YouTube Star Jenna Marbles Quits Channel Following Blackface Backlash

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Liza Koshy, Jenna Marbles, Shane Dawson and more internet stars have issued apologies for their past racially insensitive content amid the Black Lives Matter movement.Koshy, for her part, made headlines in June 2020 when a since-deleted video with then-boyfriend David Dobrik resurfaced.

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Jenna Marbles is saying goodbye to the platform that made her a star. The 33-year-old YouTuber, whose real name is Jenna Mourey, announced on Thursday that she is stepping away from her channel after receiving backlash for wearing blackface and being racially insensitive in past videos.Marbles posted a lengthy video apologizing for her offensive videos, as well as explaining that she never meant to offend anyone.

Jenna Marbles is leaving YouTube.

Jenna Marbles, a longtime YouTube star, has announced that she's leaving the social media platform. The announcement came on Thursday in the form of an 11-minute video in which Marbles -- real name Mourey -- apologized for various videos that she'd made in the past.

called “A Message,” Mourey says, “I feel like we’re at a time where we are purging ourselves of anything and everything toxic.”She has over 20.2 million followers on the video-based platform.The videos in question, now made private by Mourey, were made from 2011-2012. In one, she dons blackface to impersonate rapper Nikki Minaj.

Jenna Marbles might be done with YouTube ‘forever!’ The beloved influencer, who has more than 20 million subscribers and has been on the platform for over a decade, shared a video earlier today in which she apologized for all of her offensive past videos. Furthermore, she also announced that she would no longer post on her channel, at least for a long time.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerIn an 11-minute video posted to her channel, Marbles apologized for past instances of slut-shaming and for doing a blackface video impersonating rapper Nicki Minaj.“I get it. We’re at a time where we are purging ourselves of anything and everything toxic … I’ve definitely done things in the past that weren’t great.

Jenna Marbles (real name Jenna Nicole Mourey) revealed she needs a break from the channel after taking ownership for her past racist or hurtful videos.“I get it,” Marbles, 33, began her video message on YouTube on Thursday, June 25.

Jenna Marbles, one of YouTube’s foremothers, quit the video platform. The 33-year-old famous YouTuber sent shockwaves across the Internet after announcing her departure in what may just be her last ever YouTube video, shared on June 25.