PewDiePie excused publishing a meme when he “didn’t fully know about the situation.”
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PewDiePie excused publishing a meme that downplayed Demi Lovato’s hospitalization for a presumed drug overdose.
The YouTube star’s meme, which he published on Thursday, portrayed the Sorry Not Sorry vocalist asking her mom for cash to purchase a hamburger, then investing it on heroin.
Deleted meme. I didnt imply anything with it and I didnt completely understand about the scenario. I recognize now it was insensitive, sorry!
— ƿ૯ωძɿ૯ƿɿ૯ (@pewdiepie) July 26, 2018
“Deleted meme. I didn’t mean anything with it and I didn’t fully know about the situation,” he tweeted later on. “I realize now it was insensitive, sorry!”
The meme downplayed Demi Lovato’s dependency issues.
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Lovato was hurried to medical facility on Tuesday, however was steady and recuperating on Thursday, CNN reports.
PewDiePie’s meme, which was thought to have actually been a repost from another source, triggered a bad response from Lovato’s fans and fans of those struggling with dependency, BBC notes.
The YouTuber, whose genuine name is Felix Kjellberg, has actually been no complete stranger to debate because he ended up being understood for his video game commentaries and having the website’s most popular channel with more than 64.5 million customers.
He suffered reaction in 2017 after publishing anti-Semitic videos, losing handle Disney and YouTube After asking forgiveness, he published a video about killing Hitler in a computer game.
