YouTuber Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. (19) is extremely popular among young people on YouTube, even in countries like Norway. The excitable streamer painfully realized that fans in the cool north can get very excited very quickly.
Who is IShowSpeed?
- The phenomenon of IShowSpeed is hard to grasp for anyone over 25: He is a YouTuber, rapper, and gamer who is primarily into soccer and Cristiano Ronaldo. He seems to trigger excitement and feelings in young people that are almost animalistic.
- IShowSpeed has some strange habits: He does flips on a whim or barks at 6-year-olds and dogs. He became known on YouTube for constantly acting as if he is totally electrified. He is not shy about obvious fake setups either.
- If he ends up making a mistake, like leaking the phone number of a Bayern player or being sexist towards women, it’s due to his young age and the fact that he is still learning.
In any case, IShowSpeed is hugely popular among young people, which he painfully had to realize:
IShowSpeed heats things up in Oslo
This was the situation: IShowSpeed, a huge soccer fan, is currently traveling around Europe during the European Championship. In Germany, he caused a rush of people at a döner stand and then confusion when he got behind the wheel of a car.
His latest excursion took him to Oslo, Norway. He stood on the balcony of a souvenir shop and got the fans to chant “Siuu,” the battle cry of his idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
In true IShowSpeed fashion, he can’t even get a coffee without drama, injuring his ankle while celebrating himself, theatrically lamenting that it was broken and how much it hurt.
Crowd mobs the YouTuber
What went wrong? IShowSpeed had fired up the crowd of fans so much that they besieged him on the short walk from the souvenir shop to a waiting car, going wild and jumping on him.
Streamer says: He has never been so scared
This is what the streamer says: He claims his ankle is broken, that his hair was pulled out, and that water was splashed on him. One person even performed a “WWE Rey Mysterio” move and jumped on his car.
He swears it was the worst day of his life. He could hardly breathe.
For IShowSpeed, it’s clear: he is never going back to shitty Norway
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Even among German YouTubers, IShowSpeed is controversial. The absolutely flawless German YouTube star and Twitch streamer Unge has criticized the young US YouTuber. Luckily for Unge, it was about a dog, not a cat: Twitch streamer Unge calls young US star an animal abuser – receives a ton of hate messages
