STREAMER IShowSpeed will reportedly not be banned from YouTube after experiencing a wardrobe malfunction while live streaming to over 25,000 viewers on the platform.
Speed – real name Darren Watkins Jr – returned to streaming on August 15 after suffering a severe sinus infection last month that left his right eye swollen shut.
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The medical issue left Speed unable to stream for several weeks as he celebrated his 19million subscriber milestone at his hospital bed.
However, just a day after returning on August 16, Speed got scared while playing Five Nights at Freddy’s and begins yelling at one of the characters before standing up.
His shorts slip and his private area is exposed briefly before Speed quickly sits back down as he’s heard saying: “Oh, my god,” and seemingly ends the stream.
Speed quickly removed the video from his page and reportedly has been given the green light from YouTube to keep uploading content despite technically violating the platform’s policy.
Speed hasn’t commented on the incident on any of his social media platforms at the time of writing.
‘WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS’
Clips of the moment quickly made the rounds on social media as fans expressed their horror over what happened.
“ISHOWSPEED DID WHAT?” wrote one Twitter user.
“IShowSpeed had a canon event,” wrote another user, referencing the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse film.
And a parent fumed: “My 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter are both huge IShowSpeed fans. After seeing him just show his d*ng to all of his viewers, I speak for all parents when I say that we will not tolerate this.
“Ours kids will no longer watch his streams and are unsubscribing to his channel.”
Speed’s NSFW mishap quickly went viral online, and peers like Adin Ross have since voiced their thoughts on the situation through short clips that have been spread on social media.
“Guys stop talking about his penis — I don’t give a f**k,” Ross noted in a TikTok video posted to X, formerly Twitter.
“I’ve seen it thousands of times.”
He added: “I’ve known Speed for years — I’ve seen it in person thousands of times, I don’t care.”
“I saw it, and I laughed, I smiled; I don’t care, bro.”
‘PROTECT SPEED’
During Speed’s hospitalization in Tokyo, Japan, following his illness, fans gathered outside the hospital to show support.
Fans chanted his name and shared messages wishing him a quick recovery.
One subscriber responded to his latest YouTube video with: “We are here for YOU SPEEDY !”
Another said: “It’s OK Speed, just know you have all of us here with you to support and pray for you. I hope you feel much better.
“Take a break from everything. Just relax. That will most likely help a lot. We love you and support you!”
“Things like this show us that streamers are human too and we gotta respect them, and especially protect speed at all costs. Sending my prayers, you’re gonna get out soon speed,” another fan said.
Speed, an avid soccer fan, also made headlines in recent months after repeated attempts to meet Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo – which he finally accomplished in June.
His reaction to Messi scoring a late game-winning free-kick during his debut for MLS team Inter Miami on July 21 went viral.
“If he scores this free kick, I’m a Messi fan,” he said while wearing a Ronaldo jersey.
A stunned Speed subsequently turned to the camera and pulled off his jersey to reveal a Messi jersey underneath as he celebrated.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to IShowSpeed and YouTube for comment.