British streamer Ali ‘Gross Gore’ Larsen has spoken about his financial woes after receiving a letter from the bailiffs.
He has been given one month to pay a £519 fine or have goods repossessed. He first received the fine at a lower fee for driving in a bus lane back in February 2022, but this has now increased over time after he failed to pay the initial fee.
Gross Gore – who rose to infamy in League of Legends years ago before being banned multiple times on Twitch – has been struggling to pay his bills, child maintenance for his daughter, tax and credit card debts in recent months, and has become increasingly vocal about this over the past few weeks.
Today he posted a few tweets about the fine and the bailiffs letter, saying he had to turn someone from the council away from his home as he doesn’t have the money to pay the fine.
He said: “I am so embarrassed, I accidentally drove through a bus lane and the council have charged me £175. They sent someone around to collect the money and I had to embarrassingly tell them I have no cash and am in debt/owe a credit card bill. It’s certainly a feel bad moment, I really hate life.”
Ali says he plans on selling one of his cars, a Jaguar, but says he will be keeping his Toyota Supra. He also plans on closing his Gross Gore Productions Limited business and leaving his accountant to save more money, and previously suggested his partner Safi to start an OnlyFans channel.
He has also said he’s been selling private pictures of his feet and crotch for money.
Gross Gore tonight received a £200 donation from fellow British streamer Greekgodx, who was recently banned on Twitch, once over an IRL stream clip and another time Greekgodx was banned after making a rant about women and an on-stream twerk.
Gross Gore said after receiving the £200 donation: “I would share my wife with Greek, I don’t give a fuck. He can wear a balaclava.”
Gross Gore trolled by job application posts
Some in the community have sent Gross Gore job application images, implying he should give up streaming full-time and get a normal job. With one even being sent to his in-game mail in World of Warcraft:
What led Gross Gore to leave LoL again and make the change to react content?
The news comes after Ali made £20 during a day’s streaming the other day, and a day where two people were in his chat asking him to play League of Legends, which he said led him to have a breakdown.
Now he is leaving League of Legends behind again to focus on talking to his chat and making react content.
He also plans on looking into YouTube boxing, and has challenged Ice Poseidon to a match, and has been challenged by PapaStanimus.
Gross Gore previously pulled out of a potential fight with British YouTube star KSI, and tonight said that him streaming League of Legends prevented him from becoming as big as KSI.
While some of Gross Gore’s remaining viewers have been critical of him, some have told him to get a job, while others have shown pity. Some have referred to him as Gross Poor and Broke Gore. A few have sent him abhorrent messages.
Some have made fun of his daughter, some have told him to kill himself, and others have made derogatory or explicit comments about his family members.
Gross Gore has a daughter that lives with his ex-partner, and says the reason he doesn’t see her is because she lives 300 miles away and his ex’s boyfriend has threatened to kill him in the past.
On tonight’s stream, Gross Gore received around £700 and after the stream paid his monthly child maintenance.
Has Gross Gore appealed his Twitch ban?
Last year, Gross Gore was permanently banned on Twitch. A few months ago, Gross Gore contemplated appealing his Twitch ban or quitting streaming.
Ali hasn’t since publicly revealed whether he has submitted an appeal to Twitch to lift his ban or not, but tonight said “I’m never getting unbanned on Twitch”. Last weekend, he had a bit of a rant on Twitter, including posts like the following.
Gross Gore also posted this video saying he’s so frustrated with his life and YouTube career.
“My daughter is going to be so embarrassed of me when she’s growing up because I’m a nobody. I haven’t got shit to give my daughter,” he said. “I’m so embarrassed, I’m a terrible father and it sucks. I don’t want to sell my Supra because it’s the last thing I’ve got left and I can’t afford maintenance on it.
“I’m a loser and I’m at breaking point. I’m so angry at myself and frustrated. Everybody used to love me and support me, now I just get ratioed hard on Twitter. But I don’t want to throw in the towel, I want to be somebody, I want to be a YouTube star.”
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