CREDIT: OLIVIA DRAKE
Fanshawe students left in awe after Stevie Starr swallows a goldfish and regurgitated it alive and well.

Stevie Starr, widely known as the Professional Regurgitator, left the students at Fanshawe College in awe with his performance.

Stevie Starr performed at Fanshawe on March 3 in Forwell Hall. Performing all his popular acts that made him a finalist at America’s Got Talent, he gave a complete roller coaster ride experience, from fear, to thrill, to entertainment.

“When I was four, I used to swallow my pocket money and bring it back up,” Starr said.

Starting from Britain’s Got Talent, Starr has done several other talent shows like France’s Got Talent, Italy’s Got Talent, Germany’s Got Talent and Czech Republic’s Got Talent. He was then invited to America’s Got Talent since they wanted something different among the participants.

“This is all I know. I have never had any other job. And I love this,” Starr said.

Being a popular entertainer, Starr gets to travel all around the world to perform. He has been part of a lot of troll shows where he performs in front of unsuspecting audience to freak them out, and their expressions are recorded on camera.

“Once, I went to a hospital, and met with the nurse. I told her, my stomach is in pain. She got worried looking at my reaction and thought I might have appendicitis. I assured her, that’s not it, and asked her for a glass of water. As soon as she gave it to me, I had a couple of sips, and brought up 10 baby gold fishes, which I had swallowed earlier. They were all alive. I did that, thanked her for help and left. She was so shocked and freaked out completely. I love freaking people out like that,” Starr said.

Stevie has been coming to Fanshawe for over 20 years now to entertain students. He manages to completely catch them off guard with his quick wit, charm and absolute spontaneity.

“It is not a trick. It’s 100 per cent internal body control. I know where to put what when I swallow it. For example, sugar, smoke and gas goes into [my] oesophagus. I can open and close it as per my will, but fish go in at a different place. I can swallow a fish, eat a meal and then bring up the fish while keeping the meal inside and the fish will still be alive,” Starr said.

Leaving all of us to feel lucky to have been able to see something so unusual in life, Starr bid farewell to Fanshawe students with a warning to never try doing what he does.