KSI has apologised after using a racial slur in a YouTube video.
The YouTuber turned boxer, who's real name is JJ Olatunji, appeared in a video on the Sidemen YouTube channel, which he's been part of since the group formed in 2013. The group were playing a Countdown-themed gameshow in the video when KSI used the available letters to spell out 'p***'.
The other Sidemen can be seen giggling in the video, but it didn't take long after it was uploaded for fans to take to Twitter to express their outrage. The clip can no longer be viewed after being made private following the uproar.
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KSI apologised for the video shortly after. In a tweet, he said: "I wanna apologise for saying a racial slur in a recent Sidemen video.
"There's no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn't have said it and I'm sorry. I've always said to my audience that they shouldn't worship me or put me on a pedestal because I'm human.
"I'm not perfect, I'm going to mess up in life, and lately I've been messing up a lot. So I've decided I'm going to just take a break from social media for a while."
Several people complained on social media when the video was first released. One person said: "I had this racial slur thrown at me & got physical beats by racists for my entire childhood. Genuinely upset that @KSI (a guy my children love) did this & thought it was funny. The rest of them laughing can go f*** themselves too. People dehumanising brown people like it normal."
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