diff --git a/assets/chat/js/formatters/BadWordsCensorshipFormatter.js b/assets/chat/js/formatters/BadWordsCensorshipFormatter.js
index 51ab8480..b053c3e1 100644
--- a/assets/chat/js/formatters/BadWordsCensorshipFormatter.js
+++ b/assets/chat/js/formatters/BadWordsCensorshipFormatter.js
@@ -2,13 +2,28 @@ export default class BadWordsCensorshipFormatter {
   constructor() {
     this.badWordsRegex =
       /(fuck|shit|cunt|whore|bitch|faggot|fag|nigger|nigga|gusano|cracker|rape)/gi;
+    this.parser = new DOMParser();
   }
 
   format(chat, str /* , message=null */) {
     if (chat.settings.get('censorbadwords')) {
-      return str.replace(this.badWordsRegex, (match) =>
-        '*'.repeat(match.length),
-      );
+      try {
+        const msg = this.parser.parseFromString(str, 'text/html').body;
+
+        [...msg.childNodes].forEach((c) => {
+          if (c.classList?.contains('emote')) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          c.textContent = c.textContent.replace(this.badWordsRegex, (match) =>
+            '*'.repeat(match.length),
+          );
+        });
+
+        return msg.innerHTML;
+      } catch {
+        return str;
+      }
     }
 
     return str;