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- {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}SWEDISH WEB-BASED EDIAN PEWDIEPIE (FELIX KJELLBERG) IS POPULAR FOR HIS "LET'S PLAY" YOUTUBE {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}BY MATT {DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: DEC 16, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1989-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS PEWDIEPIE?KNOWN ONLE AS PEWDIEPIE, FELIX KJELLBERG IS ONE OF THE TER’S BIGGT STARS — HE HAS MORE THAN 100 LN SUBSCRIBERS TO HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND OVER 24 BILLN VIEWS. THE PEWDIEPIE CHANNEL IS BT KNOWN FOR S IRREVERENT GAMG NTENT, SHOT A “LET’S PLAY” STYLE — VIOS OF KJELLBERG PLAYG VIO GAM WHILE GIVG AN EXPLETIVE-STREWN NNG MENTARY. "LET’S PLAY" BEME A HUGELY POPULAR YOUTUBE GENRE, AND PEWDIEPIE S SUPERSTAR; HIS REPERTOIRE HAS EXPAND TO CLU LIVE-ACTN AND ANIMATED EDY SHORTS. {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}PEWDIEPIE ATTENDS THE EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF ’STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS’ AT LEICTER SQUARE ON DECEMBER 16, 2015 LONDON, ENGLAND. {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}(PHOTO BY KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAG)BUT AS THE SWE’S FAME HAS GROWN, HIS BEHAVR HAS BEE CREASGLY NTROVERSIAL. HE APOLOGIZED 2012 FOR HIS E OF “GAY” AND “RETARD” AS SUPPOSEDLY PLAYFUL SULTS AND FOR MAKG RAPE JOK — BUT AFTER HE POSTED VIOS NTAG ANTI-SEMIC AND NAZI IMAGERY , HE WAS DROPPED FEBARY 2017 BY HIS WORK PARTNER, THE DISNEY-OWNED MAKER STUDS; HE WAS ALSO EJECTED OM YOUTUBE’S RED PLATFORM AND THE GOOGLE PREFERRED PROGRAM. HE APOLOGIZED, CLAIMG HIS HUMOR HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, ONLY TO BLURT THE N-WORD MONTHS LATER DURG A LIVE STREAM SEPTEMBER 2017. LIKE HIS VIOS, PEWDIEPIE’S FUTURE APPEARS TO BE DISTURBGLY UNPREDICTABLE.HOW FELIX KJELLBERG BEME PEWDIEPIE FELIX ARVID ULF KJELLBERG WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 24, 1989, GOTHENBURG, SWEN. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, JOHANNA AND ULF, ARE BOTH SUCCSFUL CHIEF EXECUTIV. AS A CHILD, HE ENJOYED ART AND PLAYG ON HIS SUPER NTENDO; HIS OBSSN WH VIO GAM GREW DURG ADOLCENCE, DURG WHICH HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GAMG HIS BEDROOM, OR AT TER F. “SWEN HAS A GREAT CULTURE AROUND GAMG,” HE TOLD ROLLG STONE MAGAZE 2015. “WE’RE REALLY NERDY PEOPLE.”DURG HIS LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE BOUGHT A PUTER WH MONEY HE MA SELLG ARTWORK THROUGH HIS GRANDMOTHER’S GALLERY. HE SET UP HIS FIRST YOUTUBE CHANNEL, PEWDIE, 2006 — “PEW” BEG SLANG FOR THE SOUND OF A LASER GUN FIRG — BUT AS HIS TERT THE CHANNEL WANED, HE FOT HIS PASSWORD, SO WHEN HE RETURNED TO YOUTUBE 2010, HE WAS FORCED TO SET UP A NEW ACUNT, PEWDIEPIE. BY NOW, KJELLBERG HAD LEARNT TO ED VIOS OM AN ONLE TUTORIAL, AND UPLOAD HIS FIRST "LET’S PLAY" VIO — OF HIM PLAYG MECRAFT. HE REGISTERED HIS PEWDIEPIE ACUNT WHILE AT CHALMERS