PewDiePie: Fan favorite YouTuber's 5 most controversial moments so far
This age's most well-known online personality is probably Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg. He is nothing short of a legend online as the first YouTube creator to garner 100 million subscribers. But he did not arrive at 100 million without controversy.
After releasing a video in which he mocked a deaf woman using sign language, the YouTuber lately received a lot of backlash on social media. This article will review some of PewDiePie's most controversial moments in light of the latest situation that has Twitter in a tizzy.
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1. Antisemitism
Early in 2017, PewDiePie hired two individuals to carry an antisemitic placard that said, "Death to all Jews" for a YouTube video. He was exposed for his behavior by The Wall Street Journal, and the criticism he faced was enormous. It ultimately lost him his business relationship with Disney. Since then, the YouTuber has frequently been connected to the far-right neo-nazism. Even now, the internet is flooded with rumors and tales of white nationalists adopting his name.
2. N-word
In a 2017 PUBG live, PewDiePie made his most overt display of racism when he audibly used the n-word while attempting to kill an opponent. “What a f*****g n-word. Jeeze, oh my god. What the f**k. Sorry, but what the f**k,” he said.
The Swedish YouTuber yelled at the other player while struggling to hit someone from a distance and accidentally inserted an extremely offensive term into the insult. He quickly made an apologetic video in which he expressed sorry for failing his followers and the gaming industry.
3. ‘Subscribe to PewDiePie’
The shootings at the Christchurch mosque on March 15, 2019, were arguably the most contentious news ever connected to PewDiePie. 51 people were killed when a lone Islamophobe and white supremacist opened fire inside two different mosques. Before carrying out the horrific killings, the terrorist said, "Subscribe to PewDiePie."
The media jumped at the opportunity to draw attention to the artist, who was already notorious for employing Nazi symbols in his films. He voiced his outrage at the circumstance in a since-deleted tweet and said, “Just heard news of the devastating reports from New Zealand Christchurch. I feel absolutely sickened having my name uttered by this person. My heart and thoughts go out to the victims, families and everyone affected by this tragedy.”
4. Censorship in India and China
India and China are the two countries with whom PewDiePie has had the most conflict. In India, he ran the possibility of legal repercussions as a result of the well-known subscriber conflict between him and T-Series. Due to allegations of bigotry and slander, two of his diss recordings were and still are illegal in the nation.
However, China's censorship was motivated by political considerations. He displayed memes that compared Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh in a video, which is a source of political controversy. The 2019–20 Hong Kong demonstrations were also mentioned by the YouTuber in the clip.
5. Anti-Asian stereotyping
The YouTuber explained that his admirers from Asian nations like Malaysia and Singapore were "more like me" than their Western counterparts since they weren't as loud and "scream-ish," as the Asian fans were.
"If you go to countries like Malaysia and Singapore, people are very hectic and scream-ish and crazy, and they lose their minds when they see you... and then you look at countries like, when I go back to Sweden. People are more like me, more reserved, very polite and calm and just... I would say a lot nicer about it," he said.
He was charged with racism and stereotyping as a result of his statement and comparison. He eventually apologized, claiming that he was only comparing fan cultures and had not intended to harm anyone.