TheBurntPeanut faces backlash over 9/11 joke during Escape from Tarkov stream

TheBurntPeanut faces backlash after making a controversial 9/11 joke during an Escape from Tarkov stream on September 1, 2026. (Image via: X/@yoxics)

TheBurntPeanut is facing backlash after a joke made during an Escape from Tarkov stream turned into a wider discussion online. The incident happened on September 1, 2026, when the streamer was looting in the game and came across an LM-KC 130 model aircraft. What followed was a short moment on stream that viewers clipped and shared, with some users on X accusing him of making light of the deaths connected to 9/11. The backlash centered around how he staged the joke inside the game. Peanut moved the small aircraft across his screen while making airplane noises. He then arranged a magazine and a bottle in his inventory so they looked like two towers. After moving the plane toward them, he shouted, “Boom! They hit the second tower! (Laughs)” The clip became the main point of criticism around the streamer’s recent comments.

Why TheBurntPeanut’s Tarkov moment caused backlash

The joke happened while Peanut was playing Escape from Tarkov, the game that has taken up more than 58% of his streaming time so far. Around 7,000 viewers watch him on average when he plays the tactical extraction shooter. That made the moment especially easy to circulate, as the clip showed exactly what happened instead of relying on a long explanation. X users then gave mixed reactions. One user, @_Kushmas, criticized the joke by saying, “this dude is the least funny personality I have ever witnessed, I don’t get why all these fu**in retards praise him.” Others were less serious about it. @JayNabbZ called it “It's actually just dark humor when someone who actually loves this country makes a joke like this.” Those reactions show the split in how the clip was received. Some viewers treated it as offensive because of what the imagery referenced, while others mainly dismissed the joke as simply bad.

The HasanAbi connection goes back to February 2026

There is also an older piece of context involving Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker. Months before the Tarkov incident, TheBurntPeanut had already become part of a Hasan discussion after reacting to a viewer who wrote, “USA is a joke.” Hasan responded by calling Peanut the “number one streamer of Israel” and referred to one of Peanut’s takes about “America number one” as something he found notable. His comments did not stop there. Hasan later compared Peanut to a new version of DrDisRespect, describing it as an attempt to get “DrDisRespect, but without the kid-di**ling.” That older commentary has now been brought back into discussions about Peanut after the September 1 stream. For now, the controversy remains centered on the clip from Escape from Tarkov and the criticism surrounding the joke. The available information does not include a statement from TheBurntPeanut addressing the backlash.