YouTube star and podcaster Adam22 live-streamed himself getting threatened with a gun on Sunday night.
Adam22, whose real name is Adam Grandmaison, was streaming himself and a friend about to eat a takeout dinner at the back of his L.A. clothing store when a man appeared on the stream, pointed a gun at the host, and screamed, “Give me all your fucking money.” As the apparent gunman and Grandmaison began to struggle, the person continued, “Right now! Do you want to die right now?” Assuming the incident was real, it was a frightening moment for the No Jumper podcast host and for those who were watching.
The two began fighting off camera, and eventually, Grandmaison returned to the stream out of breath and clearly rattled.
Here’s footage of the incident. (Warning: This might be triggering for some.)
Grandmaison and the friend he was streaming with began tussling with the intruder, calling the gunman a “little bitch.” Apparently, other No Jumper employees also got involved. Once he returned to the microphone, Grandmaison said, “I almost fucking shot this dude. Are you serious?” Grandmaison also wondered aloud why the gunman didn’t shoot him. After sounds of a struggle were picked up by the microphones, Grandmaison said the gunman was “out cold” and then decided to call the police.
Grandmaison could have faked the entire incident, but he certainly wasn’t playing it off as a joke on Twitter.
I’ll be back on live as soon as the cops leave
— adam22 (@adam22) March 18, 2019
Actually I’ll be back tomorrow I gotta go chill don’t worry all the donations will get played
— adam22 (@adam22) March 18, 2019
Keemstar, who hosts the YouTube gossip show Drama Alert, also tweeted as if the incident was real.
Breaking the man that pulled the gun on @adam22 live stream is knocked out by @nojumper bouncers & is in police custody! #DramaAlert pic.twitter.com/hv1I9W9gsl
— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) March 18, 2019
Still, Grandmaison—whose No Jumper YouTube page has more than 2.6 million subscribers and who once criticized those who believe unpaid internships are immoral—managed to keep his sense of humor.
As he wrote on Twitter, “If I got shot tonight my dying words would have been something about how Shane Dawson didn’t jizz on a cat.”
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