In a dramatic showdown between Olympic excellence and internet fame, <keyword id="250151" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Olympic-sprinter" source="Orion">Olympic sprinter</keyword> <keyword id="22725586" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ewa-Swoboda" source="keywords">Ewa Swoboda</keyword> has thrown down the gauntlet to <keyword id="2245727" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="YouTube-sensation" source="Orion">YouTube sensation</keyword> <keyword id="22696975" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IShowSpeed" source="keywords">IShowSpeed</keyword>. Swoboda, celebrated for her <keyword id="13197" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="speed" source="Orion">speed</keyword> on the track, has challenged Speed to a <keyword id="22725587" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="foot-race" source="keywords">foot race</keyword> after his bold claims of being unbeatable. Darren Jason Watkins Jr., better known as IShowSpeed, has a massive 2.8 crore subscriber count. Renowned for his outrageous stunts and animated reactions (including his signature barking!), he’s now turned heads with his boldest claim yet—suggesting he can outrace an Olympic sprinter. Reacting to a clip of Swoboda’s Olympic races, IShowSpeed boldly declared: “Nobody in the world can beat me in a race. There is no point in my life where I ever lost a race. That's why people called me Speed when I was little, because I never lost a race.” However, the 19-year-old is not all talk. Just recently, he made headlines with his athletic prowess, by leaping over a speeding Lamborghini and a McLaren! Before that, he even bested a professional footballer in a foot race, proving he’s got the chops to back up his claims. Now, Ewa Swoboda, who is representing her country Poland on the Olympic stage, has fired back with a challenge of her own! While she knows IShowSpeed as just ‘a YouTuber who occasionally pops up on my Instagram,’ she was amused to learn about the challenge from her parents. “My Mom and Dad, I called them to brag that I just got a tattoo, I got the Olympic rings, and they told me, ‘Oh my God Ewa, did you see that some YouTuber just challenged you?’” Swoboda shared. She then went on to playfully suggest: “The day before the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial on August 24, there will be a race at the Silesian Stadium, where the winners of the RMF FM contest will run 100 metres with me, so maybe he still has time to sign up.” <div type="twitter" handle="MemorialKamili" handlename="MemorialKamili" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" id="1820912262602961308"></div> If IShowSpeed does take up the challenge and travel to Poland, he’ll undoubtedly face a formidable competitor. Swoboda has clocked an impressive 10.99 seconds for the 100m this season, although she narrowly missed a spot in the final with an 11.08-second semi-final run. Nevertheless, the 27-year-old sprinter is gearing up for one last shot at an Olympic medal in the 4x100m relay. With the stage set for what could be an electrifying showdown, fans are eagerly awaiting whether IShowSpeed will put his speed to the test against an Olympic sprinter.

Olympian vs YouTuber: Olympics sprinter Ewa Swoboda challenges IShowSpeed after his bold ‘unbeatable’ claim

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has sued Prime for using its trademarks without permission.</li><li>Logan Paul and KSI's drinks brand unlawfully used terms like "Team USA," the USOPC said.</li></ul>The US Olympic and Paralympics Committee is suing Prime, the drinks brand of YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI, accusing the company of using its trademarks without permission.On the packaging of a drink featuring basketball player Kevin Durant, a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://olympics.com/en/athletes/kevin-durant">three-times</a> Olympic gold medallist, Prime unlawfully used Olympic trademarks, the USOPC said in a lawsuit filed in Colorado on Friday. It also used the trademarks in social-media posts promoting the drink, the USOPC said.The trademarked phrases included "Olympic," "Olympian," "Team USA," and "going for gold."The USOPC has the rights to a range of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.usopc.org/commercial-and-brand-usage-guidelines">Olympic terminology and imagery</a> within the US. It "relies significantly" on licensing its trademarks to fund the US Olympic Team, the lawsuit says.This includes an agreement with Coca-Cola that grants the company exclusive use of Olympic trademarks, including the "Olympic" and "Team USA," for beverages in the US, the lawsuit says."Much of the value of the sponsorship agreement is derived from its exclusivity," the USOPC wrote in the lawsuit. "The exclusivity of this agreement … is threatened when individuals and organizations use USOPC trademarks without authorization."The lawsuit included screenshots showing examples of these phrases being used in Prime's Instagram and LinkedIn posts. At the time of writing, Business Insider could not find the posts in question on Prime's social media channels.Seemingly the only reference to Durant on Prime's social media channels was a 17-second video clip posted on July 11 featuring him alongside Paul and streamer iShowSpeed, who is a Prime ambassador.