CINCINNATI, OHIO: IShowSpeed and Adin Ross are once again making waves on various social media platforms. Recently, Speed openly shared his "awkward" feelings with followers regarding their reunion after a year.
The stir began when Ross posted a picture featuring him and IShowSpeed playing Connect Four together.
This image sparked discussions across social media, with many users sharing their previous photos and some dubbing their relationship as a "forced friendship." As an Adin Ross update page noted that IShowSpeed called their reunion "awkward," a person commented, "It’s like a forced friendship adin wants to be friends and speeds like ehh"
For context, these two content creators have a history, and there's anticipation among fans for them to resume collaborating. During the early phase of their streaming careers, they frequently streamed together and collaborated.
However, they had disagreements in the past, notably after a phone call where Ross expressed his disappointment about Speed not attending his birthday celebration due to being busy on an India Tour.
Will IShowSpeed collaborate with Adin Ross?
In IShowSpeed's recent livestream, he sparked a buzz across social media platforms by claiming that Adin Ross felt "awkward." The revelation came when a fan inquired about their recent reconciling meeting while playing Fortnite on the livestream.
Notably, this meeting marked their first encounter in a long while, following their online clash earlier this year. According to Speed, the reunion with Ross, which took place yesterday, felt a bit awkward.
"Are you all cool?" he read out the question. He then said, "He was just a little awkward though, like, I haven't seen him in a year. He was just awkward. He was like dumb awkward, like it's me bro. It's me, why are you being awkward? But, yeah..."
Later in the livestream, when questioned about the next collaboration with Ross, Speed assured fans of an upcoming joint stream with Ross, stating, "Stream with Adin? Coming soon, coming soon. We chalked it up yesterday, coming soon, bro."
However, Speed remained uncertain about the nature of the stream, whether it would be an IRL stream or otherwise, claiming, "IRL stream? Yeah, I think. We got to talk about it; we didn't really talk about it. We were just talking."
Adin Ross shares snap with IShowSpeed
Upon IShowSpeed sharing details about his $10 million mansion with his 21 million followers, Ross swiftly turned to his alternate X account (@AR15thed3mon) and posted a snippet of the two indulging in a game of Connect Four.
Predictably, this event triggered a response from their fans, who had been fervently requesting a reunion of the two streamers for months. Numerous individuals posted old pictures of Adin Ross and IShowSpeed, expressing their anticipation for the awaited and entertaining livestream collaboration.
One fan shared a photo of Ross and Speed holding hands, accompanied by the caption, "Aww."
Another user drew a comparison of them with renowned rappers and NBA players, writing, "They think there Messi Ronaldo drake and j cole," alongside posting similar pictures of the popular stars.
One person also posted an image of IShowSpeed sitting on Adin Ross' lap, asserting, "The best duo back together."
A fourth fan shared a picture of IShowSpeed and Adin Ross wearing only bottoms, declaring them their "favorite duo."