Social media star Kai Cenat appeared to hang YouTube magician Max Major by the neck from a noose in shocking footage — but it was later revealed it was all just a sick prank intended to scare the viral streamer.

Kai Cenat has been involved in a few different controversies in the past few months and finds himself at the centre of another after a hanging stunt from Magician Max. The 22-year-old Twitch streamer was nearing the end of his month-long subathon (otherwise known as "Mafiathon 2") and during Wednesday's (27 November) livestream,

Max Major, a YouTuber and content creator with one million YouTube subscribers, is renowned as the "most followed mentalist" globally. He has 426k Instagram followers and frequently collaborates with internet personalities,