Viral Video Stars is a biweekly series where we hunt down viral icons. What’s it like to be famous? What have they been up to? We catch up with them to find out all about life after viral fame.
Bancho the Matrep has racked up more than a million views on YouTube, and yet no one has really seen his full face online.
Type his name into Google search and the second result suggests “bancho the matrep real face”, adding to this mystery.
In all his entertaining yet sometimes controversial videos, where he acts out his matrep character in English and a smattering of colloquial Malay, he is seen in his trademark snazzy, white-rimmed Kanye West-esque sunglasses.
There are even rumours spread by his detractors suggesting that he is cross-eyed or has only one eye.
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