![]() He's the type of man who pretends he's not scared of things because he's old school, but Stevie's actually scared of everything." "I like doing them because Stevie gets so scared. I'll watch two acrobats do front cartwheels with each other, I'll come down and be like 'we're doing this.' We take hours at them. We have similar personalities, except he's a lot grumpier than me. Me and him have always loved just annoying each other. Stevie and Dylan have always been close to each other, due to their similarities and the fact that they're always carrying on.Īnd this carries over into their videos, where they often recreate couples challenges and recreate famous scenes from movies.ĭylan added: "Stevie's kids don't like it because I get away with a lot more than they would. That hit home for me as I realised it could probably relate to my mum, who is a single parent and my youngest brother who has autism." For us, it's just us carrying on, that's normal to us. That one hit home for me because we don't realise that's exactly what people see it as. "Then she got her son out of the car, and he got photos and all. "I was up in Junction One and there was a lady who got out of her car at McDonalds and told me that through lockdown, because she couldn't get out, she's a single parent, her son has autism, she was very depressed, but found our videos and each day she looked forward to watching them. We didn't expect that reaction, we expected people to go 'look at these headers.' "By us two just doing what we do, the comments we get are great - people who are saying they've maybe had a bad day, or are going through something, and somehow us two clowns make them laugh. That's people in the likes of Antrim and Belfast - it's madness. "With lockdown, we stayed at home and didn't really go anywhere, but over the past few months we've started to go to places and people just come up to you talking about the videos. Meet the TikToker recommending amazing restaurants across NI.Co Tyrone dietician using TikTok to spread positivity and help others open up on mental health.Anyone who knows me, knows I'm always up to something, and everyone who knows Stevie knows that's just his normal reaction - he's just a grumpy old fart really. Starting out just to have a bit of craic with each other, the pair weren't expecting their videos would be a release for many.ĭylan said: "When we started off, there were people watching the videos who knew us in person. ![]() ![]() From that, it just started to grow, and switched focus to that."ĭylan, who currently works in retail but is hoping to be able to make content full-time in the future, said a big surprise has been the reaction to videos they've received. "We did one TikTok before - I shaved down the middle of my head as a dare me and Stevie did between each other, and I did a dance with his reaction behind me. The pair try showjumping in their first YouTube video of 2022 (Image: Submitted) "Our YouTube was going well for about six months, especially around Larne everybody was watching us, but it wasn't going as good as I want. I just thought, instead of trying to come up with different things to do, why don't we just do what we normally do? "Me and Stevie just love taking the hat out of each other. "In our house, what you see on camera is normally what goes on, and there's a lot more we don't even video," Dylan added. Speaking to Belfast Live, the 25-year-old said it's "unbelievable" how quickly their TikTok page has grown. However, after his brother took on a job as a personal trainer, Dylan wanted to continue making content. The pair, who are on on TikTok, have gained 160,000 followers and over two million likes on the popular video sharing app in a short period of time.īut their journey initially started out on YouTube, with Dylan making prank videos alongside his brother, Connor. Over the past year, Larne man Dylan Kleyn and his uncle Stevie have been doing everything from couples challenges, movie recreations, and pranks - and filming them for the world to see. ![]() A Co Antrim uncle and nephew team have been taking TikTok by storm with their unique brand of light-hearted videos. ![]()
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