IShowSpeed Ronaldo Semen Incident

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The IShowSpeed Ronaldo Semen Incident refers to a moment during an IShowSpeed stream in late January 2024, in which Speed fake ejaculated a semen-like liquid (potentially lotion) onto his chest after packing Cristiano Ronaldo in the football / soccer game EA Sports FC 24. The moment caused backlash, discourse and memes on social media platforms like Twitter / X, drawing comparisons to his flashing accident. Many wondered "What did Speed do?" after X accounts alluded to the moment.

Origin

On January 25th, 2024, the X^[1] account @SpeedUpdates1 tweeted a clip from a then-recent IShowSpeed stream on YouTube in which he was playing EA Sports FC 24. Speed's seen packing Cristiano Ronaldo, resulting in him fake ejaculating onto himself, presumably using a bottle of lotion. The tweet received roughly 2.5 million views and 24,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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Soon after the clip's upload, many X users posted reactions and memes. For instance, on January 25th, 2024, X^[2] user @LosPollosTV seemingly joked about "my little sisters were watching because they love fifa and soccer… Shame on you!" The tweet received over 5,900 likes in a day (shown below, left).

That same day, X^[3] user @ayeejuju posted the Charleston White Staring image, captioned, "SPEED DID WHAT???!?" receiving over 122,000 likes in a day (shown below, right).

Also on January 25th, 2024, the clip went viral on TikTok, evident in an upload from TikToker^[4] @ishow.speedsui that gained over 420,900 plays and 37,200 likes in a day. Viral posts about the clip were also posted to Instagram. ^[5]

Some users on X started captioning the screencap of Speed with fake ejaculate on himself, evident in a reply shared by X^[6] user @Enzoowzo1m97 on January 25th that received roughly 5,400 likes in a day (shown below, left).

The clip also resulted in backlash, such as a reply shared by X^[7] user @DmitreJO on January 25th, 2024, who said, "This Dude be doing the weirdest stuff for an underage audience," gaining over 950 likes in a day (shown below, right).

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