This seems super gimmicky, but so far this is the only way
        way I've seen to do this (at least through IRC).  It's definitely
        not documented.

def whisper(self, user, message):
        """
        This seems super gimmicky, but so far this is the only way
        way I've seen to do this (at least through IRC).  It's definitely
        not documented.
        """
        if user[0] == '#':
            LOGGER.warning(f"Whisper is for users only.")
        else:
            super().message('#jtv', f".w {user} {message}")