
Lavlune is a micro-streamer who streamed on Kick as FoidElf, with about
What did Doja Cat and MoistCr1TiKaL say about Lavlune?
MoistCr1TiKaL posted a nine-minute video titled "Completely Unacceptable" calling her actions "inexcusable." On October 16, Doja Cat posted on X that she hoped Lavlune's dachshund and cat would be taken away, Primetimer reported.
How did Lavlune respond to the backlash?
She denied abuse, said she held the dog by its "extra skin" and that it "spun," and called the dog an "idiot." She then insulted MoistCr1TiKaL's hair, jawline, and hygiene in a rant Sportskeeda called homophobic. He called her defense "completely useless jibberjabber on nothing."