As Jake Paul and his crew were flying home from a press conference for his upcoming fight against Mike Tyson, his private jet was struck by lightning, causing the YouTuber-turned-boxer and his crew to freak out.
While Jake Paul was flying back from the conference, his private jet experienced quite the shock as it was struck by lightning.
The clip, uploaded to Jake’s Instagram for all of his 26 million followers to check out, shows the influencer and his crew being visibly distraught due to turbulence caused by the strike.
“We woke up the gods of war,” said Jake while holding onto the plane. “And they’re lightning down the plane brother.”
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The video quickly garnered the attention of fans, many of whom took to the comments to share their thoughts on the incident.
“My guy trying to fake his death so he doesn’t need to fight,” one user joked.
Another said: “Na this was actually insane , imma take the greyhound next time.”
“Mike Tyson said let him fear, and he had fear,” a third user commented.
This wasn’t the only wild thing to happen to either of the boxers around the time of the event, either. During the presser, Tyson and Paul were left shocked aftera kid asked them about their “body counts.”
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Dylan Horetski is a Senior Writer on Dexerto’s US team. He is an expert Entertainment reporter, covering Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Tech, and viral news. He also has bylines at IGN. You can contact him at: dylan.horetski@dexerto.com
