On January 9, YouTube star Darren "IShowSpeed" wanted to show off a "cool trick" that involved him inhaling helium to produce a high-pitched voice.
After inhaling a large amount of the inert gas, the streamer appeared to become dizzy and passed out for nearly a minute. Upon regaining consciousness, IShowSpeed inhaled helium once again, and this time he claimed that he was becoming light-headed.
Darren began to panic, exclaiming that he was scared. He decided to put an end to the antics and claimed that his chest was hurting:
IShowSpeed wanted to demonstrate a trick that involved him inhaling helium to make his voice high-pitched. Since the streamer's voice didn't seem to change much, he decided to inhale the gas several times.
Darren's voice finally underwent a noticeable change after sucking in the gas from the canister for a few seconds. However, things took a bad turn when he passed out for almost a minute due to his shenanigans.
After regaining consciousness, the Ohio native appeared disoriented and began walking around his room. He realized his voice had returned to normal and began inhaling helium once more. This led to him almost passing out again and falling out of his chair.
Seeing these effects, the former Twitch streamer started panicking and exclaimed:
Watch the YouTuber's antics below [00:45:05]:
IShowSpeed then claimed that something was happening with his vision:
The 17-year-old content creator began searching on Google for the cause and stated:
IShowSpeed went on to say that his chest started to hurt and that he used to do the trick "all the time" as a child but never passed out:
IShowSpeed's clip went viral on YouTube, with more than 780 fans providing their take on the streamer's antics. Here's what some of them
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