Overview

The Keemstar Flirting With Linx Controversy or the Keemstar Glazed Donut Controversy refers to a series of DMs and a three-hour-long Discord call leaked by Keemstar's ex-employee Linx that shows him allegedly flirting with Linx, including a portion where he says he's going to "turn her face into a glazed donut" and a portion where he compares her to a mermaid. The call was leaked by Linx on April 17th, 2025 and spread on social media, with Keemstar, Boogie2988 and others responding and reacting to it that day on their podcast, Lolcow Live. The situation inspired some concern over the relationship between Keemstar and his fiancée, Brantley. Keemstar shared on the podcast that Brantley was okay with it and that while they're not in an "open relationship," she allows him to flirt so they can both hook up with other women together. He also claimed most of the flirtation with Linx was "sarcastic flirt jokes."

Background

On April 17th, 2025, Keemstar's ex-employee Linx, aka @dramaqueenlinx on X, hosted a stream on YouTube^[1] during which she exposed some audio recordings of Keemstar flirting with her over a Discord call. Around the 13:04 mark, she plays a clip where Keemstar says, "At one point we'll exchange fluids but there's no rush […] I will totally turn your face into a glazed donut at some point in our lives but I miss my friend," suggesting he wants to rekindle his friendship with her. The video gained over 25,000 views in a day.

Later that day, Linx shared a three-hour-long recording of a Discord call between herself and Keemstar on YouTube^[2] titled "Keemstar Caught Being A Perv for 3 Straight Hours" that further shows them flirting. As the audio plays, flirtatious DMs between her and Keem loop on the screen.

At the 01:40:00 mark, Keemstar compares her to a mermaid, again comparing her to a mermaid at the 02:15:00 mark. At the 03:04:00 timestamp, Keemstar says Linx would need "flood insurance" if they could have e-sex over Discord. The video gained over 5,000 views in a day.

Developments

Keemstar's Response

On April 17th, 2025, Keemstar and Boogie2988 went live on the Lolcow Live YouTube^[3] channel. The episode begins with them reacting to the clip, with Keemstar mostly showing embarrassment over the leak as Boogie and some callers from their Discord tease Keemstar over his flirting ability. At the 15:18 timestamp, Keemstar confirms that he and Brantley are not in an open relationship, but they both like to hook up with girls together. He claims that she knows about the flirting and was in the room as he did it.

Online Reactions

The clips of Keemstar flirting and the story itself garnered viral spread online, mostly on X. On April 17th, 2025, X^[4] user @ShamooYT shared the "glazed donut" clip, garnering over 200 likes in a day. That day, X^[5] user @XylieGetsReal posted an AI-generated piece of art of Keemstar with a Krispy Keem donut box, the words "Krispy Keem" underneath of him, garneringo ver 260 likes in a day.

On April 18th, X^[5] user @Awk20000 posted a clip from the Lolcow Live stream of Keemstar claiming the flirtatious comments were "sarcastic flirt jokes," garnering over 40,000 views and 200 likes in under a day.

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