{"id":2755,"date":"2018-01-02T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/01\/02\/youtuber-logan-paul-sparks-controversy-with-disturbing-video-of-apparent-dead-body\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:11:21","slug":"youtuber-logan-paul-sparks-controversy-with-disturbing-video-of-apparent-dead-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/01\/02\/youtuber-logan-paul-sparks-controversy-with-disturbing-video-of-apparent-dead-body\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Logan Paul Sparks Controversy With Disturbing Video of Apparent Dead Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/youtube\/\" id=\"auto-tag_youtube\">YouTube<\/a> celebrity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/logan-paul\/\" id=\"auto-tag_logan-paul\">Logan Paul<\/a> is under fire for posting a controversial video depicting an apparent dead body hanging from a tree. The video was filmed in Aokigahara, a forest in Japan which is known as &#8220;the suicide forest&#8221; due to the many suicides that occur there. The video, which has since been removed by YouTube, was posted with the title \u201cWe Found A Dead Body in Japan\u2019s Suicide Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not clickbait. This is the most real vlog I\u2019ve ever posted to this channel,\u201d Paul said in the video&#8217;s intro. \u201cI think this definitely marks a moment in YouTube history because I\u2019m pretty sure this has never hopefully happened to anyone on YouTube ever. Now with that said: Buckle the fuck up, because you\u2019re never gonna see a video like this again!\u201d When Paul and members of his entourage stumble across a dead body hanging from one of the trees, he turns the camera back on himself and apologizes to his fans. &#8220;This was supposed to be a fun vlog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/06\/great-dictator-blocked-thailand-junta-military-coup-1201848050\/\" title=\"Thailand\u2019s Junta Got Charlie Chaplin\u2019s \u2018The Great Dictator\u2019 Blocked From YouTube\">Thailand\u2019s Junta Got Charlie Chaplin\u2019s \u2018The Great Dictator\u2019 Blocked From YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Although the video racked up 6 million views in the first 24 hours it was online, it drew sharp criticism from many for making light of suicide. &#8220;You are pure trash,&#8221; wrote &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; star Aaron Paul on Twitter, who is of no relation to the YouTuber. &#8220;Plain and simple. Suicide is not a joke. Go rot in hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@LoganPaul<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>How dare you! You disgust me. I can&#8217;t believe that so many young people look up to you. So sad. Hopefully this latest video woke them up. You are pure trash. Plain and simple. Suicide is not a joke. Go rot in hell.<\/p>\n<p>Ap<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronpaul_8\/status\/948032944408444928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul later issued an apology, claiming he intended to raise awareness about suicide prevention. &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; actress Sophie Turner wasn&#8217;t buying it, tweeting: &#8220;You\u2019re an idiot. You\u2019re not raising awareness. You\u2019re mocking. I can\u2019t believe how self-praising your &#8216;apology&#8217; is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@LoganPaul<\/a> You\u2019re an idiot. You\u2019re not raising awareness. You\u2019re mocking. I can\u2019t believe how self-praising your \u201capology\u201d is. You don\u2019t deserve the success (views) you have. I pray to God you never have to experience anything like that man did.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sophie Turner (@SophieT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophieT\/status\/948042559229759488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find Paul&#8217;s full apology below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"da\">Dear Internet, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/42OCDBhiWg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/42OCDBhiWg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganPaul\/status\/948026294066864128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.email.indiewire.com\/newslettersignup\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! 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Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire Digital TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube celebrity Logan Paul is under fire for posting a controversial video depicting an apparent dead body hanging from a tree&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Ir","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}