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YouTuber PewDiePie has actually called out other content developers for “destroying Japan” in a video published on Thursday.
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PewDiePie, whose genuine name is Felix Kjellberg — and has 111 million customers on the platform — explained other YouTubers as being “obnoxious” in his video.
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While the Swedish material developer did not point out names, clips from Somali American developer JohnnySomali and Cypriot developer Fifi “Fidias” Panayiotou were played in his video.
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PewDiePie moved to Japan with his partner Marzia in Might 2022 and invited their boy Björn on July 11, 2023.
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Trending on NextShark: PewDiePie calls out ‘obnoxious’ YouTubers for ‘destroying Japan’
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JohnnySomali, whose genuine name is Ismael Ramsey Khalid, increased to infamy in Might 2023 over intriguing videos recorded in Tokyo. He was detained in September for trespassing and charged with “forcible blockage of service” for a different event at a gyudon chain in Osaka.
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Fidias, on the other hand, triggered outrage for fare evasion while taking part in a $10,000 race for a video in October.
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PewDiePie, who has actually formerly dealt with numerous allegations of bigotry and antisemitism, connected the increase of “nuisance-style YouTubers” to Logan Paul’s 2017 event in Japan’s Aokigahara Forest, likewise referred to as “Suicide Forest.”
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Aside from foreign YouTubers, PewDiePie highlighted comparable habits by regional material developers, consisting of a group who put a bed in the middle of Shibuya crossing in Tokyo in 2019 and the “sushi terrorism” phenomenon.
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“It is actually discouraging, since for a great deal of individuals, Japan is an escape from this bad habits that’s carried out in public a great deal of times. Japan is, usually, viewed as more courteous, and for that reason, individuals wish to secure that,” he stated.
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Khalid, who is presently in Israel, reacted to PewDiePie’s video in an X thread, calling the Swedish YouTuber a “hypocrite,” threatening him with a suit and implicating him of bigotry and antisemitism. “See you in court FELIX,” he kept in mind.
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Khalid likewise stated he has actually not been prohibited in Japan which he “can and will return in the future.”
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