Immediate critique from his fans and anti-fans cause Logan Paul to take down the video within hours of upload.
Following this, Paul uploaded two notes and an apology video to his Twitter, as well as a duplicate apology video to his YouTube account.
These apologies generally struck the audiences as disingenuous, warranting responses like, “He filmed it. Edited it. Uploaded it. Optimized it.
Put a body in the thumb nail. He did this on purpose.” on Twitter (#MrNobody, 2018) and “Apologies not accept” on YouTube (Tout Alzyak, 2018). Following these posts, Paul was primarily silent on social media until his suicide prevention media push.
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YouTube star Logan Paul has always been in the headlines for one thing or another. Most recently, he has claimed the spotlight for his boxing career, in which he will next face the legend of the sport Floyd Mayweather on February 20 in an exhibition.
I want to apologize to the internet. I want to apologize to anyone who has seen the video. I want to apologize to anyone who has been affected or touched by mental illness, or depression, or suicide. But most importantly I want to apologize to the victim and his family.