‘My Mom Is Kinda Homeless’ And ‘Please Speed I Need This’ Are The Defining Quotes From ‘Early Stream!’

About

My Mom is Kinda Homeless and Please Speed I Need This, also known as My Mom is Kind of Homeless, refer to quotes from the IShowSpeed Trying Not To Laugh^[1] clip, said by an emotional kid trying to get streamer IShowSpeed^[2] (or Speed) to throw a Fortnite^[3] game in his “EARLY STREAM!^[4]” livestream from late December 2021. Speed is seen trying not to laugh at the kid’s pleading, and is then seen smiling when another player calls him out, saying, “Speed, I’m watching your stream, why are you trying not to laugh, bruh?” The clip went notably viral when it was used as a reaction GIF^[5] and in video caption memes^[6] in 2023. The kid’s quote about his mom being kind of homeless gained its own memetic spread as a catchphrase^[7] and phrasal template^[8] in the following years.

In late October 2025, IShowSpeed recreated the My Mom is Kinda Homeless clip in a “reunion” stream with the two guys in the original clip. The kid who said, “My mom is kinda homeless,” was revealed to be named Acey, and he and his mom confirmed that she was kind of homeless at the time. The other kid was revealed to be named Pew. During the stream, Speed also stated that he would buy the mom a house in Las Vegas.

Origin

On December 29th, 2021, streamer IShowSpeed went live on YouTube^[9] for roughly four and a half hours. He played Fortnite and Five Nights at Freddy’s^[10] and was seen wearing an Adidas sweatshirt and a black shiesty. The stream was titled “EARLY STREAM!” and it received over 6.9 million views in four years.

The stream was the source of the IShowSpeed Smiling Trying Not To Laugh^[11] meme, which used a clip from the stream’s 2:08:05 timestamp, when a younger player pleads with Speed to throw the game so that he can win, saying, “Please, Speed, I need this. My mom is kind of homeless. I live with my dad. I wanna help her out.”

Please, Speed, I need this. My mom is kind of homeless. I live with my dad. I wanna help her out.

Speed, I’m watching your stream, why are you trying not to laugh, bruh? That’s disrespectful as shit, bruh.

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The clip of IShowSpeed suppressing his laugh came to be used as a reaction GIF and video in 2023, with the earliest known viral post using the clip being shared on October 24th, 2023. It was shared by Twitter / X^[12] user @VenomDbd, who captioned it, “Peter when he saw the ‘Miles Morales Original’ Suit,” gaining over 21,000 likes in two years.

Peter when he saw the “Miles Morales Original” Suit pic.twitter.com/0Xeg4AnXHH^[13]

— Venom By Daylight🇵🇸 (@VenomDbd) October 24, 2023^[14]

On October 26th, TikToker^[15] @timmy_burch used the clip in a POV^[16] video caption meme^[17], reading, “POV: me tryna hold in my laugh during a serious conversation.” Over two years, the video received roughly 30,400 likes.

On April 24th, 2024, X user @yandhiisntreal tweeted, “Please speed, I NEED THIS😭😭😭 my mom is kinda homeless😢😢😢,” gaining over 27,000 likes in a year.

On June 10th, X user @XyloBayo posted a redraw^[25] of IShowSpeed Trying Not to Laugh, showing Mob Psycho 100^[26] character Arataka Reigen. The redraw was captioned, “My mom is kinda homeless,” gaining over 16,000 likes in a year.

On September 17th, 2024, X user @Real_BryanPlush tweeted a redraw showing Splatoon^[27] character Shiver Hohojiro, paired with a caption that used the My Mom is Kinda Homeless phrasal template, reading, “Please Shiver, I NEED THIS! My Mom Is Kinda Homeless.” Over one year, the post gained roughly 9,600 likes.

Memes and viral posts using the quote continued in 2025. For instance, on February 17th, Redditor^[28] Professional-Swim-85 shared a post to the /r/Genshin_Impact subreddit, showing Genshin Impact^[29] character Mizuki as Speed in a GIF format, captioned, “‘My mom is kinda homeless…'” Over eight months, the post received over 4,500 upvotes.

Reunion Stream

On October 26th, 2025, IShowSpeed held a reunion stream on YouTube with the two guys from the original My Mom is Kinda Homeless clip, receiving over 5.6 million views in three days.

At the stream’s 18:12 timestamp, Speed invited Acey onto the stream, who was the kid who said, “My mom is kinda homeless,” in the original video. Acey said that he was 12 years old in the original. Later, Speed talked to Acey’s mom, who confirmed that she was kind of homeless back in December 2021.

At the 19:03 timestamp, Speed invited Pew onto the stream, who was the other kid who said, “Why are you trying not to laugh, bruh?” in the original clip. Notably, when Pew was added to a video call with Speed later in the stream, he put a fake gun in his mouth.

Later on October 26th, X user @FearedBuck shared a clip from the stream, showing Speed recreating the My Mom is Kinda Homeless clip live with the two guys, gaining over 55,000 likes in three days.

IShowSpeed just recreated the “My Mom Is Kinda Homeless” meme with the same kids from last time with their face cams on 😭
pic.twitter.com/oFYIR5bcaI^[30]

— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) October 26, 2025^[31]

On that same day, X user @scubaryan_ shared a side-by-side comparison between the original clip and the recreation, gaining over 16,000 likes in three days.

IShowSpeed trying not to laugh clip in 2021 vs 2025 😭
pic.twitter.com/3d80ABJf7X^[32]

— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) October 26, 2025^[33]

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