By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-27 12:32:02 | Updated at 2024-11-27 14:20:15
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The truth behind the horrific prank video of social media star Kai Cenat 'hanging' a man on a livestream has been revealed, after the magician in charge of the stunt gave away his secret.
Cenat, a wildly popular livestreamer with 13.5million followers on Twitch, was seen 'hanging' a man during a broadcast after he was asked to pull on one of 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 could be heard as the man was pulled upward and those around him brought him down immediately.
Cenat was heard telling his cameraman: 'What the f**k? Wait, no, no! I'm not getting banned! N***a, I might get banned! Is he good? I'll stay here. I'll stay here! Can I stay here?'
But it was later revealed that the man being hanged was YouTube magician Max Major, who pulled an elaborate prank on him.
Major said in a post following the stream: 'What you don't know is that was all according to my plan. See, at the start of my performance, I said that tonight was all about choices.
'But not just the choices that you made tonight, but the choices that you made since the day that we met. Since the first time we met, you pushed me, you challenged me, and you wanted to see me fail.
Cenat was seen 'hanging' a man during a broadcast after he was asked to pull on one of two ropes in front of him
Video footage from the livestream showed a shirtless man standing on a yellow stool with a noose around his neck
Kai Cenat (pictured) is a wildly popular livestreamer known with 13.5million followers on Twitch
'And I thought tonight, I'll give you exactly what you asked for. You see, you thought the game was for me to influence you to make the right choice.
'But all along, I plan to influence you to make the wrong choice, and I knew you'd pick the red handle.'
Though Major was safe and in control of the situation, Cenat said he wasn't happy at all.
'Let 'em go! He wants n****s to look... we just look like Black people that look crazy. That's what they want the things to look like. It ain't worth it, bro.
'Us screaming at him, we just look like a whole bunch of Black n****s that look crazy. So, let god handle that, bro.'
The internet was also up in arms over the video, with one social media user saying of the clip: 'I'm not digging Kai Cenat hanging that guy as a stunt, but even if he didn't know he should've immediately shut it down.
'I've been a subscriber for years & I'm extremely bothered - suicide isn't a joke.'
Another wrote: 'Why the hell is a hanging even part of a Kai Cenat stream?'
Others lambasted Cenat for his callous reaction to the hanging, with one person writing: 'Did he seriously say “I might get banned” after literally hanging someone?'
Max Major, the magician who organised the prank, has over a million YouTube subscribers and more than 400,000 followers on Instagram.
He worked with Cenat in 2023, showing him a card trick alongside rapper G Herbo.
Major first became known to the world after appearing on America's Got talent in 2020, showing off his magic skills.
He described himself on his website as a 'world-renowned mentalist' who specialises in 'real life Jedi mind tricks.'
