Tiagz and Flames talk it out with Juice Unlocked: 'The ban is lifted'

The Santa Ana controversy around streamers Tiagz and Flames got a face-to-face conversation. In a clip Juice Unlocked posted Jan. 14, 2026, the pair ran into Juice Unlocked's Matt in a parking lot and talked through the backlash on camera.

It ends friendly. In the final moments, the talk turns to "the ban is lifted" and plans to "tap in."

Their side

Matt says he heard they were the streamers who had been banned from the area. One of them shoots that down, saying guys from Santa Ana always come up and say what's up, and calls the area his community. "I grew up here, Anaheim, Santa Ana," he says.

Flames has a complaint of his own. "It's easy to just upload, click, and post," he says. He wishes Juice Unlocked had reached out first and says he would have given an interview. Another speaker says he was confused about whether he was being cast as "the good guy or the bad guy."

One of them also explains an earlier line about not apologizing. He says it was aimed at someone who claimed to represent OC and was spreading claims about what he had said. Later in the clip, someone adds that "the situation might have got a little spun out."

“It's easy to just upload, click, and post.”

Matt's answer

Matt says he didn't know who they were before the incident, so he couldn't have reached out sooner. "I post what's happening in the city regardless," he says. He says he wanted to give them a chance to come on the podcast and tell their side.

“I grew up here, Anaheim, Santa Ana.”

How it started

Juice Unlocked has followed the story since Dec. 30, 2025, when it posted that an OC TikToker wanted Tiagz and Flames to apologize after Santa Ana was labeled "low income" during a livestream. The pair answered in a video posted Dec. 31, and on Jan. 4 Juice Unlocked posted a clip of a local resident pressing Tiagz in person.

“I post what's happening in the city regardless, right?”

“The situation might have got a little spun out.”