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">New PRIME chain for <a href="https://twitter.com/KDTrey5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDTrey5</a> <a href="https://t.co/3bgaDSzhEb">pic.twitter.com/3bgaDSzhEb</a>— DrinkPrime (@PrimeHydrate) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeHydrate/status/1811416822862020749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></blockquote> One of the Instagram posts that was included in the lawsuit appeared to celebrate the launch of the drink at Walmart, Kroger, and Target. At the time of writing, the drink wasn't listed on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.kroger.com/search?query=durant%20prime&amp;searchType=default_search">Kroger</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=026d20feb561aca3e38ed373be949c7334c67498655e1fac82b0c91f6bf77b46&amp;postID=669e1bdfc87a0f57098e074b&amp;postSlug=prime-logan-paul-ksi-us-olympic-paralympic-committee-lawsuit-branding-2024-7&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3Ddurant%2Bprime%26tref%3Dtypeahead%257Cterm%257Cdurant%2Bprime%257C%257C%257Chistory">Target</a>'s websites and was only available on Walmart's marketplace via a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=33f47b91154d460af3cb31a8661ddd64a55fef1b955edae5e674151cc59d899f&amp;postID=669e1bdfc87a0f57098e074b&amp;postSlug=prime-logan-paul-ksi-us-olympic-paralympic-committee-lawsuit-branding-2024-7&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FPrime-Hydration-Drink-New-Special-Edition-KEVIN-DURANT-USA-OLYMPICS-Bottle-16-9oz-1-Bottle%2F8297962339%3Ffrom%3D%2Fsearch">third-party vendor</a>. The description described the product as a "New Special Edition KEVIN DURANT USA OLYMPICS Bottle."The USOPC described Prime's actions as "willful, deliberate, and in bad faith, with malicious intent to trade on the goodwill of the USOPC and the IOC."The USOPC said that its counsel had contacted Prime Hydration on July 10 to ask it to stop infringing its copyright but that Prime had continued to ship the product.Prime first launched in January 2022, when it <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/logan-paul-ksi-prime-energy-drink-marketing-stunts-2022-2">sold out</a> within hours. When it launched in the UK, it quickly became a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prime-ksi-logan-paul-drink-sparked-black-market-uk-2023-2">status symbol</a> among young people and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prime-energy-drink-aldi-runs-out-ksi-logan-paul-uk-2022-12">retailers struggled to keep it on their shelves</a>, spawning a black market. The drink comes in a wide range of flavors and has two main variants — Energy and Hydration. Prime has been accused of targeting its <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/logan-paul-ksi-prime-energy-drink-recalled-canada-health-concerns-2023-7">highly caffeinated</a> Energy drink at young consumers.The US Olympic Committee and Prime did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, sent outside regular US working hours.

The US Olympic committee is suing Logan Paul and KSI's drink brand Prime for using Olympic branding without permission

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Sidemen Charity Match is taking place on Saturday in London.</li><li>The soccer game will see YouTubers including MrBeast and KSI go head-to-head on opposing teams.</li></ul>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUgxd3k4b2lhMUR1d0RTQzZfRkVmRjVQUnlVQXxBQ3Jtc0ttLW92cEZ1SDVYWFhYc0tQazJYeXlQVUxmSURZN09FSE91WGJ6b3FGVXlWM0c4eFBzeFIzaDAwdVhrYTlHdVlWMVVfbUpGT3lYMFhxTjFvemk5MmYxdHFnMDJOdlA1NEpJRS1mdTBjOXdaTV92NS1vcw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sidemenfc.com%2F&amp;v=HeZO_LcQALI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sidemen Charity Match</a> is back and bigger than ever, with some of the most popular social media stars from around the world including <a href="https://www.insider.com/mr-beast-cameo-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2023-8">MrBeast</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/prime-ksi-logan-paul-drink-sparked-black-market-uk-2023-2">KSI</a> taking part to raise money for charity.After 2022's huge success, here's everything you need to know about the Sidemen Match 2023.<h2>What is the Sidemen Charity Match 2023?</h2>The Sidemen Charity Match 2023 is a soccer match taking place on Saturday 9 September at London Stadium, in the UK. It is the sixth event of its kind and was first held in 2016. Last year the match saw 25,000 supporters descend on Charlton Athletic's The Valley Stadium, and it's expected that the live crowd will be even bigger this year with <a href="https://www.football.london/us-sport/sidemen-charity-match-2023-lineup-27018710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Football London</a> reporting that over 60,000 spectators have purchased tickets. