18-year-old streamer Darrell “IShowSpeed” Watkins is huge on YouTube. There he stands out again and again, especially because of his loud freaks out. At a meeting with players from the Portuguese national football team, he just barked.
What kind of YouTuber is this? IShowSpeed is a phenomenon on YouTube. At the end of 2021, the 18-year-old was permanently banned from Twitch and quickly rose to become the largest streamer on YouTube. Above all, he draws attention to himself with actions that somehow always get completely out of hand.
Nevertheless, he always manages to get celebrities in his streams:
However, the enthusiastic football fan has so far been denied a meeting: with his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. In Portugal, the 18-year-old was already close, because that’s where he met with internationals João Félix and Rafael Leão – and started barking.
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IShowSpeed freaks out when meeting João Félix
What is IShowSpeed doing in Portugal? The streamer traveled to Portugal to attend the EURO qualifier match between Portugal and Liechtenstein on March 23rd. As befits a content creator, he let his viewers participate in the stream.
Following the match, in which his idol Cristiano Ronaldo scored two of the four goals, IShowSpeed was invited to date internationals João Félix and Rafael Leão. The streamer first showed up with Leão, joking with him: That was his brother, his twin.
How did the meeting go? The 18-year-old then met João Félix in a restaurant. When he wants to introduce the 23-year-old to his chat, however, he makes a faux pas, pronouncing the player’s name wrong and refusing to say it correctly even after correcting it – it’s the same thing.
Félix retaliates by offering the YouTuber a spoonful of chocolate mousse. Instead of letting him try it, he smears the cream on his nose. IShowSpeed then starts barking furiously, much to the amusement of those present, who film it laughing.
As always, it remains somewhat unclear to what extent his counterparts were in the know. In any case, Félix doesn’t seem to blame the 18-year-old for the action, but it should be one of the more unusual fan meetings of his career. You can watch the whole video here, barking starts at 9:49.
How is that received? In the meantime, such behavior is known from the 18-year-old and the reactions are to be expected: his fans love him for exactly this content, barking is the highlight for them. For people who are not fans of the YouTuber, the whole thing is rather strange, to the point of embarrassment (via Twitter).
Whether IShowSpeed increased his chances of meeting Cristiano Ronaldo by barking his colleagues together is rather questionable. However, fans are eager to see if the 18-year-old will still be able to meet his idol in person – if the YouTuber follows his usual pattern, there should at least be entertainment.
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