YouTuber PewDiePie Gets Called Out After Fans Say He Mocked A Deaf TikTok Star!
28.07.2022 - 19:27
/ perezhilton.com
PewDiePie is getting a lot of (well-deserved) criticism for this!
The Swedish YouTube star took to his social media outlet of choice on Tuesday to publish an 11-minute-long video of himself and his pet pug reacting to TikTok videos. But the vlogger, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, went a little too far with one of his cringe call-outs. He even back-tracked and tried to wipe the offending clip from his video — but not before fans caught him doing it!
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So this all started on Tuesday. PewDiePie posted the first version of this now-altered video to his YT account (below):
Among the many TikTok clips he reacted to in the vid was one from a popular social media star named Scarlet May.
In her clip, Scarlet — who is deaf — re-tells a story from when she ordered fast food while using American Sign Language to communicate. In the original TikTok story, which was first posted earlier this month, May recounts how the fast food employee taking the order surprised her by communicating with ASL:
Very unexpected!
For whatever reason, PewDiePie decided to include that well-meaning story in his round-up clip. And after just a few seconds of watching and reacting, the YouTuber evidently had enough. With his pug on his lap, PewDiePie said:
Even worse, the popular vlogger then appeared to use his dog to MOCK Scarlet!!
He picked up the pug’s front paws and wisecracked in a funny voice about how the dog has “the same crazy nails” as May. From there, he used the dog’s paws to appear to mock May’s ASL hand movements, as well. The Swedish star must have known what he was doing was wrong because he deleted the offending clip from his upload.