YouTube star PewDiePie in hot water over use of N-word

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YouTube’s most-watched blogger PewDiePie is in hot water again after using a racial slur while playing an online video game, just months after losing contracts over anti-Semitic remarks.

In a video clip available online since Sunday, the 27-year-old Swede, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, can be heard saying the word "nigger" in an expletive-laden tirade at his opponent.

PewDiePie is known for posting humorous clips and testing video games for his more than 57 million followers on YouTube, making him the site’s most watched blogger.

However, one game developer has said he was going to file a complaint to prevent Kjellberg from playing his games online.

PewDiePie has more than 57 million YouTube followers/‍photo by journalist Ole Gunnar Onsøien

“He’s worse than a closeted racist: he’s a propagator of despicable garbage that does real damage to the culture around this industry,” developer Sean Vanaman said in a tweet.

On Twitter, some users said that PewDiePie has “already been a racist memelord.”

Kjellberg, who has yet to comment on the affair, lost contracts in February with YouTube and Disney after he posted several videos reportedly containing anti-Semitic content.

And in September 2016, he was temporarily blocked on Twitter after making a joke about ISIL.

(Front pic: Felix Kjellberg, known by his YouTube name of PewDiePie./YouTube screen capture)

Source(s): AFP