KSI Uses Racial Slur In New Video, Announces Social Media Break
thegamer.comYouTuber KSI is being roundly criticised after saying a racial slur in a recent video. As he faced a justifiable backlash for his use of the word, the YouTuber apologised and announced he is taking a break from social media.
In a video for the Sidemen YouTube channel, KSI was playing a game based on Countdown where his team competed in trying to form the longest possible word using nine letters. KSI gave "P***" as his word. Other players are seen laughing in response in the video. The P-word is well known in the UK as a slur that has been used as racist abuse against people of South Asian heritagey. The video has since been removed from the Sidemen YouTube channel.
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On social media, many expressed concern at KSI's use of the slur. "Been a KSI fan for the longest but so weird for him to say 'p***' in the latest Sidemen vid even if they bleeped it & it was 'in jest' for content", said writer Umir, on Twitter. "Other racial slurs wouldn't be used as punchlines for YouTube gameshows. Just makes light of the word + certain people's experience".
KSI apologised today for saying the slur. "I wanna apologise for saying a racial slur in a recent Sidemen video", he posted on his Twitter account. "There's no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn't have said it and I'm sorry".
"I’ve always said to my audience that they shouldn’t worship me or put me on a pedestal because I’m human. Im not perfect, I’m gonna mess up in life, and lately I’ve been messing up a lot." KSI ended his tweet by announcing that he is taking a break from social media.
The British YouTuber came up making gaming videos, while in recent years he has made a name for himself as a rapper and boxer,
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