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The former king of YouTube, Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewDiePie, has done a lot of weird and crazy things in his long and ongoing YouTube career. But there was an instance that almost got him evicted and potentially end up being a ‘criminal offense’ that could have severely affected his career. 

Felix has been on YouTube for more than a decade. In his career, he has gone through a lot of ups and downs. His content and appearance have changed drastically over the years. Currently being a very mature and almost ‘retired’ creator, Pewds could be seen making cozy vlogs and reaction videos.

However, this wasn’t the case all the time. Back in 2015-2018, the period which is considered by some as the ‘dark age’ of Pewd’s career, PewDiePie used to make very edgy content, akin to Idubbz and Filthy Frank. YouTube’s guidelines, being comparatively lax during this time, helped content like this get a lot of traction. But they had a price.

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PewDiePie almost got evicted for his stunt

During his past days, Pewd’s used to make very edgy content. He used to talk in a heavy voice while making over-the-top content that was ‘troublesome’. Once in a such video, Felix tried to break into an inaccessible room to save ‘Club Penguin’ from shutting down, calling it the ‘servers’ of the game.

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In 2017, PewDiePie made a video called, “THIS CANT BE HAPPENING!?” In it, he reacted to the shutdown of one of the most popular multiplayer games of that time, Club Penguin. Being the edgy YouTuber that he was back then, he played a funny skit where he tried to break into a locked room in his office building, calling it the ‘server rooms’. 

“Is this illegal?” said PewDiePie before breaking open the door with a flat screw head. He broke into the room, only to find it filled with machinery and a security camera in the corner. He then apologized to the camera, thinking someone was looking at him. He quickly ran out of the room saying “I don’t wanna get evicted, I really don’t wanna get evicted.”

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What do you think about PewDiePie’s past shenanigans? Do you think he would have gotten into a lot of trouble if he did this today? Let us know in the comments below!