Fans injured in ‘feral’ crowd surge for YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI

Fans and a security guard have been injured during an appearance of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI.

Fans are seen gathered outside the Today Show Studios in North Sydney waiting to see YouTuber Logan Paul.

Fans and a security guard have been injured during an appearance of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI on Monday morning.

Fans outside the Today Show Studios in North Sydney on Monday morning. Picture: NCA Newswire

Fans, some of whom had been waiting overnight, swarmed the street outside The Today Show studio in North Sydney for a meet-and-greet with the YouTubers turned professional UFC fighters.

A security guard was injured when he was thrown to the ground and caught behind a 1.2m cement barricade, which was knocked over during a crowd surge.

One woman, who had left her home at 5.30am to meet the stars, was rescued by police after fans shouted “someone’s fainted, someone’s passed out”.

People crowd around the Chanel Nine studio in North Sydney, for free Prime Energy drink. Picture John Grainger

Paul and KSI are in Australia to promote their energy drink Prime — the official drink for Premier League soccer team Arsenal. The Today Show interview was their only breakfast TV appearance in the country.

Multiple fans – who had been promised free bottles of the energy drink – were injured in the push towards the barricade.

One fan stopped traffic as as he attempted a “shoey” with the energy drink on the road.

Can you tell the moment @LoganPaul and @KSI greeted fans outside @TheTodayShow …. Crazy scenes pic.twitter.com/MO5jI03cOg

— Marc Dodd (@marcdodd) February 12, 2023

Paul and KSI were taken to the studio’s balcony, where they greeted fans and threw bottles of Prime out to the crowd.

YouTuber Logan Paul stepped out onto the balcony, at the Today Show Studios in North Sydney. Photo: NCA Newswire

“We love you guys so much thanks for showing up,” said Paul.

Paul, who rose to notoriety in December 2017 after posting a video showing a dead body in Aokigahara forest in Japan, told Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo: “We met with some pretty feral fans. I’ve got to say.”