Twitch streamer Angry Ginge, whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, is taking on a new challenge in the I’m A Celebrity jungle after pushing past his difficult childhood to find fame
As I’m A Celebrity gears up for its 2025 launch, one name has left older viewers puzzled, but Gen Z already know him inside out. Angry Ginge, whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, has amassed millions of followers across Twitch, TikTok and Instagram, and is one of the most recognisable young streamers in the UK.
Now, at just 23, he’s tipped as an early favourite to be crowned King of the Jungle. Angry Ginge began streaming five years ago after signing up to Twitch when he was inspired by a creator called Castro1021.
His first ever session was a FIFA livestream in October 2020, but that drew just 40 viewers and earned him £12.44. His slow progress as a streamer soon left him disheartened and he stepped away from the platform altogether a few months later.
But the death of his grandfather during the Covid pandemic in 2021 pushed him back into full-time streaming. He started broadcasting every weekday and built a dedicated fanbase that followed him from Twitch onto TikTok and YouTube.
Within a few years, Morgan started generating hundreds of thousands of pounds, and his earnings in the last year alone are estimated to be between £804,000 and £1.1 million.
Although he is now making big bucks, Morgan came from humble beginnings on a council estate in Salford. He has previously spoken about why he thinks his content resonates with audiences, telling indy100: “I think it’s gone down well because people can relate that I’ve come from the same place they’ve come from.
“I’ve come from a council estate and I know what they go through and have been through and can bond with them and get to know them more on a personal level.”
His childhood was far from rosy, and the Twitch streamer has at times opened up about struggles from his younger years, especially around his relationship with his father.
On his podcast Tays & Ginge Off Stream, the star has said that he slowly realised the behaviour he grew up around wasn’t a good example for him.
Even though he only saw his dad every week or two, Morgan says he still absorbed some of his attitudes as a child. He added: “He’s pretty bad, you know what I mean. I’m just fortunate that my mum’s f**king amazing. She guided me the right way.”
He went on to share his earliest memory of his dad, recounting: “It’s really weird that I remember this…a random man, and me unknowing it was my dad at the time, comes up and starts tickling me on the wall.”
His mum pulled him away, and when he asked if that man was his dad, she confirmed it. Their nearly non-existent relationship continued to be strained even as Morgan got to know his dad better.
The streamer has spoken about his parents having a court battle over his surname, his dad allegedly throwing a brick through the window of his home in the middle of the night, and the blunt nickname his mum had for his father.
He shared: “In the middle of the night he came to the house. We didn’t have a ring doorbell, we didn’t have CCTV. He just picked a brick up and threw it through the window. Then the next day had the balls to try and come and see me, even though my mum knew full well it would’ve been him. I don’t know if he felt guilty or anything, but he offered to pay half. But why would you offer to pay half if you’ve not done it?”
Morgan also told his co-host: “My mum used to save my dad’s number in her phone as Kn*bhead. If I saw him in the streets I’d walk past him.”
Despite his difficult start in life, Ginge is now thriving, and even managed to buy his own home last year after previously living in a cramped flat he used to jokingly refer to as a “pub”.
Source: Mirror
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