“I’m a Pretty Huge Pro Gamer,” Says Post Malone, Reveals He Tries to Take Consoles With Him on Tours

Published 08/03/2023, 10:30 AM EDT

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When it comes to celebrities, fans love to find out what their hobbies are, and if they match their own likes. Consequently, when these fans are gamers, finding out your favorite celebrity is also a gamer makes love for them skyrocket. The same thing happened as fans found out The Witcher star Henry Cavill is a massive gamer at heart. It adds to the entire bond between a fan and a celebrity. Similarly, during a recent interview, a widely popular singer announced his love for gaming with dreams of being a pro gamer.

Appearing in an interview, singer Post Malone spoke out about his love for gaming. He talks about the difficulties of being a gamer when you are traveling all the time.

Post Malone talks about being a gamer

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Post Malone remains one of the biggest singing sensations in the world. Appearing in an interview on Call Her Daddy, Malone talked about his habits, such as when he answers e-mails and so on. Surprisingly, the conversation turned to his gaming habits. Malone described it as quite difficult to bring along his gaming consoles when he is traveling. As a result, his other backup hobby is to do online shopping to help pass the time on a few occasions.

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It’s really hard to bring gaming consoles and stuff. I’m a pro gamer. So I do a lot of online shopping.” The interview reflected his love for gaming. It was not, however, the first time Post Malone was outspoken and vocal about his love for gaming. The gamer raised a lot of money through his streams on previous occasions.

He conducted four streams where he played Apex Legends. The charity stream saw over $200000 raised for TheTrevorProject. Additionally, part of this money came from Post Malone himself. He donated over $40000 over the course of the streams.

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That is not all his involvement in gaming is limited to. Turns out Post Malone is a big fan of Magic: The Gathering. In July last year, he hosted a $100,000 tournament for Magic: The Gathering, an event that saw big names such as xQc attend. His love for the game was in all its glory when Malone spent an incredible amount on a card. The One Ring card, one of the rarest items in the game, cost the rapper for over $2 million, a price he was happy to pay.

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Siddharth Shirwadkar

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Siddharth Shirwadkar is an up and coming eSports writer at EssentiallySports with deep roots in the world of gaming. Pursuing Multimedia and Mass Communication, Siddharth has all the necessary tools to convert his love for gaming into fascinating articles. His journey began at the age of six, with the first person shooter that has enthralled the whole gaming community during the 2000s, the classic Counter-Strike 1.
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