KSI has landed in hot waters after recent controversy over a racial slur in the new Sidemen video, and Jake Paul has publicly slammed the British boxer and media personality for offending the South Asian community. Calling the apology fake, Paul went on to criticize KSI for not taking things seriously and asked him to do more than take a break from social media to train for the upcoming Misfits Boxing Series. The former tweeted:
Jake Paul also pointed out that he should meet with activists and do a charitable drive aimed at benefitting British South Asians rather than apologize before labeling the Sidemen member a "pr*ck" for using such language at the age of 30.
The problem child also promised to knock him out at their next match "on behalf of all South Asians":
In a recent YouTube video for Sidemen where the group was playing a game show, the YouTube star turned boxer KSI said the word "Paki" which has ruffled quite a few feathers on the internet. British actor and media personality Ghulam "Guz" Khan called the YouTuber an immature fool for using such language and laughing about it.
The video was taken down from YouTube as apologies from both Sidemen and the YouTuber sparked outrage on social media. Both their statements accepted full responsibility for using the racial slur in the video and promised to do better in the future.
Here's a relevant part of Sidemen's press release:
Here is KSI's tweet that Jake Paul and others have responded to:
Similar to his group, he also apologized to the community and accepted his wrongdoing, and went further, saying his audience should not worship him before announcing a break from social media:
Twitter had a mixed reaction to the tweet, calling out the racial slur, with some pointing out
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