NYC sword swallower goes viral for video of what inside of her throat looks like while performing

This video is cutting edge.

NYC beard swallower Gin Minsky went viral aft filming a video of what it looks for illustration erstwhile she shoves an 18-inch leaf down her throat.

The shocking Instagram clip — which was taken astatine Columbia University Medical Center successful Midtown East — shows nan beard moving over her larynx and into her esophagus — and has already racked up complete half a cardinal views.

Comments scope from “so gross and truthful wholly awesome” to “epic” and “educational.”

“Omg really did she conscionable enactment live and truthful calm? I almost dropped to nan floor,” 1 marveled.

“My encephalon couldn’t fathom capable composure to witnesser that,” different added.

Minsky, a Bed-Stuy resident who’s been practicing nan audacious creation shape for adjacent to a decade, hopes nan video proves to skeptics that her enactment is, successful fact, real.

“I was conscionable performing this weekend, and I could spot a female successful nan assemblage that was going to her hubby [about nan sword], ‘It collapses!'” she told The Post.

The video is portion of Columbia’s Center for Voice and Swallowing‘s caller acquisition bid wherever doctors and speech-language pathologists analyse nan throats of professionals for illustration a trumpet player and flutist by placing a scope successful their chemoreceptor pinch a high-definition camera astatine nan tip.

“This allows america to spot and grounds nan full pharynx and larynx [voice box], areas we cannot spot erstwhile looking done nan mouth,” said Dr. Michael Pitman, nan main of nan section of laryngology astatine Columbia, who performed nan process connected Minsky, called a laryngoscopy.

“We tin spot these structures successful precocious item and besides watch them successful action arsenic group speak, singing and swallow.”

Gin Minsky has been swallowing swords since 2017. J.C. Rice

Holly Reckers, nan speech-language pathologist astatine Columbia who filmed nan clip, said she was amazed by Minsky, who was “so calm” passim nan daring feat.

“I watch nan usability of people’s voices and swallows each nan time, truthful erstwhile you deliberation astir beard swallowing, it makes consciousness what’s happening, but to really spot it hap is mind-blowing,” she said.

Minsky, who’s besides a burlesque performer and pat dancer, was trained successful nan creation of beard swallowing successful 2017 by Todd Robbins, “an old-school sideshow guy” connected Coney Island.

“I went complete his location and that time he taught maine technique, due caput position and each that. He made maine do it 7 times a day, each day,” she explained.

“You person 3 gag reflexes, 1 astatine nan backmost of your mouth, 1 astatine nan bottommost of your pharynx and 1 astatine nan opening to your stomach. So you person to flooded each 3 parts. It took maine a twelvemonth of training.”

Columbia’s Center for Voice and Swallowing reached retired to Minsky, pictured present pinch Dr. Michael Pitman and speech-language pathologist Holly Reckers, to movie nan video. Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Sword swallowing is only practiced by “a mates 1000 group successful nan world,” said Minsky, who performs astatine places for illustration Duane Park, a supper nine successful NoHo, and Bathtub Gin, a 1920s-themed speakeasy successful Chelsea.

Minsky has ne'er been injured by performing nan scary stunt, but has had immoderate uncomfortable moments if she eats thing spicy correct earlier performing.

“Just because my beard goes into my stomach, it pulls up immoderate of that tummy acid. So I will propulsion up immoderate of my nutrient sometimes. So thing spicy you tin consciousness that pain conscionable successful your esophagus. It’s not nice.”