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="undefined"> —London Stadium (@LondonStadium) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1700168428433055814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2023</a> </blockquote>This year, the organizers are hoping to top the £1 million ($1.25 million) raised last year.All proceeds will be donated to charities including Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Teenage Cancer Trust, Brightside, Rays of Sunshine, and m7 Education.<h2>Who is playing in the Sidemen Charity Match 2023?</h2>The Sidemen FC lineup will be managed by Billy Wingrove and includes:<ul><li>KSI</li><li>Miniminter</li><li>W2S</li><li>Vikkstar123</li><li>Behzinga</li><li>Zerkaa</li><li>TBJZL</li><li>Callux</li><li>Lazarbeam</li><li>Calfreezy</li><li>Randolph</li><li>Tareq</li><li>JME</li></ul>The YouTube All-Stars side will be managed by Mark Goldbridge and includes:<ul><li>IShowSpeed</li><li>MrBeast</li><li>xQc</li><li>Danny Aarons</li><li>Chandler Hallow</li><li>Niko Omilana</li><li>Max Fosh</li><li>Kai Cenat</li><li>Airrack</li><li>AboFlah</li><li>Chunkz</li><li>ChrisMD</li><li>Karl Jacobs</li><li>Theo Baker</li><li>WillNE</li><li>Yung Filly</li><li>JiDion</li></ul><h2>When will the Sidemen Charity Match 2023 kick off?</h2>The match will be available to stream live from London Stadium in the UK from 9:15 a.m. ET/ 6:15 a.m. PT. The kick-off time for the match is 10 a.m. ET/ 7 a.m. PT.The reason why the match is kicking off so early in the morning is due to the time difference in the UK, which is several hours ahead. For those attending the match in person, it is a 3 p.m. kick-off.<h2>Where can I stream the Sidemen Charity Match 2023?</h2>The match can be streamed for free on the <a href="https://sidemenfc.tiltify.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official Sidemen Charity Match website</a>.On the site, users can also make donations, purchase a commemorative T-shirt, and learn more about the charities that will benefit from the proceeds from both.You can also watch the match below: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HeZO_LcQALI?si=j7SZy2qtqAyG9X-l" frameborder="0"></iframe>

KSI, MrBeast, and other YouTube stars are playing a soccer match to raise $1 million for charity. Here's everything you need to know.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Adin Ross told his viewers Monday that he canceled his planned interview with Kanye West.</li><li>Ross has previously hosted controversial influencers like iShowSpeed and Andrew Tate.</li></ul>Twitch streamer Adin Ross told his fans Monday that he won't be interviewing Kanye West, who recently changed his legal name to Ye. Reports that <a href="https://www.insider.com/adin-ross-controversial-twitch-streamer-next-interview-kanye-west-2022-12">Ross was going to interview</a> the rapper circulated online last week after white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who is reportedly working on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-goes-to-work-for-kanye-west-after-trump-dinner-at-mar-a-lago">Ye's presidential campaign</a>, said they were scheduled for a sit-down with the Twitch influencer."I can't have my platform be used to spread hate," Ross said on his Twitch stream Monday evening. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvgo189h07E">clip of the announcement </a>was then shared on YouTube, and already has over 218,000 views. "I can't have my platform be used to basically insult people and hurt people, hurt everyone, so I decided not to go through with the stream."<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mvgo189h07E" frameborder="0"></iframe>Ross said Ye direct-messaged him on Instagram last week and asked for his number, and that they talked on the phone for 30 minutes. "You guys know, I've always been a fan of Kanye," he said. "But right now, it's a tough time... I don't want hatred on this platform."Their plans for an interview came after a disastrous media tour from the rapper. In late November, Ye <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/">walked out of an intervie</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/">w</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/"></a> with YouTuber Tim Pool after he was challenged on antisemitic remarks he made. Then, earlier this month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/youtube-removing-reuploads-of-kanye-west-alex-jones-interview-report-2022-12">Ye sat down with</a> right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on InfoWars, in which he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.Ye has spiraled so far into conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric over the last month and a half that even influencers who may have previously wanted to capitalize on his notorious behavior are shying away. "I'm just gonna keep it short and sweet and simple," Ross said during the stream. "Yes, I know it would be my biggest stream ever, but sometimes it's not worth it, you know what I mean?"Ross, 22, has over 7 million followers on Twitch and 3.1 million followers on YouTube, and