YouTube star Logan Paul has been forced to apologize after he was slammed for posting a sick video from Japan’s ‘suicide forest’ that appeared to show a person who had hanged himself from a tree.
Logan posted the 15 minute clip on Sunday that showed him and a few friends walking through a forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji.
‘Did we just find a dead person in the suicide forest hanging?’ Logan asked a man, who appeared to be guiding them through the forest, at the start of the shocking video.
YouTube star Logan Paul (pictured during the video) has been forced to apologize after he was slammed for posting a sick video from Japan’s ‘suicide forest’ that appeared to show a person who had hanged himself from a tree
Logan posted the 15 minute clip on Sunday that showed him and a few friends walking through a forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji. Pictured is the man who appeared to have hung himself from a tree in the forest
‘Did we just find a dead person in the suicide forest hanging?’ Logan asked a man, who appeared to be guiding them through the forest, in the shocking video
The clip then cut to the man’s body dangling from a tree as Logan zoomed in with his camera.
‘Yo, are you alive? Are you f**king with us?’ Logan is heard yelling at the motionless man.
‘A lot of things going through my mind. This is a first for me,’ Logan said, before asking someone to call the police.
Logan then films closer to the man’s body, noting that his hands are purple and speculating that the man probably killed himself that same day.
He then apologized to his fans, saying: ‘I’m so sorry about this. This was supposed to be a fun vlog.’
Logan went on to say that ‘suicide is not a joke. Depression and mental illnesses are not a joke’.
But toward the end of the clip, one of Logan’s friends is heard saying, ‘I don’t feel good.’ Logan then replied: ‘What you’ve never stood next to a dead guy?’
He then started laughing before saying that the whole vlog was supposed to be a joke
The YouTube star claimed that he and his crew visited the forest with an intent to focus on the ‘haunted aspect’ of the forest.
But toward the end of the clip, one of Logan’s friends is heard saying, ‘I don’t feel good.’
Logan then replied: ‘What you’ve never stood next to a dead guy?’
He then started laughing before saying that the whole vlog was supposed to be a joke.
But quite frankly, suicide is not a joke.
And Logan’s disgustingly sick video received so much backlash online that he deleted the post.
Breaking Bad star, Aaron Paul, called Logan ‘pure trash’ before telling him to ‘go rot in hell’.
He was followed by Game of Thrones star, Sophie Turner, who called Logan an ‘idiot’ who doesn’t ‘deserve the success’ he has.
YouTuber Corinna Kopf also lashed out at Logan for his ‘insensitive’ video.
‘I lost my brother to suicide,’ Kopf tweeted.
But quite frankly, suicide is not a joke. And Logan’s disgustingly sick video received so much backlash online that he deleted the post. Breaking Bad star, Aaron Paul, called Logan ‘pure trash’ before telling him to ‘go rot in hell’
After all of the backlash, Logan later apologized for his actions, saying that he’s ‘sorry’ and he’s never ‘faced criticism like this before, because I’ve never made a mistake like this before’.
‘I’m surrounded by good people and believe I make good decisions, but I’m still a human being. I can be wrong,’ Logan said in his statement.
Logan claimed in his apology that he ‘didn’t do it for views’ because he already gets views.
‘I did it because I thought I could make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity… I intended to raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention and while I thought “if this video saves just ONE life, it’ll be worth it,” I was misguided by shock and awe, as portrayed in the video.’
The apology continued with: ‘I do this sh*t every day. I’ve made a 15 minute TV show EVERY SINGLE DAY for the past 460+ days. One may understand that it’s easy to get caught up in the moment without fully weighing the possible ramifications.’
Actually, many folks didn’t understand how easy it was to get caught up in the moment while filming a man who had just committed suicide.
After all of the backlash, Logan later apologized for his actions, saying that he’s ‘sorry’ and he’s never ‘faced criticism like this before, because I’ve never made a mistake like this before’
But many people didn’t believe a word Logan said. Actress Sophie Turner tweeted that Logan was ‘mocking’ and ‘not raising awareness’
Screenwriter Chase Mitchell also weighed in on Logan’s apology