Famous Youtuber PewDiePie apologizes after mocking TikTok creator who is deaf in the video
On Tuesday, the 32-year-old Famous Youtuber PewDiePie with 111 million Youtube subscribers posted a video on his channel titled “My Dog Cringes at TikToks” in which he shared his reaction to several videos he found “cringe.”
Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie also included a clip from one of Scarlet May’s recent videos who is a Deaf TikTok star although the footage has since been deleted from the YouTuber’s post. May, who has 6.2 million on TikTok, utilizes both English and American Sign Language in her videos.
According to NBC News In the since-deleted portion of the Youtube video, PewDiePie shared “a story time” video May posted on July 18 in which she recounted an experience she had at a drive-thru while sporting one of her trademark manicures.
PewDiePie commented after starting to watch the video, “I’m not listening to this,” and then continued saying to his dog, “Look, she has your crazy nails, Maya,” before appearing to imitate sign language in the video. “Sorry, are my nails distracting you guys?” he said.
However, the Youtuber was quick to respond and apologized that it was an honest mistake and this is what he wrote on the comment of his YouTube video and pinned it as well.
“Hey, just to clear a few things up: I edited out the clip with the girl that has the long nails. Had no clue she was deaf but kinda dumb of me to not realize… Still watching through the clip I only poked fun at her long nails. The voice I did for my dog is the same voice I’ve given her for years. (edit: ..and making my dog’s paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on TikTok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video). Anyway honest mistake, my bad”.
Netizens were quick to react to PewDiePie after he made fun of the deaf TikTok creator
As soon as Felix mocked the deaf TikTok creator on the Youtube video, several Youtube viewers came pouring in with their criticism in the comments section.
These are some of the comments:
“Woman with the nails wasn’t trying to be extra, she was signing because she is deaf,” one person wrote, while another added, “So a deaf person signing is considered ‘TikTok cringe’ now. Wtf.”
“Making fun of the deaf community isn’t a joke… you let us down with that one pewds,” another social media user wrote, according to NBC News.
However many came to Youtuber’s defence as well as they believed that he was unaware that she was deaf and was just making fun of her nails.
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