Controversial influencer Sneako is recovering after he was assaulted during a livestream in New York City.
A clip from the Kick streamer’s recent broadcast showed Sneako, whose real name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy, walking Tuesday in Manhattan while staring at his phone until a man suddenly comes up and punches him in the face. He then wraps his arms around Sneako’s neck and dragging him to the ground in a chokehold before the video cuts off.
Sneako, 27, is known for spouting right-wing ideology and offensive takes, including those of the “manosphere,” which refers to harmful online communities that promote misogyny and toxic masculinity.
Just moments before he was attacked on Tuesday’s stream, he was ranting that men who masturbate should be publicly executed.
Shortly after the video, Sneako posted on X, “Im fine we got it handled,” adding that he would go live again in an hour.
In his livestream after the attack, he showed off a chipped tooth and said that he had been beaten and maced.
“I got hit, you can see it in the video,” he said. “I’m just going to be honest [because] everybody said that I could manipulate the situation and lie and stuff like that.”
He continued, “I got hit a few times, I get up and [he] immediately pulls out mace and runs away. I had never been maced before. It was okay, [I] just washed it out I’m fine. This was literally one hour ago.”
Sneako then implied that the attack was targeted.
“One hundred percent, this doesn’t make sense that it was a random person. He had it ready like that,” he said.
He walked through the video of the scuffle and said that the man was a coward for hitting him when he was not looking. He also clarified that he was not knocked out in the attack.
“It could have been way worse,” he said. “Don’t worry about me.”
Sneako’s attacker has not been identified, and it is unclear why he confronted him.
The clip of Sneako being attacked was removed from his archived livestream, but it still made the rounds on X as his critics taunted him for being assaulted.
Sneako was included in Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere documentary, alongside other controversial influencers like HSTikkyTokky, Myron Gaines and Ed Matthews.
Elsewhere in the “manosphere,” streamer Clavicular was hospitalized Tuesday night after a suspected overdose during livestream, but is now reportedly in stable condition.