N3on is going viral for all the wrong reasons after a lie detector test on his YouTube channel appeared to expose him when he was asked a question about Black people.
The video, posted Tuesday and featuring Tekashi 6ix9ine, Adin Ross, Antonio Brown, and comedian/rapper BenDaDonnn, shows N3on strapped into a polygraph machine while his friends fire off questions.
Things started light, with Adin asking, “Are you an Indian?” to which N3on replied, “Yes,” and the machine registered no issues.
But the tone shifted when BenDaDonnn, who is Black, stood up and asked, “Do you not like Black people?” N3on quickly answered, “I love ’em.”
Adin stepped in and reminded him that answers must be “yes or no” for the test to work, so he repeated the question, “Do you like Black people?”
This time, N3on answered, “Yes,” but the polygraph examiner immediately gave a huge thumbs-down, signaling that the machine had detected a lie, which instantly panicked N3on.
“No! That looks so bad!” he yelled as everyone around him burst into laughter, even the usually stoic polygraph tester cracked a smile. BenDaDonnn grabbed his belongings and joked, “N3on, I knew I should have been whipped your ass."
As the American Psychological Association notes, polygraph tests are not an accurate method of detecting deception, and there is "little basis for [their] validity."
The video also raised eyebrows because former NFL star Antonio Brown was present during filming. It’s unclear when the lie detector test was recorded, but Brown is currently facing up to 30 years in prison on an attempted murder charge. He pleaded not guilty and was released last week on a $25,000 bond.
