{"id":14290,"date":"2026-09-17T00:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:38:01","slug":"gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 5 Franklin Voice Actor Clears the Air After Calling Out Twitch Star Kai Cenat for Allegedly Breaking Promise to a Young Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The voice actor behind GTA 5\u2019s Franklin went viral after revealing his personal disagreement with famous Twitch steamer Kai Cenat, but the two stars are on good terms again.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Shawn \u2018Solo\u2019 Fonteno is the voice behind one of Grand Theft Auto\u2019s most iconic characters, Franklin Clinton. He made an appearance on Kai Cenat\u2019s Twitch stream as a special guest back in 2024, where he took the influencer on a tour of the neighborhoods in Los Angeles that appeared in the game\u2019s fictional city of Los Santos.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">However, Solo said this was likely the last stream he\u2019d ever do with Cenat due to the broadcaster\u2019s interaction with a young fan that happened during their outing.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Even More GTA 6 Screenshots from Rockstar Games<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto 6. Image courtesy of Rockstar.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In a September 2026 episode of the Dope As Usual podcast, Solo explained that Kai Cenat approached a young fan during the stream who came from a struggling family.  According to Solo, Cenat had offered to buy the fan a motorcycle \u2014 but Solo says he never made good on that promise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cThis was a family that didn\u2019t have much at all, bro,\u201d he recalled. \u201cIt was probably 15 people living in a one-bedroom home. I know these people, and I help them out at times. \u2026Kai was cool, cordial with them, talking to them, \u2018What you want? What can I get you?\u2019 And the kid was like, \u2018I wanna bike, can you get me a bike?\u2019 He said, \u2018What kind of bike?\u2019 and the kid said, \u2018A motorcycle!\u2019 He said, \u2018We gon\u2019 make it happen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI persisted to keep calling after that\u2026 let about a week go by, and texted, texted, tried to call, \u2018Hey man, honor that [promise] with this kid, bro. It\u2019s just a bike. [It\u2019d] probably be about a thousand dollars, twelve hundred dollars or less, I don\u2019t know, but you gave that kid this promise. And now you\u2019re making me look bad, because I brought you here, and you gave this kid that promise.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Solo said he even approached Kai\u2019s friend and fellow streamer Fanum about the issue, who the actor says ignored him. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI\u2019m standing on it, man,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ll look into any one of these cameras like, \u2018Bro, you a f**ked up dude for that.\u2019 To me. You\u2019re a very f**ked up dude. I don\u2019t give a f**k how you feel about it. To me, that was not cool. If I make a promise, especially to a kid, I\u2019mma honor it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The podcast went viral, prompting a wave of backlash toward Kai Cenat for allegedly failing to keep his promise to the child. Fans were convinced that he and Solo now had bad blood as a result of this issue \u2014 but just a day later, Solo confirmed that he and Kai were on good terms once more.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Solo revealed the news in an Instagram comment on September 16, which he wrote in response to a clip from the podcast episode. \u201cI just talked to Kai and it was an honest mistake and it\u2019s fixed. Thanks @kaicenat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">GTA fervor is at an all-time high after Rockstar\u2019s immensely-popular preview for Grand Theft Auto 6 aired on Netflix last month. Fans can\u2019t wait for the highly-anticipated game to finally release in November, and with major music artists and platforms like Spotify dropping cheeky hints on social media and billboards across Los Angeles, it\u2019s clear there\u2019s a lot more in store as the clock ticks down to launch in two months.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image Credits: Julian Hamilton \/ FilmMagic via Getty Images \/ YouTube: Dope As Usual<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-4218469134 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virginia Glaze Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan.jpg\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-702910195 author-sign-off-header\">Virginia Glaze<\/p>\n<p>News Editor<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-1220387432\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em>@TheeMissGlaze<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gta-5-franklin-voice-actor-clears-the-air-after-calling-out-twitch-star-kai-cenat-for-allegedly-breaking-promise-to-a-young-fan-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-14290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14292,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14290\/revisions\/14292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}