A clip of a Vlog Squad member saying he almost died for a stunt in a David Dobrik video has resurfaced

• Vlog Squad member Nick "Jonah" Antonyan said he almost died doing a stunt for a video.
• In a resurfaced clip, Antonyan said he drove a moped off a half-pipe into a pool.
• The stunt was for one of David Dobrik's vlogs.

YouTuber Nick Antonyan, who is known as "Jonah," said he almost died doing a stunt for one of David Dobrik's videos. Antonyan is part of the Vlog Squad, Dobrik's YouTuber collective that helps him film videos for his 18 million subscribers.

In an interview with Comedy Central from April 2020, which was recently re-shared by internet reporter Def Noodles, Antonyan said he thought it would be "really funny" to drive a moped off a half-pipe into a pool.

He said he thought the worst that could happen would be hitting the water. However, he said the moped reached 30 mph almost immediately, and Antonyan was thrown into the air.

"It came crashing down so hard," he said. "I just fly right into the edge of the pool."

He said it was incredibly painful, and the injury looked like a "gunshot wound." When he arrived at the hospital, Antonyan said a doctor told him he had a 50% chance of dying.

"So my friend's sitting right next to me, he's editing the footage," he said. "And I look right into his eyes and I say, 'Dude, we got some fire content.'"

Footage of the accident was uploaded to Dobrik's vlog entitled "THIS STUNT PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL!!" on November 30, 2017. Dobrik and Antonyan also filmed part of the video in a hospital, where Dobrik said Antonyan had been given stitches.

The interview clip has resurfaced amid controversy around Dobrik's Vlog Squad. In recent months, two people associated with the Vlog Squad were accused of sexual misconduct.

In June 2020 Vlog Squad member Jeff Wittek was in an accident that severely injured his face. In a new video series, Wittek revealed that he was hurt when swinging from the arm of an excavator that Dobrik was controlling.

Several clips have resurfaced since March, including Dobrik seemingly filming people without explicit consent, or pranking his peers with animals they are afraid of.

Insider has reached out to Antonyan and Dobrik for comment.