IShowSpeed left fans confused this week after talking about having a baby and quitting YouTube. Many people believed him at first. But the truth is simple. He was joking. The whole moment was part of an April Fool’s Day prank on April 1, 2026. During a 13-minute livestream, Darren Watkins Jr, who is known as IShowSpeed, held what looked like a baby and spoke very seriously. He told viewers he had become a father and wanted to delete his YouTube channel, which has more than 51.8 million subscribers. His tone made it sound real, and fans quickly started reacting online.
But near the end of the stream, everything changed. He dropped the “baby,” which turned out to be a doll, and revealed the truth. It was all a prank. No baby. No goodbye. Just a joke for April Fool’s Day.