identifies as Jewish. He previously mentioned that Ye was one of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxU1FaHtJRw">his favorite musicians</a>, although he has also condemned Ye's antisemitic comments.Although he ultimately took a stand this time, Ross has not hesitated to interview highly controversial personalities in the past. Some of his most notorious interviews have included internet figures like iShowSpeed, who was banned from multiple video games and Twitch after he made <a href="https://www.insider.com/ishowspeed-youtuber-twitch-streamer-adin-ross-banned-sexual-coercion-intimidation-2021-12">misogynistic comments</a>, and Andrew Tate, the professional kickboxer who's been banned from multiple platforms for repeatedly making offensive and misogynistic remarks.When Fuentes <a href="https://twitter.com/Kurrco/status/1599080149676265472">announced the potential interview</a> between Ye and Ross, he said he wanted "Jewish people to be a part of" the conversation.Ross did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Popular Twitch streamer Adin Ross says he canceled his interview with Kanye West because he doesn't want his 'platform to be used to spread hate'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>iShowSpeed tweeted that <keyword id="11908908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="twitch" source="Orion">Twitch</keyword> banned him indefinitely for "sexual coercion or intimidation."</li><li>The YouTuber has over 3 million subscribers and 172 million views.</li></ul>A popular YouTuber said Twitch banned him for "sexual coercion or intimidation" days after viral videos showed him telling an Instagram model that she couldn't "stop" him from reproducing with her if they were the last people on Earth.The creator known as iShowSpeed, whose real name is believed to be Darren Watkins, according to the community database <a href="https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/IShowSpeed">Wikitubia</a>, is known for making music videos, playing "<keyword id="11962371" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fortnite" source="Orion">Fortnite</keyword>," and live streaming the basketball video game "NBA 2K21" on <keyword id="11894124" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="youtube" source="Orion">YouTube</keyword>, where he has over 3 million subscribers and 172 million views.On Tuesday, the creator <a href="https://twitter.com/IShowSpeed/status/1470883465507880964">tweeted a screenshot of a purported email</a> from Twitch that said he was banned for an "indefinite" length due to "sexual coercion or intimidation." <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Speed⭐️ (@IShowSpeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1470883465507880964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2021</a></blockquote>He wrote "bye" in the caption of the tweet, which has over 6,000 likes and 1,000 retweets.Days before he tweeted that Twitch banned him, a purported screen-recorded Twitch clip circulated on Twitter showing him yelling expletives at Ash Kash, an Instagram influencer and OnlyFans model. The incident occurred on a recent segment of Adin Ross' "e-date" Twitch stream show, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252/">according to Dexerto</a>.The streamer asked Kash if she would "reproduce" with him if they were the last two people on Earth, and she said no, according to Dexerto and <a href="https://twitter.com/thtguybev/status/1469839690727579651">a purported screen-recording of the stream</a> posted to Twitter Saturday. "If we're the last two people on Earth, who's gonna stop me? You're not stopping me," he replied, according to the purported screen-recording on Twitter, which has over 1 million views and almost 20,000 likes. In another<a href="https://twitter.com/thtguybev/status/1469856594460659713"> purported screen-recording</a> posted to Twitter on Saturday, the streamer called Kash a "fucking bitch."Twitch prohibits sexual harassment, including "unwelcome sexual advances and solicitations, sexual objectification, or degrading attacks relating to a person's perceived sexual practices," according to the platform's <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/community-guidelines/harassment/">Hateful Conduct and Harassment policy</a>.The <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/ishowspeed">Twitch account "IShowSpeed,"</a> which was unavailable to view as of Wednesday, peaked at 159,000 followers on the platform in July, <a href="https://socialblade.com/twitch/user/ishowspeed">according to the data analytics website SocialBlade</a>.The creator has had a meteoric rise on YouTube this year. He started 2021 with around 12,000 subscribers, <a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCWsDFcIhY2DBi3GB5uykGXA/monthly">according to SocialBlade</a>, and hit 1 million by the end of June. His most recent upload was a live stream <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY0IyVCSIGg">on Tuesday</a> showing him hitting 3 million subscribers on the platform.Twitch, iShowSpeed, and Kash did not respond to requests for comment.

