Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. is considered to be one of the most praised live streamers and YouTubers in the industry. He has been able to achieve some commendable milestones in his YouTube and Livestream career at a very young age. However, in a surprising turn of events, IShowSpeed prank called medical services in his recent YouTube livestream just to know that he could end up in jail for around 11 years.
IShowSpeed started his content-creating career when he was a kid and has been able to attract more than 20 million subscribers since then. He was awarded the Variety Streamer of the Year Award at the Streamy Awards 2023 making him one of the most popular streamers. Speed was also invited to be a part of the Sidemen Charity Match 2023 but put up a seemingly terrible performance.
Apart from his incredible career path, Speed finds it difficult to stay away from controversial situations. Let’s dive in to see his reaction to a possible jail time.
IShowSpeed is terrified of jail time after he prank calls medical services
IShowSpeed explained to his livestream viewers that his throat was hurting a lot when drinking water and that he needed to call a doctor. Shortly after, he called medical services and explained his problems but soon claimed all he wanted was to prank the doctor. He fabricated many of his details including his name, age, and realistic body problems but the doctor eventually caught him red-handed.
🚨| WATCH: Speed makes a prank call to the wrong company and escapes 11 years of jail time by booking a flight to Saudi Arabia on stream pic.twitter.com/rMq2rH5J5B
— Speedy HQ (@iShowSpeedHQ) September 24, 2023
Speed explained to his viewers that the call was meant to be a prank call and that he had been facing throat problems. But he decided to call another emergency service provider and filled them up with all the fake details. He initially claimed he was suffering from a sore throat, excessive sweating, and itching in his groin area. However, he soon proceeded to bark on the call and insisted he was just pranking the nurse.
Speed’s chat wasn’t impressed by his antics, and they informed him that fake medical emergency calls could put him in jail. This information ended up shocking Speed and he searched on the internet if he could face jail time for prank calling. Naturally, the streamer was terrified when the results confirmed that he could face possible jail time for prank calling.
A search result stated a possibility of 11 years in jail. Speed reacted to that result by saying “What, 11 years, What, Bro?”. He later added that he had made up his mind to move to Saudi Arabia because there was no way he was going to spend time in jail. Speed also ended up booking a flight to Saudi Arabia on stream.
Netizens were having a difficult time accepting that this situation was real. They also hoped he would not stay in Saudi Arabia forever.
Let’s hope he ain’t staying there
— Yagna Bhavsar (@yagrudgaming) September 25, 2023
this isn’t real lmao
— Morxnt (@Morxnt_YT) September 25, 2023
Who did he call😭
— Dalah (@Dalah5511) September 24, 2023
IShowSpeed gets a kid suspended by prank-calling his teacher
This was not the first time IShowSpeed got into trouble for prank-calling other people. He has called emergency services before just to have a little fun and had the police ended up coming to his house and warning him of jail time. Recently, he prank-called a fan’s teacher acting like his father and proceeded to call the teacher a b*tch.
IShowSpeed gave $500 to the mom of the kid that he accidentally got suspended from school
pic.twitter.com/rsIFsndzJI— Speedy Updates (@SpeedUpdates1) September 21, 2023
This funny prank call got the student suspended from school. Speed later called the fan’s mother to apologize for his wrongdoings and ended up donating $500. But Speed also rizzed up the fan’s mother calling her beautiful and that he has been waiting to meet her.
IShowSpeed has been surrounded by a string of controversies since his return from the Japan tour. Click here to know how Valkyrae and the online community reacted to his accidental flash of genitals on stream.