"I'm not racist" - IShowSpeed responds to allegations of him being racist in World Cup livestream
YouTube star Darren "IShowSpeed" has once again landed in hot water. This time around, the controversy stemmed from his livestream during the FIFA World Cup match between Portugal and Switzerland on December 6, 2022.
At one point during his livestream, the 17-year-old interacted with a Chinese man at the venue and asked him why he was donning an Argentina jersey. When the man appeared confused by the question, the streamer responded with the Japanese greeting, "Konnichiwa."
The incident went viral on social media platforms, with a reaction thread on Reddit receiving over 1,500 comments:
IShowSpeed took to Twitter on December 7, 2022, to respond to the racist allegations and apologize to the Asian community. He stated:
IShowSpeed shared a 01:34-minute address on Twitter on December 7, 2022. He started the discussion by talking about the clip in question and provided some context:
The Ohio native stated that when he discovered the man's nationality, he attempted to use the nickname given to him by his Chinese fans:
He then asserted that he was not being racist:
The YouTuber concluded his address by stating that he loves Asian fans and was not trying to be racist during the World Cup livestream.
IShowSpeed's response to the racist allegations received a lot of attention on Twitter. It had over 70,000 community likes and more than 1.4k comments.
Here are some of the reactions to it:
IShowSpeed's World Cup 2022 livestream was a huge success, with a peak viewership of 320,000 fans, breaking his all-time viewership record.
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