Twitch reportedly bans streamer after he said an influencer couldn't 'stop' him from reproducing with her if they were the last people on Earth

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Darren Watkins Jr., known online as IShowSpeed, is a gaming YouTuber with 14 million subscribers.</li><li>Watkins Jr. faced backlash earlier this week for comments he made to a man who said he was Chinese. </li></ul>A controversial gamer with 14 million subscribers who was criticized for comments he made to a Chinese man on a livestream said he did not intend for his words to be offensive or perceived as racist. Darren Watkins Jr., who goes by the online moniker IShowSpeed, faced backlash after a clip from one of his YouTube livestreams <a href="https://twitter.com/upblissed/status/1600227451690287104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1600227451690287104%7Ctwgr%5E1cc63981652da93395b27cbe8c27c4fbc133681e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fyoutuber-ishowspeed-accused-racism-repeatedly-175702196.html">went viral on Twitter</a>.The clip was taken from a two-and-a-half-hour <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGiC70EjlfY">livestream</a> posted by Watkins Jr. on December 6, in which he vlogged his experience attending a World Cup football game in Qatar. Towards the end of the livestream, the 17-year-old YouTuber addressed a man who walked by him wearing an Argentina jersey, repeatedly saying the word "konnichiwa," which is a Japanese greeting. The man responded by saying he was Chinese. The YouTuber then said the word "konnichiwa" again at a louder volume. Many on Twitter — including <a href="https://twitter.com/KristoferYee/status/1600239677520236544">people</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/seandoesmagic/status/1600237753312063489">who</a> said they belong to East Asian communities — accused Watkins Jr. of <a href="https://twitter.com/UnitedTejas/status/1600319620757741568">"racist"</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rosebIusher/status/1600289671992311808">behavior</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KLOWSII/status/1600284001377607680">towards</a> Asian people because they said he made assumptions about the man's background. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Klow (@KLOWSII) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1600284001377607680">December 7, 2022</a></blockquote>Some users also referenced a short series of unintelligible sounds Watkins Jr. made towards the end of the clip, saying they thought it sounded like he was <a href="https://twitter.com/Kcin_Point/status/1600489219801157634">"imitating"</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KLOWSII/status/1600284001377607680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1600284001377607680%7Ctwgr%5E4f8640834245d3618d04adaaa7f06c74112133ca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpost%2Fpreview%3Fpost_id%3D6392106016ce4f586b0accfemode%3Ddesktop">mocking</a> a Chinese accent. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Kcin. (@Kcin_Point) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1600489219801157634">December 7, 2022</a></blockquote>"Assuming the country an Asian person is from, assuming their language, and even mocking it is not funny. It's racist," said one user. Kristofer Yee, an American <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/kristoferyee">Twitch streamer</a> <a href="https://offlinetvandfriends.fandom.com/wiki/KristoferYee">of Chinese and Hungarian heritage</a> with 300,000 followers, responded to the clip in a Twitter reply by saying, "I know he's still young and people make mistakes, but I'm kinda over racist jokes towards Asians being "more okay" cause we won't get in your face about it." Hours after the clip went viral on December 6, Watkins. Jr posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/ishowspeedsui/status/1600266239745544192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1600268595501883392%7Ctwgr%5E1cc63981652da93395b27cbe8c27c4fbc133681e%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fyoutuber-ishowspeed-accused-racism-repeatedly-175702196.html">video statement</a> on Twitter addressing the criticism. He said he did not intend for his comments to be offensive. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Speed⭐️ (@ishowspeedsui) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1600266239745544192">December 6, 2022</a></blockquote>"Hey guys, there's a clip going around where people are saying I'm being racist to an Asian guy, and I just wanted to say some things. I wasn't being racist to him, I promise you. I seen him, I thought he was Japanese, so I said, 'konnichiwa,' I watch a lot of anime," he said. The YouTuber concluded his video by apologizing to those he offended: "If I did offend any Asian person out there, trust me, man, I'm not racist. I love Asians; I love all, man. So I apologize if that came out that way."The apology video — which has now been viewed 4.1 million times — was met with a mixed response. While some users <a href="https://twitter.com/rikafromoneshot/status/1600870897925165059">expressed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/crazyrichchlnk/status/1600673240447582209">support</a> for the YouTuber, others said he failed to take <a href="https://twitter.com/fanfan/status/1600426886320250882">proper</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/chuubss__/status/1600672810459955201">accountability</a> for the comments. "You were 100% being racist towards him, mocking his language and misstating his ethnicity when he said he was Chinese," wrote one <a href="https://twitter.com/chuubss__/status/1600672810459955201">user</a> in response to the video. "'I'm not racist' why tf is it so hard these days for people to simply say, 'My bad if you were hurt by what