81-year-old TikTok star – Gamer who earns $12K a month

March 12, 2020

Stephen Austin isn’t your typical TikTok star. To start, he’s 81 years old. But that’s a big part of what has made “Old Man Steve” such an endearing figure on the video platform. He and Kim chat about how he became the internet’s grandpa. Plus, Kim interviews a gamer who makes $12,000 a month streaming through Twitch. All that and more on this episode of Komando On Demand.

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