The truth behind Kai Cenat’s disturbing livestream about a “hanging” man has been revealed following fan backlash

Fans were horrified when they saw magician Max Major seemingly hanging himself from a noose during Kai Cenat’s Twitch live stream.

Cenat, who has over 15 million followers on the streaming platform, was in the middle of his Mafiaathon 2 livestream on Tuesday when Major pranked him.

According to a video shared online, the magician stood on a yellow platform with a noose around his neck and asked the 22-year-old internet star to pull one of the handles in front of him.

When Cenat pulled a red handle, Major appeared to have been hanged.

The streamer, along with rapper Sexyy Red, looked shocked as people rushed to cut the rope around Major’s neck.

“What the fuck? Wait, no, no! I won’t be banned! I could be banned! Is he good? I’ll stay here. I’ll stay here! Can I stay here?” said Cenat.

However, Major later revealed that he was just trying to play an elaborate prank on the young streamer.

“When you look at this, it means something went terribly wrong, but what you don’t know is that everything went according to my plan,” Major said in a YouTube video on Tuesday.

“Look, at the beginning of my performance I said that tonight was all about decisions. But not just the decisions you made tonight, but also the decisions you have made since the day we met,” he added.

“Since our first meeting, you have pushed me, challenged me, and wanted me to fail. 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.”

Major said he planned to “influence” Cenat by choosing the red grip so that he would “make the wrong choice.”

However, Cenat didn’t take the prank lightly, saying on his Twitch stream that he and his crew were made to “look crazy.”

He also said that he asked Major to come back on the stream and explain to his viewers what happened, but he refused.

Cenat read out a text message that Majors had sent to his team that said, “It’s Max, I don’t have my phone, I think we’ll let everyone go and we’ll let the story be what it is.” I I’m the bad guy, but when I come back nothing changes. Let the story be what it is.”

He went on to call Major “selfish” for refusing to do airborne reconnaissance at the moment. At the same time, many viewers were outraged by the hanging prank and took to social media to express their feelings.

“This is sick, literally dooming Kai and it’s crazy to show such a joke live to so many people,” one netizen wrote in Major’s YouTube video comments section.

“Brother 200,000 people just watched a guy get hanged for fun? Dude, that’s not funny. The least you can do is apologize,” another added.

“An unacceptable decision you have made. It wasn’t a prank but a real life incident that happens every day! You’re a bad person if you run away instead of apologizing right away. Shame on you,” a third person commented.

“Faking suicide as a ‘prank’ is terrible bro,” said a fourth.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on 988.