UNIVERSY OF TECHNOLOGY GOTHENBURG, STUDYG DTRIAL ENOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT. HE STGGLED TO F AT CHALMERS: “I HAD NOTHG MON WH THE RT OF THE PEOPLE THE PROGRAM,” HE TOLD IN MAGAZE’S MARIA LDHOLM. FELIX KJELLBERG: FROM HOTDOG SELLER TO MAKER STUDS SUPERSTARPEWDIEPIE BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER KJELLBERG FILMED HIMSELF SCREAMG HIS WAY AROUND THE HORROR GAME AMNIA, AND BEGAN TO RECEIVE REQUTS OM VIEWERS FOR MORE OF THE SAME. HE WAS SOON UPLOADG SEVERAL CLIPS A DAY, AND EVENTUALLY, TO HIS PARENTS’ HORROR, HE DROPPED OUT OF CHALMERS 2011 TO WORK AT A HOTDOG KSK WHILE HE VELOPED HIS CHANNEL. HE REACHED HIS FIRST 1 LN SUBSCRIBERS JULY 2012. TWO MONTHS LATER, HE HAD 2 LN. BY DECEMBER THAT YEAR, HE HAD SIGNED WH MAKER STUDS — A TALENT WORK FOR VIO-MAKERS THAT PROVIS ROURC, EXPERTISE AND HELP WH PROMOTN AND MARKETG, RETURN FOR A SHARE OF AD REVENUE — AND SAW HIS CHANNEL QUICKLY GROW OM 100 LN TO 200 LN VIEWS PER MONTH. ON AUGT 15, 2013, PEWDIEPIE BEME THE MOST-SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBE CHANNEL THE WORLD. PEWDIEPIE AND MARZIA (CUTIEPIE) MOVE TO BRIGHTON, GET MARRIEDIN JULY 2013, KJELLBERG MOVED TO BRIGHTON, A UK SEASI TOWN THAT HAS BEE A HUB FOR YOUTUBERS, WH HIS ITALIAN GIRLIEND, MARZIA BISOGN, (NICKNAMED CUTIEPIE) A BETY BLOGGER. THEY WERE TRODUCED ONLE 2011 AND BEGAN A LONG-DISTANCE RELATNSHIP, BEFORE LIVG TOGETHER ITALY, THEN SWEN, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLG BRIGHTON — BEE OF THE TOWN’S RELIABLE TER NNECTIVY — WHERE THEY WOULD SHARE AN APARTMENT WH TWO PET PUGS, EDGAR AND MAYA.IN AUGT 2019, KJELLBERG AND BISOGN TIED THE KNOT A PRIVATE LONDON CEREMONY. ANNOUNCG THE UNN ON TWTER, HE WROTE: “WE ARE MARRIED!!! I’M THE HAPPIT I N BE. I’M SO LUCKY TO SHARE MY LIFE WH THIS AMAZG WOMAN.”PEWDIEPIE’S PROBLEMS WH RANTS AND RACISMIN AUGT 2014, THE SAME MONTH MAKER STUDS LNCHED A PEWDIEPIE IPHONE APP, KJELLBERG ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BE DISABLG THE ONLE MENTS UNR HIS YOUTUBE VIOS, EMG THEM TO BE “MALY SPAM.” HE PARTLY RELENTED OCTOBER, PERMTG “APPROVED” MENTS ONLY. IN APRIL 2016, HE ADDRSED HIS E OF WORDS SUCH AS “GAY” AND “RETARD” EARLIER VIOS: “I JT THOUGHT THGS WERE FUNNY BEE THEY WERE OFFENSIVE,” HE CLAIMED. “I WOULD SAY A LOT OF STUPID SH.” IT SEEMED AS IF PEWDIEPIE WAS FALLY STARTG TO GROW UP. BUT BY NOVEMBER, HIS TONE HAD CHANGED AGA: HE THREATENED TO LETE HIS CHANNEL ONCE REACHED 50 LN SUBSCRIBERS, VENTG HIS TRATN AT YOUTUBE OVER AN ALLEGEDLY UNEXPLAED LOSS OF SUBSCRIBERS. SOON ENOUGH, HE REACHED 50 LN SUBSCRIBERS ON DECEMBER 8TH — BUT DID NOT LETE THE CHANNEL; STEAD HE LETED A SENDARY CHANNEL, JACK SEPTICEYE2, ON WHICH HE HAD ONLY EVER POSTED TWO VIOS, CLAIMG THAT THE WHOLE THG HAD BEEN “A JOKE.” THE MA PEWDIEPIE CHANNEL WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE SOURCE OF E TO GIVE UP, AFTER ALL — ACRDG TO FORB, KJELLBERG EARNED $15 LN 2016 (THE TOTAL ALSO CLUD AD REVENUE OM HIS YOUTUBE RED CHANNEL AND SAL OF 112,000 PI OF HIS BOOK, THIS BOOK LOV YOU).THE