Furious fans are calling for wildly popular livestreamer Kai Cenat to be banned from Twitch after he was accused of going too far by broadcasting a hanging joke to thousands of people.
Cenat, a wildly popular livestreamer with 13.5 million followers on Twitch, saw a man “hang up” during a broadcast after being asked to pull one of the two ropes in front of him.
Video footage from the livestream showed a shirtless man, later revealed to be magician Max Major, standing on a yellow stool with a noose around his neck seconds before Cenat pulled the rope.
Screams were heard as the man was pulled up and those around him immediately brought him down.
Cenat was heard saying to his cameraman: ‘What the f**k? Wait, no, no! I’m not getting banned! N***a, I might get banned! Is he good? I’m staying here. I’m staying here! Can I stay here?’
But it was later revealed that the man who was hanged was YouTube magician Max Major, who played an elaborate prank on him.
Major said he knew Cenat would try to outsmart him, and that he deliberately planned the trick so that the streamer would choose the “wrong” rope.
Despite knowing it was a trick, the internet was in an uproar over the video, with one social media user commenting on the clip: ‘Kai Cenat should be banned after that hanging incident. Whether it was a stunt or not, there are kids watching him.”
Cenat was seen ‘hanging’ a man during a broadcast after being asked to pull one of the two ropes in front of him
Another agreed, writing on X: “Prank or not. Kai Cenat should be banned for showing that on stream. He saw the setup and everything, and he never stopped doing it. Just ridiculous.’
A stunned fan said: ‘KAI CENAT FAKED A SUICIDE ATTEMPT ON STREAM AND THEN ACTED AS IF HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?’
“I don’t mind Kai Cenat hanging that guy as a stunt but even if he didn’t know he should have shut it down immediately,” said one disgruntled fan, adding, “I’ve been a subscriber for years and I’m concerned there is a lot of fuss about it: suicide is no joke.’
Another wrote: ‘Why is a hanging part even part of a Kai Cenat flow?’
Others slammed Cenat for his callous response to the hanging, with one person writing: “Did he seriously say ‘I could get banned’ after literally hanging someone?”
Max Major said in a video following the stream: ‘What you don’t know is that everything was according to my plan. Look, at the beginning of my performance I said tonight was all about choices.
“But not just the choices you made tonight, but the choices you’ve made since the day we met. Since the first time we met, you pushed me, you challenged me, and you wanted to see me fail.
“And tonight I thought, I’m giving you exactly what you asked for. You see, you thought the game was meant to influence you to make the right choice.
Video footage from the livestream showed a shirtless man standing on a yellow stool with a noose around his neck
The Major said he knew Cenat would try to outsmart him, and that he deliberately planned the trick so that the streamer would choose the “wrong” rope.
Max Major, the magician who organized the prank, has more than a million YouTube subscribers and more than 400,000 followers on Instagram
Kai Cenat (photo) is a very popular livestreamer with 13.5 million followers on Twitch
“But all along I’m planning to influence you to make the wrong choice, and I knew you’d choose the red handle.”
Although Major was safe and in control of the situation, Cenat said he was not happy at all.
‘Let them go! He wants n****s to look…we just look like black people looking crazy. This is how they want things to look. It’s not worth it, brother.
“We’re yelling at him, we look like a whole bunch of black n****s looking crazy. So let God handle that, buddy.”
Max Major, the magician who organized the prank, has more than a million YouTube subscribers and more than 400,000 followers on Instagram.
He teamed up with Cenat in 2023, showing him a card trick with rapper G Herbo.
Major first became known to the world after appearing on America’s Got Talent in 2020 and showing off his magical skills.
He described himself on his website as a “world-renowned mentalist” who specializes in “real Jedi mind tricks.”