PewDiePie Gets Police Visit After Buying Item Off Wish
Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has commanded an incredible level of popularity over the years, making him a veteran powerhouse in the YouTube field. Since 2010, he's taken his YouTube career in a wide variety of directions, some of these avenues more controversial than others. Now, PewDiePie has reported in a recent video that he got a police visit after buying a certain item off Wish.
Wish is an online retailer that offers a wide array of items in its digital storefront, although not all items will necessarily be as advertised when they arrive. After taking a break from YouTube in January, PewDiePie returned with a 16-minute-long video titled «I bought forbidden Wish Items (Cops Came To My House Big Oopsie).»
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In the video, PewDiePie shares an anecdote connected to this recent Wish haul and his affinity for balisongs--also known as butterfly knives. For context, PewDiePie has often been caught playing around with a balisong on stream as an improvised fidget toy. This is far from PewDiePie's most controversial decision, but it may have gotten him attention from law enforcement after he decided to buy another balisong off Wish. At least one forbidden Wish item mentioned in the title of his recent video refers to this balisong, which he does appear to have successfully purchased.
According to PewDiePie, the balisong turned out to be an illegal online transaction, and he was visited by the police. This happened despite the fact that balisongs are not prohibited from being sold on the Wish site. PewDiePie was the first YouTuber to reach 110 million subscribers, but his popularity didn't stop him from seemingly receiving a warning from the police. He reported in the
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