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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JUNE 06: Logan Paul wears a Charizard Pokemon card chain as he enters the ring for his contracted exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather at Hard Rock Stadium on June 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JUNE 06: Logan Paul wears a Charizard Pokemon card chain as he enters the ring for his contracted exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather at Hard Rock Stadium on June 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Logan Paul ranks among the most exemplary names in the world of boxing and YouTube. He broke into the limelight by uploading vlogs on his channel and doing quirky activities. In no time, the Ohio native gained attention from millions of fans and his subscriber base increased extensively.
That said, ‘The Maverick’ was well acquainted with pulling off bizarre stunts that were worth noticing. But once in 2017, the YouTuber faced a tremendous amount of criticism for posting a video, wherein he showed a body of a suicide victim, at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Recently, Logan Paul was in a chat with Ariel Helwani. Here, he spoke about that anecdote and revealed how it changed him.
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“It’s very fair. I’ve never said this before and I don’t know if this is a bit taboo. But I often look back at that time of my life and the person that I was unfortunately becoming.”
“And now, at 26, I can safely say that Japan was the biggest blessing in my life. I needed a reset. I needed life to check me, and it did. And I became a person that I ended up loving, instead of becoming that jacka**, because I was headed down a nasty path.” he added.
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Often content creators around the globe look to doing the most unusual things just to increase the views on their videos. That said, Logan Paul too once looked to do the same in Japan. Also, the forest where he shot this video was known as ‘Suicide Forest’.
What happened with Logan Paul later?
‘The Maverick’ posted a video on his channel wherein he made fun of the victim’s body he found.

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MIAMI, FL – JUNE 6: Logan Paul meets with the press following the Mayweather vs Paul: Bragging Rights boxing event on June 06, 2021, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Many found this to be derogative, and around 200,000 individuals signed a petition to remove him from YouTube completely.
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Later, Paul also released an apology, but that video did extensive damage to his overall viewership and subscriber base.
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The YouTube CEO also terminated his ad revenue and asserted Paul violated their policies several times. In all, Paul learned his lesson, and he rightly knows about what connects with the audience and what is not suitable.
What do you make of Logan Paul’s above comments?
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