I said. I didn't mean it that way, but if it offended you, I'm sorry I didn't mean it that way.' No accountability whatsoever," another <a href="https://twitter.com/chuubss__/status/1600672810459955201">user</a> wrote. As for the random sounds Watkins Jr. made after repeatedly saying konnichiwa, the YouTuber said he'd simply repeated: "a nickname that they call me in China."Watkins Jr. has made public apologies and received backlash for controversial online behavior in the past. <a href="https://www.insider.com/ishowspeed-valorant-darren-watkins-apologizes-comments-female-streamer-youtube-2022-4">In April, he said he was "completely wrong"</a> for telling a female gamer to "go do your husband's dishes" while playing Valorant, a first-person shooter game, leading online users to accuse him of misogyny. Last December, the streaming platform Twitch <a href="https://www.insider.com/ishowspeed-valorant-darren-watkins-apologizes-comments-female-streamer-youtube-2022-4" rel="">permanently banned</a> Watkins after he commented on wanting to have sex with a female gamer when he appeared on her live stream, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252/" rel=" nofollow">Dexerto</a> reported. The YouTuber shared a screenshot from Twitch noting that he was <a href="https://twitter.com/ishowspeedsui/status/1470883465507880964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470883465507880964%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftwitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252%2F" rel=" nofollow">"indefinitely restricted"</a> for violating Twitch's terms of service but didn't comment further. The YouTuber is well known for streaming popular video games like Fortnite and NBA 2K. He has been dubbed one of <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/why-ishowspeed-one-fastest-growing-controversial-streamers-2022" rel=" nofollow">the</a> <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/2k-streamer-ishowspeed-smashes-1-million-youtube-subscriber-goal-in-just-one-week-1604687/" rel=" nofollow">fastest-growing</a> creators on the platform by various entertainment outlets. In July 2021, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/2k-streamer-ishowspeed-smashes-1-million-youtube-subscriber-goal-in-just-one-week-1604687/" rel=" nofollow">Dexerto reported that he was able to gain a million YouTube subscribers in under a week</a> after going viral on TikTok. Watkins Jr. did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

A YouTuber with 14 million subscribers responded to accusations of racism after he said 'konnichiwa' to a Chinese man at a World Cup match: 'I thought he was Japanese'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11918056" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="youtuber" source="Orion">YouTuber</keyword> IShowSpeed has faced some backlash after a clip of him simulating a sex act went viral.</li><li>The gamer has 10 million subscribers and has been banned from <keyword id="6357332" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gaming" source="Orion">gaming</keyword> platform Twitch. </li></ul>A controversial gamer known as IShowSpeed has been suspended from uploading to his main YouTube channel for seven days after footage showing his <keyword id="12095887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="minecraft" source="Orion">Minecraft</keyword> avatar receiving oral sex went viral.The YouTuber, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr., has been dubbed one of <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/why-ishowspeed-one-fastest-growing-controversial-streamers-2022">the</a> <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/2k-streamer-ishowspeed-smashes-1-million-youtube-subscriber-goal-in-just-one-week-1604687/">fastest-growing</a> creators on the platform by various entertainment outlets. In recent days, various clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMb2jlZuhqw">have</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWo7UHp-rUY">been</a> uploaded on social media that appear to show footage from a livestream in which Watkins played an explicit "adult mod" of the videogame Minecraft.In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWo7UHp-rUY">some</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPglUgmyAE">of</a> the clips, the YouTuber's Minecraft avatar can be seen standing in front of a female avatar in the game, next to three buttons that said, "blowjob," "sex," and "strip." The YouTuber could be seen clicking the "blowjob" button and saying, "I don't want to show this to young children, so I'm about to hide my screen." (<a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/player-age">Several</a> <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/study-minecraft-players-parents-support-addiction/">gaming</a> outlets have reported that while there is a general perception that most Minecraft players are children, the game has a large adult fanbase.) A photo of Watkins then appeared to obscure the screen, which showed only some clips from the game. In one, the female character crouched near his avatar. Watkins then started panting, screaming, and barking, and a short clip appearing to show his avatar receiving oral sex could be seen.