FOLLOWG MONTH, HOWEVER, #PEWDIEPIEISOVER AND #PEWDIEPIEISOVERPARTY BEGAN TRENDG ON TWTER, AFTER KJELLBERG APPEARED TO E THE N-WORD A VIO. DAYS LATER, HE ED FURTHER NTROVERSY BY G THE WEBSE FIVERR TO PAY TWO INDIAN MEN $5 TO HOLD UP A SIGN SAYG “DEATH TO ALL JEWS.” HE APOLOGIZED, CLAIMG: “I DIDN’T THK THEY WOULD ACTUALLY DO .”NEVERTHELS, AFTER OTHER VIOS ME TO LIGHT THAT APPEARED TO NTA ANTI-SEMIC JOK, MAKER STUDS SEVERED TI WH PEWDIEPIE FEBARY 2017. KJELLBERG POSTED AN APOLOGY, TLED MY RPONSE, ON FEBARY 17TH — BUT ALSO CRICIZED THE MEDIA’S REPORTG OF HIS VIOS. BUT HE FOUND HIMSELF APOLOGIZG AGA SEPTEMBER 2017 AFTER BLURTG THE N-WORD DURG A LIVE STREAM. “I’M REALLY DISAPPOTED MYSELF, BEE SEEMS I’VE LEARNT NOTHG OM THE PAST NTROVERSI,” HE SAID. “BEG THE POSN I AM, I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.”100 MILLN SUBSCRIBERS AND HIATALTHOUGH PEWDIEPIE WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE INDIAN RERD LABEL T-SERI FOR THE MOST-SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY SPRG 2019, HE RETAED THE TOP SPOT FOR AN DIVIDUALLY OPERATED CHANNEL, SURPASSG 100 LN SUBSCRIBERS AUGT. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR AGA AGATED CRICS BY BACKG OUT OF A PLEDGE TO DONATE $50,000 TO THE ANTI-DEFAMATN LEAGUE. THE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR SAID HE HAD BEEN ADVISED TO SELECT THE NONPROF, TO HELP QUIET THE ACCATNS OF ANTI-SEMISM, THOUGH HE PREFERRED TO DONATE THE MONEY TO A CHARY HE WAS "PERSONALLY PASSNATE ABOUT."IN DECEMBER 2019, PEWDIEPIE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS TAKG A HIAT OM THE PLATFORM THAT HAD PROPELLED HIM TO FAME."I AM TAKG (A) BREAK OM YOUTUBE NEXT YEAR," HE SAID A VIO. "I WANTED TO SAY ADVANCE BEE I MA UP MY MD. I'M TIRED, I'M FEELG VERY TIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU N TELL ... EARLY NEXT YEAR I'LL BE AWAY FOR A LTLE WHILE. I'LL EXPLA THAT LATER BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A HEADS UP." {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
- IS PEWDIEPIE GAY? WHAT IS FELIX KJELLBERG’S SEXUALY? EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW!
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HE APOLOGIZED 2012 FOR HIS E OF “GAY” AND “RETARD” AS SUPPOSEDLY PLAYFUL SULTS AND FOR MAKG RAPE JOK — BUT AFTER HE POSTED VIOS NTAG ANTI-SEMIC AND NAZI IMAGERY , HE WAS DROPPED FEBARY 2017 BY HIS WORK PARTNER, THE DISNEY-OWNED MAKER STUDS; HE WAS ALSO EJECTED OM YOUTUBE’S RED PLATFORM AND THE GOOGLE PREFERRED PROGRAM. HE APOLOGIZED, CLAIMG HIS HUMOR HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, ONLY TO BLURT THE N-WORD MONTHS LATER DURG A LIVE STREAM SEPTEMBER 2017. LIKE HIS VIOS, PEWDIEPIE’S FUTURE APPEARS TO BE DISTURBGLY UNPREDICTABLE.HOW FELIX KJELLBERG BEME PEWDIEPIE FELIX ARVID ULF KJELLBERG WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 24, 1989, GOTHENBURG, SWEN. