Darren Watkins Jr., widely known as the YouTube sensation iShowSpeed, live-streaming from the Asian continent country of China has caught the modern enthusiasm under its spell. Currently, the live-streaming journey has been making waves online.
With an exciting and immersive approach to exploring China, this talented 20-year-old has not only grabbed the attention of his millions of subscribers, currently extending over 37 million, but has also won praise from Chinese officials and state media, who find such visitations a good development of cultural exchange and mutual curiosity between Americans and Chinese citizens at a time when trade is being fought.
The native of Ohio, who is currently 20 years old, has been live-streaming his experiences around China, specifically Beijing and Shanghai. For six-hour stretches, this energetic and attention-grabbing experience has kept people glued to their screens.
These long streams are already at almost 10 million views and include footage of Speed trying to experience local culture, from performing backflip stunts on the Great Wall to touring the Forbidden City, eating street food, and shooting hoops and hitting ping-pong balls with local residents.
During a time when Speed was inarguably making headlines, he decided it was high time for some Kung Fu practice. He took to X and shared some short clips from his live stream, dressed in the full martial arts suit, topped with a bald cap, looking like a Shaolin monk.
In fact, he was initially enthusiastic and showed a great learning experience with Kung Fu stances, but before long, it descended into endurance testing when the instructors began breaking sticks on him. True to form, Speed powered through the agony with rolling eyes and exaggerated facial expressions that have got fans adoring him to fully cheesecake the routine training.
So far, it stands at over 15 million views. People have gone on to vent their views about the video in the comments.
A user writes, “someone call the shaolin monks, pointless after all those centuries of training.” Another user summarized it, saying, “Speed brings the world together! Legend for what he does.”
Another person quipped, “It takes years to learn it, and bro thinks he learned it in a video.” Another person joked, “Lmao why is your head lookingg like Patrick from sponge bob ?!”
Before his trip to China, iShowSpeed had already taken his streaming adventures across the globe, touring Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, Europe, Australia, and India. Along the way, he’s even crossed paths with world leaders, including Albania’s prime minister. Perhaps one of the more bizarre yet memorable moments was in Peru: after an awkward encounter with the mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga, the young man was declared the temporary “mayor” of that city.
“Not sure if I should laugh or feel bad”: Internet in splits as IShowSpeed shows off his kung fu skills at the Shaolin Temple in a viral video
But who is the internet not unemotional? Fans began trolling the video endlessly, then we rounded up all the best comments, funny as they are. Enjoy!
IShowSpeed goes to China to study kung fu, and fans keep trolling him: Catch all of the best comments below
“This one in X is what one user jokingly wrote, which seems to echo almost everyone’s sentiments in the following way:
“I don’t know if I’m supposed to laugh or feel sorry.”
More even resonated with the statement to make jest of it:
“Is there anything he hasn’t done atp,” one user jokingly queried in asking about this phenomenon.
“Speed be doing everything,” remarked another.
“Bro really turned bald to become a Kung Fu master,” added yet another one humorously.
“Bro has done everything in this world-go to Tanzania and dance with the Maasai Tribe next,” pointed out another amusingly.
The comments section was full of humor; here are some more funny tweets we got:
“One day you will also go to the den of lions to create some content,” so joked one user.
“Anytime I see his videos, he just makes me laugh,” another shared jokingly.
“No way bald speed is in shaolin before GTA VI,” yet another joined the conversation humorously.
“Wait… Which part is kung fu again?” one snarky user remarked.
Hilariously, many users said that IShowSpeed looked like Chris Tucker from the Rush Hour series, joking that the two are alike in appearance. Some would say that right now, based on the events, his life is like a movie.
Internet in stitches as China reportedly praises IShowSpeed for boosting U.S.-China relations
A promising YouTuber who enjoys going to travel and play games is IShowSpeed; recently, he visited China and made beautiful memories with the locals. At some point, he was seen appreciating the chef after tasting some of the local culinary delights.
He also tried to learn a bit of Mandarin and converse in the language of the natives, although there were some mishaps in his tones as they really commended him for trying. He also took time to view different sights and appreciate the culture, and dance with kids. His whole trip encompassed the two: joy and smiles.
Netizens react as China apparently hails IShowSpeed for increasing U.S.-China relations
A Nobel prize (via JadePalace1976/ X)
“Give this man a Nobel prize,” a fan quipped that IShowSpeed could get a Nobel Prize should the claim be wholly real.
@dogeyes413 shared,
“Woke up this morning and saw him doing kung fu.”
@onBrandVibes analyzed that Speed had changed the game through his visitation.
“Bro is creating world peace 1 backflip at a time.”
@whoisceejayy glamorized the streamer.
“You can say whatever you want about Speed but can’t deny the amount of influence he has.”
Sometimes, just a photograph can be incredibly entertaining and contextualization may ruin the magic. X-user, @Met47ron joked.
“lmfao, I saw the picture and totally didn’t got side tracked from the actual text of the post, Now Im still questioning the context but I don’t wanna read the post because with out the context I find this picture hysterical.”
@VKAY69420 joked:
“I showspeed getting social credits before gta 6.”
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