He set off fireworks in his room, fell in love with a lifeless mannequin: Who is IShowSpeed?
Social media streaming platform Twitch hosts many scandals. We take a closer look at the life of the world-famous phenomenon.
IShowSpeed, or Speed for short, is an American Youtuber, broadcaster, and internet celebrity. He is especially known for his live streams playing games like Valorant, Roblox, Fortnite, and FIFA. Speed, which has a large fan base, has been mentioned a lot lately. Let's examine together the details about IShowSpeed, which does not fall off the agenda with its interesting behavior in live broadcasts.
IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr., was born on January 21, 2005.
Darren Watkins Jr. (born January 21, 2005), better known by his online alias IShowSpeed (or simply Speed), is an American YouTuber, streamer, and internet personality. He is known for his variety live streams in which he primarily plays video games including Roblox, Fortnite, and FIFA.
He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Explaining that he is 1.78 meters tall, IShowSpeed is also 61 kilos and his sign is a bucket.
He started his channel "IShowSpeed" in 2017, he only had 2 followers back then
From 2021 to 2022, he became famous for sharing clips from his live broadcasts on social media. In 2022, he was named Breakthrough Broadcaster of the Year at the 12th Streamy Awards.
On November 4, 2022, he released his song World Cup for the 2022 FIFA World Cup through Warner Records.
The famous phenomenon now has 17 million followers and this number is increasing day by day. His fun personality and cute demeanor also strengthen his popularity.
He almost started a fire in his house.
Speed opened a live broadcast in his room on American Independence Day, celebrated on July 4. Towards the end of his broadcast, the publisher, who took out fireworks from a large box, lit these fireworks above his bed.
Fortunately, the fire did not spread, but at that time the hearts of those who watched the broadcast were in their mouths.
He shocked his fans by starting a relationship with the lifeless model
The famous Twitch broadcaster was banned from the social media platform after his inappropriate actions during the live broadcast.
In one of these broadcasts, he revealed that he was dating her by shooting a lifeless model for the camera.
In the live broadcast with the title "Meet my girlfriend", referring to the lifeless model, "Respect me. My girlfriend is just a little shy," he said.
Adding that the lifeless model's name is "Brenda", Speed also mentioned that they met two months ago.