Franklin's Voice Actor Pops Up In Kai Cenat's GTA 5 Stream, Two Months After Vowing Never To Stream With Him Again

Kai Cenat reacts after Shawn Fonteno joins his chat.© YouTube/@Kai Cenat Live

Kai Cenat got a surprise visitor while playing GTA 5. Shawn "Solo" Fonteno, the actor who voiced Franklin, showed up in his chat in the middle of the marathon, and Kai lost it."Yo, Solo! W Solo!" he shouted. "Franklin is watching, y'all." For most fans it was a fun crossover. For others, it was a little confusing. Just two months ago, Fonteno said he would never stream with Kai again.

FRANKLIN FROM GTA 5 PULLED UP IN KAI STREAM ???????? https://t.co/VhLXFOgR8n

— AMP (@AMPexclusive) November 10, 2026

Kai Cenat spots Franklin in his chat

Kai could barely contain himself. He kept stopping mid-sentence to tell his viewers who had just shown up."Hold on, hold on, hold on," he said. "I got a VIP."

He even made Fonteno a promise."I'm gonna switch back to you, don't worry, don't worry," he said, meaning he'd go back to playing as Franklin. Then he gave him some love. "I like that outfit," Kai said. "Appreciate you, OG."

The timing could not have been better. Kai is on GTA 5, the last game of his marathon before GTA 6 drops on November 19. And Franklin is one of the game's three main characters.

What happened between Kai Cenat and Shawn Fonteno

The two have history. Fonteno joined Kai during Mafiathon 2 in 2024 and showed him around his neighborhood in Los Angeles. On that stream, Kai promised a young fan from a struggling family that he would get him a motorbike. Fonteno has also brought his cousin Young Maylay, the voice of CJ, onto Kai's streams.

In September, Fonteno said on the Dope As Usual podcast that the bike never came. He said he kept reaching out to Kai's team and got ignored."I'll never do another stream with him again," he said at the time.

A day later, he walked it back a bit. In an Instagram comment, Fonteno said he had spoken to Kai, that it was"a honest mistake" and that it had been fixed. That's why plenty of fans did a double take. "Didn't Franklin say he doesn't FW Kai last time," one asked. Another wanted to know, "So he ain't mad about that kids bike no more?" Others cleared it up quickly. "Yes Kai and Franklin had a misunderstanding but they were able to communicate and fix it and are cool now," one wrote. Most were just happy to see it. "Glad they made up," another said.