IShowSpeed addresses his viral wardrobe malfunction fallout: ‘Don’t tell me to calm down'
CINCINNATI, OHIO: IShowSpeed took the internet by storm on August 16 when he accidentally revealed a bit too much during a moment of excitement in a YouTube broadcast.
Footage of the unfortunate incident spread across social media platforms, giving viewers worldwide an unexpected and blinding glimpse of the YouTuber as he exposed himself.
What did IShowSpeed say?
While Speed was not banned by YouTube, he has grown tired of hearing about his wardrobe malfunction and wanted to express his true feelings to his audience.
Speed lashed out at viewers who were circulating the video on X, formerly known as Twitter, during an August 18th broadcast, just two days after the unfortunate incident.
He exclaimed, “Like bro, how the fk would you f**king feel motherf**ker?” he exploded, standing up. “How the fk would you feel?”
Rising to his feet, Speed continued to repeat the question, yelling at the top of his lungs in an impassioned attempt to drive his point home.
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He said, “How would you feel? Just because you didn’t have any clean f**king underwear? You had no clean underwear so you put on some goddamn pants! How would you feel?!”
Speed's chat had been flooded with messages urging him to relax, but the YouTuber brushed off their pleas, persisting in his fervent shouting and unabashed expression of emotions.
“I’m sick of f**king chilling! You can’t chill! Don’t tell me to calm down. Every time I open up my phone…” he continued, finally appearing to relax a bit.
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IShowSpeed also opened up about his mental health
In the aftermath of the viral incident, IShowSpeed also addressed his mental well-being, revealing that he has been grappling with the impact of people incessantly reposting the clip on social media, causing him considerable distress.
"This is truly an embarrassing f**king moment for me,” the streamer said. “And lately, these past hours, I’ve been suffering mentally. At the end of the day, I’m still a human being, bro. As a streamer, this is one of your worst fears.”
Speed rarely breaks Character and gets real with everyone on stream, he goes over how he’s been and how this has affected him, his family and his mental health over the past day. pic.twitter.com/R14c2TbGvI
— IShowSpeed Reports (@IShowReports) August 18, 2023
“It’s depressing, bro,” he continued. “You guys don’t know the feeling, bro. You guys are joking, you guys can crack your jokes, all of this, all of that. But y’all genuinely are not looking at the bigger picture.”