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Topics: News, US News, YouTube, Social Media
Kit Roberts
Topics: News, US News, YouTube, Social Media
Internet personality IShowSpeed has confirmed that he has been banned from YouTube.
Addressing his YouTube ban in a statement, he wrote: “Hey guys, if y’all are watching this right now, I’m banned on YouTube on my main channel.
"I cannot stream or do anything, guys. I just wanted to let y’all know. I love y’all.”
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The streamer has some 27 million subscribers on the platform, and frequently posts videos of himself travelling around the world.
The ban was after his account allegedly violated YouTube's community guidelines.
It has come following a livestream in which the streamer is shown performing a dangerous stunt involving a sports car.
This consisted of him standing in a road as a car drives towards him and jumping at the right moment so that the car passes underneath him and he effectively jumps over it.
The highly dangerous stunt left people divided online, with some left concerned it might lead to people injuring themselves while trying to emulate it.
Speaking in the video after performing the stunt, Speed said: "I risked my life for y'all", before a 'WARNING' sign appears on the screen.
It said: "The stunts in this video were performed by professionals, so for the safety of yourself and the protection of those around you, please do not attempt any of the stunts you are about to see."
Recently the streamer was left terrified after a crowd of fans surrounded him on a trip to Norway.
Footage showed him struggling to reach a waiting car amid a massive throng of people surrounding him.
Speaking after successfully getting in the car, he said: “My ankle’s broken, they pulled my hair out. They threw water at me.
"Somebody literally did a WWE Rey Mysterio move and jumped off the car."
The streamer added: "This was the scariest day of my life. I promise you. I couldn’t even breathe.”
Video footage from a livestream of the incident offered a glimpse of Speed's view of the ordeal and showed just how closely packed the crowd became.
At a later point in the video the streamer can be seen having his injured foot checked out by somebody.
IShowSpeed also posted to his second account, revealing details of how bad things got during the ordeal.
He claimed: "They f**king pulled my hair out and threw p*ss on me and some random f**king dude jumped in my car and started tweaking hell f**king no i’m f**king p*ssed."