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, JOHANNA AND ULF, ARE BOTH SUCCSFUL CHIEF EXECUTIV. AS A CHILD, HE ENJOYED ART AND PLAYG ON HIS SUPER NTENDO; HIS OBSSN WH VIO GAM GREW DURG ADOLCENCE, DURG WHICH HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GAMG HIS BEDROOM, OR AT TER F. “SWEN HAS A GREAT CULTURE AROUND GAMG,” HE TOLD ROLLG STONE MAGAZE 2015. “WE’RE REALLY NERDY PEOPLE.”DURG HIS LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE BOUGHT A PUTER WH MONEY HE MA SELLG ARTWORK THROUGH HIS GRANDMOTHER’S GALLERY. HE SET UP HIS FIRST YOUTUBE CHANNEL, PEWDIE, 2006 — “PEW” BEG SLANG FOR THE SOUND OF A LASER GUN FIRG — BUT AS HIS TERT THE CHANNEL WANED, HE FOT HIS PASSWORD, SO WHEN HE RETURNED TO YOUTUBE 2010, HE WAS FORCED TO SET UP A NEW ACUNT, PEWDIEPIE. BY NOW, KJELLBERG HAD LEARNT TO ED VIOS OM AN ONLE TUTORIAL, AND UPLOAD HIS FIRST "LET’S PLAY" VIO — OF HIM PLAYG MECRAFT. HE REGISTERED HIS PEWDIEPIE ACUNT WHILE AT CHALMERS UNIVERSY OF TECHNOLOGY GOTHENBURG, STUDYG DTRIAL ENOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT. HE STGGLED TO F AT CHALMERS: “I HAD NOTHG MON WH THE RT OF THE PEOPLE THE PROGRAM,” HE TOLD IN MAGAZE’S MARIA LDHOLM. FELIX KJELLBERG: FROM HOTDOG SELLER TO MAKER STUDS SUPERSTARPEWDIEPIE BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER KJELLBERG FILMED HIMSELF SCREAMG HIS WAY AROUND THE HORROR GAME AMNIA, AND BEGAN TO RECEIVE REQUTS OM VIEWERS FOR MORE OF THE SAME. HE WAS SOON UPLOADG SEVERAL CLIPS A DAY, AND EVENTUALLY, TO HIS PARENTS’ HORROR, HE DROPPED OUT OF CHALMERS 2011 TO WORK AT A HOTDOG KSK WHILE HE VELOPED HIS CHANNEL. HE REACHED HIS FIRST 1 LN SUBSCRIBERS JULY 2012. TWO MONTHS LATER, HE HAD 2 LN. BY DECEMBER THAT YEAR, HE HAD SIGNED WH MAKER STUDS — A TALENT WORK FOR VIO-MAKERS THAT PROVIS ROURC, EXPERTISE AND HELP WH PROMOTN AND MARKETG, RETURN FOR A SHARE OF AD REVENUE — AND SAW HIS CHANNEL QUICKLY GROW OM 100 LN TO 200 LN VIEWS PER MONTH. ON AUGT 15, 2013, PEWDIEPIE BEME THE MOST-SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBE CHANNEL THE WORLD. PEWDIEPIE AND MARZIA (CUTIEPIE) MOVE TO BRIGHTON, GET MARRIEDIN JULY 2013, KJELLBERG MOVED TO BRIGHTON, A UK SEASI TOWN THAT HAS BEE A HUB FOR YOUTUBERS, WH HIS ITALIAN GIRLIEND, MARZIA BISOGN, (NICKNAMED CUTIEPIE) A BETY BLOGGER. THEY WERE TRODUCED ONLE 2011 AND BEGAN A LONG-DISTANCE RELATNSHIP, BEFORE LIVG TOGETHER ITALY, THEN SWEN, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLG BRIGHTON — BEE OF THE TOWN’S RELIABLE TER NNECTIVY — WHERE THEY WOULD SHARE AN APARTMENT WH TWO PET PUGS, EDGAR AND MAYA.IN AUGT 2019, KJELLBERG AND BISOGN TIED THE KNOT A PRIVATE LONDON CEREMONY. ANNOUNCG THE UNN ON TWTER, HE WROTE: “WE ARE MARRIED!!! I’M THE HAPPIT I N BE. I’M SO LUCKY TO SHARE MY LIFE WH THIS AMAZG WOMAN.”PEWDIEPIE’S PROBLEMS WH RANTS AND RACISMIN AUGT 2014, THE SAME MONTH MAKER STUDS LNCHED A PEWDIEPIE IPHONE APP, KJELLBERG ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BE DISABLG THE ONLE MENTS UNR HIS YOUTUBE VIOS, EMG THEM TO BE “MALY SPAM.” HE PARTLY RELENTED OCTOBER, PERMTG “APPROVED” MENTS ONLY. IN APRIL 2016, HE ADDRSED HIS E OF WORDS SUCH AS “GAY” AND “RETARD” EARLIER VIOS: “I JT THOUGHT THGS WERE FUNNY BEE THEY