Truth behind horror video of YouTuber Kai Cenat ‘hanging’ a man on livestream that has set internet on fire
The truth behind the gruesome prank video of social media star Kai Cenat ‘hanging’ a man during a live stream has been revealed after the magician in charge of the stunt revealed his secret.
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 in a post 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.
Cenat was seen ‘hanging’ a man 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 standing on a yellow stool with a noose around his neck
Kai Cenat (photo) is a very popular livestreamer with 13.5 million followers on Twitch
“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.
“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.”
The internet was also in a frenzy over the video, with one social media user saying of the clip: ‘I don’t think Kai Cenat hangs that guy as a stunt but even if he didn’t know he should have shut up immediately it’s to downstairs.
‘I have been a subscriber for years and I am very concerned about it: suicide is not a 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, 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.”