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1550269821937262592">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>YouTube confirmed to Insider that the clip had been deleted and the channel had been temporarily suspended for violating its <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802002?hl=en-GB">nudity and sexual content policies</a>, and would be restored after seven days.While some users have been critical <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1550269821937262592">of Watkins'</a> Minecraft stream, other users came to the YouTuber's defense, saying that it's not uncommon for streamers to show sexual content, particularly when playing games <a href="https://twitter.com/x_furey/status/1550270260770705408">like</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/_Loyal13/status/1550283981719048193">"Grand Theft Auto,"</a> which has been given a "mature" rating by the <a href="https://twitter.com/_Loyal13/status/1550283981719048193">Entertaining Software Rating Board</a>.Many fans are using the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeSpeed?src=hashtag_click">hashtag</a> #FreeSpeed to protest his apparent suspension.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Speed⭐️ (@ishowspeedsui) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1550535180963790849">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>Watkins' social media posts about the channel's suspension largely focus on how it would impact his subscriber numbers. On July 22, at the time of the suspension, the YouTuber posted a short <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gnryULhnA8">video</a> on a secondary YouTube account lamenting that he had hit 9.9 million subscribers."I'm going off YouTube y'all, so peace off y'all I love y'all boys, man. I'm really sad we couldn't hit 10 milly together," he said. <a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/ishowspeed">According to analytics tracker Social Blade,</a> the YouTuber hit 10 million subscribers that same day,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Speed⭐️ (@ishowspeedsui) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1550627689345826816">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>Watkins is well known on YouTube for streaming popular video games like "Fortnite" and "NBA 2K." In July 2021, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/2k-streamer-ishowspeed-smashes-1-million-youtube-subscriber-goal-in-just-one-week-1604687/">Dexerto reported that he gained a million YouTube subscribers in under a week</a> after going viral on TikTok. Last December, streaming platform Twitch <a href="https://www.insider.com/ishowspeed-valorant-darren-watkins-apologizes-comments-female-streamer-youtube-2022-4">permanently banned</a> Watkins after he commented on wanting to have sex with a female gamer when he appeared on her livestream, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252/">Dexerto</a> reported. The YouTuber shared a screenshot from Twitch noting that he was <a href="https://twitter.com/ishowspeedsui/status/1470883465507880964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470883465507880964%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftwitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252%2F">"indefinitely restricted"</a> for violating its terms of service but didn't comment further. Watkins Jr. did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

A YouTuber with 10 million subscribers is embroiled in controversy after footage of him simulating a sex act while playing Minecraft went viral

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On DJ Akademiks' podcast, Adin Ross revealed the details of his correspondence with Ye.</li><li>Ross said that he was initially excited to have Ye on his stream.</li></ul>The YouTuber Adin Ross went on DJ Akademiks' podcast "Off the Record" to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65Ivs4REKY">describe the phone call</a> with Kanye West that made him decide against inviting the musician to speak on his channel.The 22-year-old influencer said he initially connected with West, who recently changed his legal name to Ye, after the rapper sent him a message on Instagram. The two spoke over the phone for 30 minutes, Ross told Akademiks.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G65Ivs4REKY" frameborder="0"></iframe>Ross, who has 3 and 7 million followers on YouTube and Twitch, respectively, said he was at first excited to have West on his stream.Before the white nationalist Nick Fuentes <a href="https://www.insider.com/adin-ross-controversial-twitch-streamer-next-interview-kanye-west-2022-12">announced that Ross</a> would interview West, the musician had recently sparked widespread condemnation for his volatile appearance on the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' show InfoWars, during which he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. West had also previously gone on multiple antisemitic rants online and drawn derision for a slew of other controversies, including falsely claiming that George Floyd died from fentanyl."Come on my stream, we're gonna do crazy numbers bro, at least anywhere from 400-500,000 live viewers for sure," Ross said he told West on the phone. "We're breaking the internet."After the call, Ross said he at one point texted West something that probably made him think Ross "was an enemy," he said. Ross said he told West that he was Jewish and to "come at whoever you're coming at directly" rather than his whole community."I can't have my platform come on and just say a bunch of shit about Jews," Ross told Allen.The texts spurred another phone call from West, Ross said, who was more heated now."He called me up, and he basically just said like, 'Yo, you know, you Jews aren't going to tell me what I can and can't say,'" Ross said.Ross told Allen that the two hadn't spoken since then, and the <a href="https://www.insider.com/adin-ross-canceled-kanye-west-interview-anti-semitic-rhetoric-twitch-2022-12">interview never happened</a>.Ross, who did not respond to Insider's request for comment, has a history of platforming controversy-ridden influencers like iShowSpeed, who was <a href="https://www.insider.com/ishowspeed-youtuber-twitch-streamer-adin-ross-banned-sexual-coercion-intimidation-2021-12">banned from Twitch</a> for "sexual coercion or intimidation," and the misogynistic self-help guru Andrew Tate.

