Kai Cenat and Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah controversy explained

Twitch star Kai Cenat has taken the internet by storm after announcing his breakup with Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah, which resulted in rumors about their split going viral on social media. It all started on December 27, 2025, when Kai Cenat took to X to announce that he is now single, adding that he will "never be in another relationship again."

He wrote:

"I’m single I will never be in another relationship again"

The post went viral on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, garnering over 50.7 million views, with more than 20,000 netizens chiming in with their views.

On the same day, rumors about the Twitch streamer and Gabriele "Gigi" Alayah's separation began to circulate on X, with netizens believing that the latter had been unfaithful to Cenat and was having an affair with NBA YoungBoy, citing Livingston "DJ Akademiks" as the source.

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Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah responds to allegations of cheating on Kai Cenat

Gabrielle Alayah posted an Instagram Story in which she stated that she "never cheated" on Kai Cenat. While claiming that she was the one who "left" the relationship, the 21-year-old TikTok personality wrote:

"I left , now you wanna get on the internet and rush to paint a false narrative about me off a FAKE twitter post is insane. I've never cheated on him, and YOU know that. I have never dealt with that man ... play that sympathetic role somwehere else, pls."

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DJ Akademiks responds to people citing him as the source for the alleged reason for Kai Cenat and Gabrielle Alayah's breakup

During a livestream on December 27, 2025, DJ Akademiks refuted rumors that he reported alleged details about Kai Cenat and Gabrielle Alayah's breakup. Claiming that he had "4K proof" about the situation, the Kick streamer said:

"Now, y'all want to know the truth about this? Because I got all the details. I got 4K proof. Now, let me stop, I got 4K proof. Here's the thing, chat, this is not true. I just want to tell y'all this, man, I know all y'all be loving Kai and whatever, and this is why I realized, like, yo, me and Kai, we've talked, you know, not recently, we've talked multiple times offline and s**t like this. Man, when y'all love a n****, y'all just be attacking some motherf**kers no matter what. Bro, how I get caught up in the group chat?"

DJ Akademiks continued:

"Bro, how y'all read a headline that says, 'Akademiks reported that Kai Cenat's girlfriend, Gigi, is cheating on him with YoungBoy.' And I said it on a livestream, that I streamed to 15,000 people every night, 15,000 people, and there's not one video clip of me saying this. And people are running with it! 'Yo! Ak said this!' Bro, come on, man. Y'all got to stop this stuff."

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DJ Akademiks suggests that NBA YoungBoy confronted him

On December 28, 2025, a 22-second video from DJ Akademiks' livestream surfaced on X, in which he appeared to suggest that NBA YoungBoy confronted him about the recent situation involving Cenat and Alayah.

The 34-year-old said:

"YoungBoy, he's not an internet n****, but he'll [unintelligible] certain s**t when it gets sent to him or whatever. I said, 'YoungBoy,' I'mma be like, 'Yo, YB, I ain't never said this s**t, bruh.' But for all y'all, because I know y'all love Kai, y'all treat him like a kid, and whatever the case is, but bro, please, just don't try to blame everyone. Whatever's going on with Kai Cenat and his girlfriend, again, he's a grown a** man..."

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As of this writing, Kai Cenat has not issued a statement regarding his breakup with Gabrielle Alayah.

Edited by Aarnesh Shrivastava