Steven Bonnell II
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About
This gamer personality who philosophizes and talks politics at the same time has 850,000 subscribers on YouTube and 100,000 followers on Instagram was banned by Twitch in 2021. He achieved fame as Destiny, his Twitch persona, and was one of the first to stream online video games full-time and at one point, he had over 500,000 followers on Twitch.
Before Fame
He studied music at University of Nebraska Omaha while working the night shift as a restaurant manager at a casino. He was working as a carpet cleaner before switching to streaming video games full-time back in 2011. He made his bones with biting acerbic comments while playing StarCraft II. In 2016 he started live-streaming political debates. He says he has transitioned from being a libertarian to being a social Democrat who's a full-on capitalist.
Trivia
He's of Cuban descent on his mom's side, and has a son from a previous relationship. He seems to enjoy going after trolls and right-wing personalities with equal relish and stoicism.
Family Life
He is currently in an open marriage with Swedish streamer Melina Göransson, whom he married in December 2021.
Associated With
He and fellow video game streamer Trihex collaborated on The DT Podcast from November 2018 to October 2019.
