Popular YouTuber Dream has announced he is going back to wearing his iconic white, smiley cartoon mask following comments from trolls over his looks. The Minecraft gamer, who boasts of 31.6 million subscribers on YouTube, updated fans of his decision over the weekend after first revealing his face late last year.
For many years, the 23-year-old kept his identity hidden, only ever being seen wearing his mask. When the YouTuber finally took off the mask in October, he gripped the internet by sharing his true self as millions tuned in to watch remove his disguise.
However, as handsome as many said Dream looks, there were numerous trolls who were mean about his appearance. In the comment section, plenty posted negative remarks and sadly made fun of him, with the video being downvoted by thousands.
In Dream's latest video - whose real name is Clay - he told viewers he would be putting his mask back on, seemingly for the foreseeable future, and has now deleted the face reveal video. He added that he has ordered a new version of his cartoon mask that he can comfortably wear out and about in public.
Since uploading the video, it has now been watched more than 4.3 million times and is currently number 32 on the list of trending videos on YouTube. Although the majority of the video focuses on his friends jokingly suggesting how he's 'so ugly' that it is causing them to lose money, Dream does say he is indeed going back to wearing a mask all the time.
His face can still be found via Google searches, but it seems that in his future videos, he will be keeping his mask on. In the description of the video, titled "Bye, from Dream", he writes: "I deleted my face reveal, and this is why.
"After face revealing and removing my mask, I regretted the attention and hate, and am walking it back." He continued: "I will slowly be deleting all pictures of me online, and going back to just being a gamer in a mask.
"Starting with my Mr Beast Video, and my Face Reveal video, 'hi, I'm Dream'. I will be walking it back. I will be getting rid of everything other than my new mask. The same company that made the spider man mask, batman mask, and many other superheroes, made me a mask so that I can be Dream all of the time. Hide my identity, even if public, at McDonalds, or any place I need to go.
"Thank you all from the bottom of my heart to those that supported me, even though I am ugly. I appreciate you all more than you could ever know, and I will be working on my face while I'm masked again."
