The controversy, which generated enormous backlash, grew his channel by more than 80,000 subscribers in just a week.
Paul uploaded the video on December 31st showing a man who had recently hung himself with the title “We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest….”
In the video he films close ups of the man’s body and hands. About 48 hours after posting the video Paul removed it and issued his first apology in which he included emoji and a hashtag.
Top stars in the YouTube community condemned Paul’s behavior.
“I’m truly sickened by this logan paul situation. i lost my brother to suicide… my brother took his own life by hanging himself… how insensitive and sick can you be to film someone in that state,” said YouTuber Corinna Kopf.
“Dear Logan Paul, How dare you! You disgust me. I can’t believe that so many young people look up to you,” actor Aaron Paul (no relation) tweeted. “So sad. Hopefully this latest video woke them up. You are pure trash. Plain and simple. Suicide is not a joke. Go rot in hell.”
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