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Logan Paul takes a break from the internet to 'reflect'

Logan Paul takes a break from the internet to 'reflect'

Vlogger Logan Paul announced on Twitter last night that he would be taking a break from YouTube. 

In what could be dubbed the worst haiku ever, the star posted on Twitter that he was taking some 'time to reflect' and that there wouldn't be a new vlog.

Paul - who has over 15 million YouTube subscribers - didn't specify how long the break would be. However, he did tell fans that he would 'see them soon'.

This comes after Paul's recent controversy, in which he came under fire from the internet for vlogging a dead body.

The video, which has since been deleted, was filmed in Japan’s Aokigahara, also known as "suicide forest" due to the high number of suicides that are committed within the area. Paul and his friends vlogged their experiences, including some gruesome shots of a deceased man hanging from a tree. 

Paul was immediately called out by an abundance of fellow YouTubers, calling the video 'disrespectful' and 'distasteful'. 

Paul initially apologised for the act with a written statement on his Twitter. He then later released a follow-up video with another attempt to apologise for his actions. 


Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.