"No way this is real life" - Kai Cenat's prison livestream garnering 250,000 viewers leaves netizens amused

Kai Cenat, one of Twitch’s most popular content creators, revealed he’s doing a 7-day “prison livestream.” In the video, the streamer will be locked up in a jail setting. He will also have to follow the rules of the wardens and guards alongside a few other content creators and famous names.

While this 24-hour-a-day livestream has only just begun, it’s fetched huge numbers, with over 250,000 people watching Kai live his life within the walls of a prison cell.

It’s also been a huge hit on social media, with a good number of people commenting on it. While some think he’s doing it to change how social media and content creation is done in the future, others are pointing out how someone did a similar experiment in the past with disastrous results. X user @KatceptionLive commented on the stream, saying:

"There's no way this is real life."

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Social media reacts to Kai Cenat’s 7-day prison livestream

Many on social media loved the idea (Image via X)

Many across social media were amused by Kai Cenat's content, and reactions were pretty varied across the board. Some were jealous about Kai Cenat receiving 50 dollars in jail, while others were excited about the content.

Finally a big NA streamer that does stuff like big hispanic and french streamers byu/dolomolo2 inLivestreamFail

The Kai Cenat jail stream made its way to Reddit’s Livestreamfails subReddit, where, naturally, many had thoughts on the matter. The topic of the post was how they were glad a North American streamer was doing something major like European streamers do.

Reddit discussed North American streaming content (Image via Reddit)

However, this was immediately shouted down by other commenters. Many highlighted American streamers who made incredible, out-of-the-box livestreams. Examples given were Ludwig’s Chessboxing, the Streamer Awards, and one of the best things to ever happen on Twitch - Jerma’s baseball game.

Not everyone thought Kai was a genius for this (Image via X)

While some praised Kai Cenat and called him a genius, others would point out that another streamer did the “prison stream” announcement first - Ice Poseidon. Four years ago, the streamer did a prison experiment stream and tweeted about his upcoming prison stream as recently as October 18, 2023.

A few X.com users felt it was just the same content in a different location (Image via X)

Some called it a “sleepover,” while others said it’s “unwatchable” due to all the ads if you aren’t a subscriber. To several viewers on social media, it didn’t feel like a real jail, and that ruined it for them.

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a truly horrific psychological experiment (Image via X)

A few users on social media would offer a word of warning. In the 1970s, a similar endeavor, known as the “Stanford Prison Experiment,” was conducted. People were put in prison for two weeks while others were made the guards. Unfortunately, things soon took a violent turn.

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What is Kai Cenat’s 7-day prison livestream

Two days ago, Kai Cenat revealed he’s going to have a 7-day jail stream. This was done via a YouTube video that quickly soared to over 800K views. His audience was incredibly excited about the upcoming content all across social media.

The Twitch and Kick streamer is committed to pushing the boundaries of content creation and will stay in this “prison” for the full week alongside a variety of other content creators and artists. YourRAGE, NLE Choppa, and others are reportedly going to take part.

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There’s no telling what will happen as this livestream goes on, but we’ll keep you up-to-date with the most exciting and intense moments.