WERE OFFENSIVE,” HE CLAIMED. “I WOULD SAY A LOT OF STUPID SH.” IT SEEMED AS IF PEWDIEPIE WAS FALLY STARTG TO GROW UP. BUT BY NOVEMBER, HIS TONE HAD CHANGED AGA: HE THREATENED TO LETE HIS CHANNEL ONCE REACHED 50 LN SUBSCRIBERS, VENTG HIS TRATN AT YOUTUBE OVER AN ALLEGEDLY UNEXPLAED LOSS OF SUBSCRIBERS. SOON ENOUGH, HE REACHED 50 LN SUBSCRIBERS ON DECEMBER 8TH — BUT DID NOT LETE THE CHANNEL; STEAD HE LETED A SENDARY CHANNEL, JACK SEPTICEYE2, ON WHICH HE HAD ONLY EVER POSTED TWO VIOS, CLAIMG THAT THE WHOLE THG HAD BEEN “A JOKE.” THE MA PEWDIEPIE CHANNEL WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE SOURCE OF E TO GIVE UP, AFTER ALL — ACRDG TO FORB, KJELLBERG EARNED $15 LN 2016 (THE TOTAL ALSO CLUD AD REVENUE OM HIS YOUTUBE RED CHANNEL AND SAL OF 112,000 PI OF HIS BOOK, THIS BOOK LOV YOU).THE FOLLOWG MONTH, HOWEVER, #PEWDIEPIEISOVER AND #PEWDIEPIEISOVERPARTY BEGAN TRENDG ON TWTER, AFTER KJELLBERG APPEARED TO E THE N-WORD A VIO. DAYS LATER, HE ED FURTHER NTROVERSY BY G THE WEBSE FIVERR TO PAY TWO INDIAN MEN $5 TO HOLD UP A SIGN SAYG “DEATH TO ALL JEWS.” HE APOLOGIZED, CLAIMG: “I DIDN’T THK THEY WOULD ACTUALLY DO .”NEVERTHELS, AFTER OTHER VIOS ME TO LIGHT THAT APPEARED TO NTA ANTI-SEMIC JOK, MAKER STUDS SEVERED TI WH PEWDIEPIE FEBARY 2017. KJELLBERG POSTED AN APOLOGY, TLED MY RPONSE, ON FEBARY 17TH — BUT ALSO CRICIZED THE MEDIA’S REPORTG OF HIS VIOS. BUT HE FOUND HIMSELF APOLOGIZG AGA SEPTEMBER 2017 AFTER BLURTG THE N-WORD DURG A LIVE STREAM. “I’M REALLY DISAPPOTED MYSELF, BEE SEEMS I’VE LEARNT NOTHG OM THE PAST NTROVERSI,” HE SAID. “BEG THE POSN I AM, I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.”100 MILLN SUBSCRIBERS AND HIATALTHOUGH PEWDIEPIE WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE INDIAN RERD LABEL T-SERI FOR THE MOST-SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY SPRG 2019, HE RETAED THE TOP SPOT FOR AN DIVIDUALLY OPERATED CHANNEL, SURPASSG 100 LN SUBSCRIBERS AUGT. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR AGA AGATED CRICS BY BACKG OUT OF A PLEDGE TO DONATE $50,000 TO THE ANTI-DEFAMATN LEAGUE. THE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR SAID HE HAD BEEN ADVISED TO SELECT THE NONPROF, TO HELP QUIET THE ACCATNS OF ANTI-SEMISM, THOUGH HE PREFERRED TO DONATE THE MONEY TO A CHARY HE WAS "PERSONALLY PASSNATE ABOUT."IN DECEMBER 2019, PEWDIEPIE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS TAKG A HIAT OM THE PLATFORM THAT HAD PROPELLED HIM TO FAME."I AM TAKG (A) BREAK OM YOUTUBE NEXT YEAR," HE SAID A VIO. "I WANTED TO SAY ADVANCE BEE I MA UP MY MD. I'M TIRED, I'M FEELG VERY TIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU N TELL ... EARLY NEXT YEAR I'LL BE AWAY FOR A LTLE WHILE. I'LL EXPLA THAT LATER BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A HEADS UP." {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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IS PEWDIEPIE GAY? WHAT IS FELIX KJELLBERG’S SEXUALY? EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW!
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