A viral moment from The Streamer Awards in Los Angeles on December 6 is inherently meta on multiple levels. Tylil James, better known as @thetylilshow__ on TikTok, grabbed massive attention at the Saturday event in the US despite being one among the many streamers to be seated for the show instead of taking the stage to host the event or anything.

Tylil’s voice was heard loud and clear in a now super-viral moment, which saw him shutting down the Streamer Awards host and fellow streamer Fan-Fan’s Diddy joke directed at Kai Cenat. The remark particularly fell flat, as only the event co-host’s own chuckles were heard after joke drawing comparisons between Cenat and the disgraced hip hop mogul.

While the moment failed to exact a certain kind of reaction that Fan-Fan had presumably hoped for, Tylil was quick to defend a speechless and visibly displeased Kai.

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Here’s what happened.

Fan-Fan’s ill-received Kai Cenat-Diddy joke at Streamer Awards

“This year, as everyone knows, you broke the record for the most expensive haircut and the least educational university,” the host took a dig at Cenat’s massively popular streaming event called ‘Streamer University’ and a a haircut he got while livestreaming, courtesy of LeBron James.

“Congratulations to you… and also, congrats on your new documentary with 50 Cent. That was you, right?” Fan-Fan added, alluding to the recently released Netflix series Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

The Los Angeles Lakers legend chopped off the streamer’s dreadlocks to commemorate the his one-million subscriber count achievement. In the aftermath, many couldn’t help but note how much Cenat resembled a young Diddy. T

he haircut particularly gained more traction in November, when the Twitch star shared a snap of his new fade haircut on social media. Quite a few X users quipped that Cenat was Combs’ secret son, and that he should get a DNA test done.

Tylil hit back at Fan-Fan’s joke

The Twitch streamer prominently known for being Kai’s longtime friend came down hard on The Streamer Awards host Fan-Fan for roasting Cenat over what many deem to be an uncanny resemblance with convicted rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

Appearing to fully entertained by her own joke, Fan-Fan took note of Tylil in the distance. As she walked up to him with a microphone in her hand, Cenat’s pal grabbed it, and went on a little rant.

“Turn this mic on! Turn this sh*t on!” Tylil fumed at Fan-Fan. “If you all gonn’ be on the mic making jokes, at least let it be funny.” His blunt response instantly got a more resounding approval that the host’s joke. While Fan-Fan tried to calmly interject, saying that she thought it was funny, Tylil added, “Have a good night!”

In a damage-control bid, Fan-Fan turned the mic back towards Tylil, asking if he wanted to do a joke. He simply said, “No.” The Streamer Awards host quickly defended her remark, noting that she only dropped the joke because of Cenat’s haircut.

Somewhat down the line, co-host QTCinderella took a shot at Tylil, defending her onstage partner. “I just want to you remind you guys that everything we say tonight is a joke. Okay? Especially after some of you talked to Fan-Fan,” the streamer said.

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Tylil just became the Will Smith of the streaming world?

As the video of the Kai Cenat-FanFan-Tylil interaction went viral on social media, Instagram comments were flooded with GIFs of Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards.

As many would recall, this headline-making appearance of the Hollywood star gave way to infamous ‘Oscar Slapgate’ controversy. At the time, Smith walked up to Chris Rock and slapped him onstage in response to a joke the comedian had made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shave head, a sign of the autoimmune condition called alopecia areata.

Netizens are now comparing Tylil to Smith for speaking out against Fan-Fan, who like Chris Rock, also happened to be serving as an award show host.

Ironically, Cenat’s pal particularly attracted quite a few eyeballs due to a viral parody of the Will Smith Oscars Slapgate he shared on TikTok while trying to find his footing as a social media personality in the early 2020s.