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THIS is the horror moment ex-Big Brother star Sam Pepper shot a firework that struck an eight-year-old girl in the face in India.
Livestreamed footage shows the Brit and his pals laughing and shouting “Headshot!” as he launched fireworks toward a group of locals during Diwali celebrations in New Dehli.
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Moments later, chaos erupted when one rocket appeared to hit a young girl, with witnesses yelling that her eye was gone.
Pepper, visibly startled, can be heard replying, “No it hasn’t!” before saying, “Okay, never mind. They were firing at us as well. It was an accident.”
The idiotic stunt quickly went viral across Reddit and X, prompting furious backlash online and immediate action from streaming platforms.
Streaming sites Kick and Pump.fun banned Pepper within hours, according to local outlet NDTV, as global outrage mounted over the dangerous prank.
In a statement on his X account, Pepper admitted the stunt was “stupid”.
He wrote: “Was in India tonight with another big group firing small fire cracker back and forth at each-other, seems stupid now I’m writing this.
“But one of the group on the other side got hit by a cracker I shot and got a cut above their eye brow.
“I feel terrible, we sent someone with them to get them checked out and made sure all costs were paid, they got a paper stitch, and are now back home.”
He later told Hindustan Times: “I feel very ashamed of my actions and regret not thinking more carefully.
“I’m sorry to the girl I hurt, and I’m thankful it was just a cut, as my actions could have caused a lot worse.”
Despite Pepper saying that the injury was minor, eyewitnesses claimed the girl appeared seriously hurt and initially feared she had been blinded.
Local media said she required stitches but was later discharged.
Social media users slammed the 36-year-old streamer, branding him “reckless” and accusing him of “embodying toxic pranking culture”.
Sam Pepper — full name Samuel Nicholas Pepper — first shot to fame in 2010 as a contestant on Big Brother UK, where his loud, often provocative antics made him one of the show’s most talked-about housemates.
After being evicted on Day 73, he reinvented himself as a YouTuber, building a massive following through shock-value prank videos and elaborate “social experiments.”
Now 36, Pepper has more than 2.3 million subscribers on YouTube and has since transitioned into livestreaming, mainly on Kick.
Earlier this year, Pepper appeared almost unrecognisable 15 years after first bursting onto screens in the hit reality series.
Sam was seen in a striking red and black mohican, which he revealed in a social media post from Tokyo DisneySea.
He shared photos of the bold look with the caption, “Boys will be boys,” prompting fans to compliment his edgy new style.
Over the years, he’s courted controversy for stunts many deemed unethical or staged for outrage clicks.
A petition demanding his channel be shut down — following a video where he pretended to kill a friend — amassed more than 200,000 signatures.
Alongside Logan Paul, Sam also filmed a video where they lassoed women on the streets of Santa Monica, and he later faced — and denied — allegations of sexual assault.
The backlash began after his notorious Fake Hand A** Pinch Prank, which sparked outrage and was swiftly removed from YouTube.
A follow-up video featuring a woman pulling the same stunt on men was also taken down within minutes.
Sam later claimed the clips were part of a “social experiment” intended to highlight sexual harassment against men.
At the time, his legal team stated he “denies any and all accusations that have been made against him.”
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