YouTuber Adin Ross says Kanye West told him 'you Jews aren't going to tell me what I can and can't say,' prompting him to cancel a planned interview with the rapper

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On April 6, a clip of YouTube streamer Darren Watkins circulated on Twitter.</li><li>It showed him telling a female player to go do her husband's dishes and using expletives.</li></ul>Darren Watkins, a <keyword id="6357332" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gaming" source="Orion">gaming</keyword> <keyword id="11918056" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="youtuber" source="Orion">YouTuber</keyword> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IShowSpeed/videos">who owns the channel IShowSpeed</a>, has apologized after a clip of him making explicit and gendered comments towards a female gamer circulated on Twitter on April 6.In the clip, Watkins, who has 7 million <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IShowSpeed">YouTube subscribers</a>, can be heard calling the female player a "bitch" and telling her to "get off the fucking game and do your husband's dishes." <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1511816759975710723">April 6, 2022</a></blockquote>The clip was posted by esports commentator Jake Lucky, who has 230,000 Twitter followers. In the footage, Watkins was playing Valorant, a first-person shooter game. The YouTuber could be heard screaming "shut up" and using explicit language toward other players over the voice chat feature, which enables gamers to talk to each other during the game. When a female streamer told Watkins "you suck ass," the YouTuber responded by yelling, "Is a bitch talking to me, is a female talking to me?" and added, "Get off the fucking game and do your husband's dishes, bitch."Lucky's tweet, in which he said Valorant streams are often "unbelievably toxic," received 165,000 likes and 28,000 retweets.Sara Dafadshar, whose <a href="https://twitter.com/npcSara">Twitter bio</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradadafshar/?src=aff-lilpar&amp;veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.businessinsider.com_learning&amp;trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.businessinsider.com_learning&amp;clickid=UyZ0jxUC7xyIWQeSVkyWdSktUkGVBXRstRZW0Q0&amp;mcid=6851962469594763264&amp;irgwc=1">LinkedIn profile</a> say she is a game producer at Riot Games, which developed Valorant, <a href="https://twitter.com/npcSara/status/1511869769217052673?s=20&amp;t=tDCDgZFydgKLUTPS9Vo-eg">responded to Lucky's tweet</a> in a comment that has 37,000 likes, saying, "We do NOT want players like this in our community at all," and that she has permanently banned Watkins' account from Valorant and other games developed by Riot. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Speed⭐️ (@IShowSpeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1511877562766868480">April 7, 2022</a></blockquote>On April 7, an hour after Dafadshar's tweet, Watkins uploaded a video on Twitter captioned "sorry," apologizing for his comments. The YouTuber said the clip was from a video he filmed months ago and said he "wasn't having a good day" at the time because he says he was receiving racist comments from other players. He added, "I was completely wrong in that situation right there. I can't say anything to justify that situation," and said he "grew" and "changed" since the video was filmed. He also said he would "love to hear from" the woman he screamed at in case she had anything to say to him.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8lvB_F7ksMs" frameborder="0"></iframe>Over the past few years, women across the gaming community on YouTube and Twitch <a href="https://www.insider.com/twitch-sexual-assault-misconduct-allegations-video-gaming-community-streamers-harassment-2020-7">have accused male streamers of sexist and abusive attitudes</a>, and on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/Azannyy/status/1511902063432720388">many</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheActMan_YT/status/1511852571899572230">said</a> Watkins showcased a <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1511816024546439170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511816024546439170%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fembed%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1511816024546439170autosize%3D1">"toxic" behavior that is rampant in the gaming world</a>.Watkins is well known on YouTube for streaming popular video games like Fortnite and NBA 2K. In July 2021, <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/2k-streamer-ishowspeed-smashes-1-million-youtube-subscriber-goal-in-just-one-week-1604687/">Dexerto reported that he was able to gain a million YouTube subscribers in under a week</a> after going viral on TikTok. <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252/">According to Dexerto</a>, he was permanently banned from Twitch in December 2021 for "sexual coercion" towards a female gamer, due to a comment he made about wanting to have sex with her when he appeared on her livestream. The YouTuber <a href="https://twitter.com/IShowSpeed/status/1470883465507880964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470883465507880964%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftwitch-permabans-youtube-ishowspeed-sexist-outburst-adin-ross-stream-1721252%2F">tweeted appearing to confirm</a> he was banned by Twitch on December 14, but did not comment further at the time. Insider reached out to Watkins, Riot Games, and YouTube for comment. <a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

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A YouTuber with 14 million subscribers responded to accusations of racism after he said 'konnichiwa' to a Chinese man at a World Cup match: 'I thought he was Japanese'

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