KSI

In the video, Sidemen members played a game of Countdown. Given his letters, KSI put together a four-letter derogatory word for someone of Pakistani origin. “ ...

So I’ve decided I’m gonna just take a break from social media for a while.” I’m not perfect, I’m gonna mess up in life, and lately I’ve been messing up a lot. Less than an hour later, KSI posted on Twitter: “I wanna apologise for saying a racial slur in a recent Sidemen video.

The YouTuber says "there's no excuse" for the language and is taking a social media break.

"And I think that's worth noting, because again it just speaks of a normalisation of a certain type of racism." "The fact that it made it on to YouTube, many people watched that numerous times and said 'Yeah, that's fine'," the 27-year-old tells Newsbeat. "The fact that he just said it so calmly and casually, with his friends just laughing about it, I just find it so disgusting how they saw nothing wrong with that word. "The fact the incident was made light of on the show was wrong and compounded the hurt," they added. The video has since been deleted from The Sidemen's social media, and the group have been criticised for laughing after KSI said the slur. "There's no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn't have said it and I'm sorry,"

KSI has announced he is taking a break from social media after saying a racial slur in a recent YouTube video.The YouTuber-turned-boxer said the word.

"I’ve always said to my audience that they shouldn’t worship me or put me on a pedestal because I’m human. "So I’ve decided I’m gonna just take a break from social media for a while." KSI has announced he is taking a break from social media after apologising a racial slur in a recent YouTube video.

KSI said he would take a break from social media after using a racial slur in a Sidemen YouTube video based on the game show 'Countdown.'

Im not perfect, I’m gonna mess up in life, and lately I’ve been messing up a lot. There’s no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn’t have said it and I’m sorry,” he said. Bobby Friction, a BBC radio DJ, said: “I had this racial slur thrown at me & got physical beats by racists for my entire childhood.

The rapper, boxer, gamer and Youtube personality – whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji – made the comment in a video with his YouTube group, The Sidemen ...

“Treat women well, treat men well, treat everyone well, and just have the right attitude,” he continued. “There’s no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn’t have said it and I’m sorry,” he tweeted this morning (April 3). There’s no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn’t have said it and I’m sorry. [arrest back in December](https://www.nme.com/news/andrew-tate-reportedly-arrested-human-trafficking-greta-thunberg-rant-3372461), when the former Big Brother contestant faced charges of human trafficking. The footage saw him and his group play a challenge based on the Channel 4 show Countdown, where they tried to create words from randomly assorted letters. The footage has since been removed from YouTube.

British rapper and YouTuber KSI has apologized for using a derogatory term for Pakistani and Southeast Asian people in a recent video.

[said](https://twitter.com/bobbyfriction/status/1642653199403237376). “Genuinely upset that @KSI (a guy my children love) did this & thought it was funny. The backlash against KSI was widespread. While the other people on the show laughed, KSI continued, “I’m sorry, we need points. “Alright, look, we need points, and I don’t mean this maliciously,” he said before saying the slur (which was bleeped out in the broadcast). game show, Countdown, with the players tasked at one point with trying to form the longest word they could out of a random set of nine letters.

The 29-year-old internet personality said he was taking a break from social media as he had been “messing up a lot” of late. | ITV National News.

“We want to use our channels to promote positivity and great entertainment. We deeply regret this and would like to truly apologise. I know now though.” “I’ve always said to my audience that they shouldn’t worship me or put me on a pedestal because I’m human. After facing criticism, he tweeted: “I wanna apologise for saying a racial slur in a recent Sidemen video. He said he was “genuinely upset” that someone who his children “love” had used the slur and “thought it was funny”.

Jake Paul has blasted rival KSI following the Brit's grovelling apology after using a racial slur in a Sidemen Sunday video.

“Fake guy with fake apologies every other week,” Paul said in a quote tweet to KSI. [Jake Paul](/latest/jake-paul) has torn into YouTube and boxing rival KSI after the Brit was forced to apologise for using a racial slur in a Sidemen Sunday video. [boxing](/sport/boxing) rival Paul, who is the younger brother of Prime business partner Logan. I'm not perfect, I’m gonna mess up in life, and lately I’ve been messing up a lot. Many have been surprised the offensive term was even allowed to feature in the final edit, despite it being bleeped out. “We need points and I don't mean this maliciously,” KSI said.