A popular female video gamer has provoked outrage — after flashing her vagina “accidentally” during a live broadcast.

Lea May was banned from website Twitch after a string of complaints about the Californian’s risqué blooper.

The 26-year-old webcasts a live stream of her playing games to her thousandds of fans under the name LegendaryLea.

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But her virtual-gaming career hit a wall following the flashing incident while playing the game Dark Souls.

When standing up from her sofa, Leah lifts her leg and exposes herself.

But the San Diegan defended the “accidental” slip-up on Twitter, saying: “For the record Thighs [do not] equal vag.

“Sorry I had to stand in an awkward way due to my ankle injury. Boy shorts were underneath.

“I have an injured ankle and lost my balance standing.

“My revealing leg lift was to catch myself from falling.”

Twitch confirmed she had been slapped with a 30-day ban following a raft of complaints about the incident, adding: “The community has closed this channel due to terms of service violations.”

One fellow user accused Lea of staging the “accident” for attention, saying: “I understand it’s a business and all, so the flirty and flashy stuff is whatever, but Lea has gone too far.”

However, Lea’s army of adoring fans leaped to her defense.

A fellow gamer wrote: “You tell him Lea. Everyone should focus on high quality gameplay like you instead.”

While another said: “Hang in there and remember you are never alone. I know people say mean things but none are true about you. You are awesome.”

Lea has more than 100,000 followers on her Twitter account @LegendaryLeahTV.