PewDiePie comes again under fire after using the “n-word” during an online broadcast.
The world’s highest-paid YouTube star – real name Felix Kjellberg – could be heard using the racial slur while he was playing a video game during a live streaming.
After using the term PewDiePie appeared to recognize his error, saying: “I don’t mean that in a bad way.”
The 27-year-old Swede, who has more than 57 million subscribers, previously had to defend himself over anti-Semitism allegations.
On another occasion, PewDiePie was suspended from Twitter for ISIS jokes.
He amassed his following by posting recordings of himself playing video games and providing commentary.
In February, some of PewDiePie’s videos were found to contain Nazi references or anti-Semitic imagery, which resulted in Disney cutting ties with him.
The gamer is reported to have made $15 million through YouTube in 2016 – he gets billions of views per month and generates vast amounts of income from advertising.
PewDiePie had been associated with Disney via Maker Studios, a company with a network of YouTube stars.
In February, Disney said that while PewDiePie had a reputation for being provocative and irreverent, some of the videos he made were “inappropriate”.
In one of the controversial videos, he paid two people through a crowd-sourcing website to hold up a sign which read “Death to all Jews”.
He accepted the material was offensive, but said he did not support “any kind of hateful attitudes”.
PewDiePie said that the anti-Semitism claims were “insane” and “unfair”, adding: “I am sorry for the words I used as I know they offended people.”
The row led to YouTube canceling the release of his new series, Scare PewDiePie 2.
In a new YouTube video, PewDiePie has rejected allegations of anti-Semitism claims made by Disney.
The world’s highest paid YouTube star said the allegations – which resulted in Disney cutting ties with him – were “insane” and “unfair”.
PewDiePie said any offensive comments he had made were taken out of context and that he had been “blatantly misrepresented”.
Some of the Swede’s videos in the past few months were found to contain Nazi references or anti-Semitic imagery.
Image source Wikimedia
PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, said in his YouTube video: “I am sorry for the words I used as I know they offended people.
“I do strongly believe that you can joke about anything, but I also believe that there is a right way and not the best way to joke about things.”
PewDiePie said that as a “rookie comedian” he could take jokes too far.
The YouTube star insisted that he did not support right-wing groups that advocated hatred and that recent articles highlighting his alleged anti-Semitism by newspapers including the Wall Street Journal were personal attacks and attempts to discredit him.
He is reported to have made $15 million through YouTube in 2016.
PewDiePie has been associated with Disney via Maker Studios, a company with a network of YouTube stars. He has drawn several billions of views per month and generated vast amounts of income from advertising.
On February 14, Disney said that while Felix Kjellberg had a reputation for being provocative and irreverent, some of the videos he made were “inappropriate”.
In one of the controversial videos, PewDiePie paid two Indians through a crowd-sourcing website to hold up a sign which read “Death to all Jews”.
In his response to the criticism, PewDiePie said he was trying to show how people “would say anything for $5”.
In other videos the YouTuber also showed swastikas drawn by a fan, played the Nazi Party anthem and did a brief Hitler salute – all of which he says was done as a joke and taken out of context.
PewDiePie said that he had been accused of “normalizing hatred” in the jokes, whereas in fact it was his media critics who were doing this by their unfair attacks on him.
YouTube itself said earlier that it had canceled the release of Felix Kjellberg’s new series Scare PewDiePie 2, and had dropped him from its Google Preferred scheme, which highlights advertiser-friendly content creators.
In 2016, PewDiePie was temporarily suspended from Twitter after making jokes about ISIS.
Disney has decided to cut ties with PewDiePie over allegations of anti-Semitism.
PewDiePie is the world’s highest paid YouTube star.
The decision came after several videos PewDiePie released over the past few months were found to contain Nazi references or anti-Semitic imagery.
PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, accepted the material was offensive, but said he did not support “any kind of hateful attitudes”.
He is reported to have made $15 million through YouTube in 2016.
Image source Wikimedia
The 27-year-old Swede has been associated with Disney via Maker Studios, a company with a network of YouTube stars, drawing several billions of views per month – generating vast income from advertising.
Maker Studios said: “Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate.”
In one of the controversial videos, Felix Kjellberg paid two Indians through a crowd-sourcing website to hold up a sign which read “Death to all Jews”.
In a response to the criticism, PewDiePie said he was “trying to show how crazy the modern world is, specifically some of the services available online” and that people “would say anything for five dollars”.
PewDiePie said it was “laughable” to suggest he endorsed that message but added that “though this was not my intention, I understand that these jokes were ultimately offensive”.
In other videos PewDiePie also showed swastikas drawn by a fan, played the Nazi Party anthem and did a brief Hitler salute – all of which he says was done as a joke.
In 2016, PewDiePie was temporarily suspended from Twitter after making jokes about ISIS.
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