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YouTuber PewDiePie issued an apology for seemingly mocking Scarlet May, a deaf TikToker, in his reaction video. See his remarks below.

The voice I did for my dog is the same voice I've given her for years." When PewDiePie saw a video of hers, he cut the clip short. Still watching through the clip I only poked fun of her long nails.

PewDiePie's recent reaction to a deaf TikTok user in a video focusing on 'cringy' uploads has some viewers crying foul.

Still, these incidents pale in comparison to a 2017 controversy that saw much of the gaming industry turn against PewDiePie when he was heard using an extremely offensive racial slur during a PUBG match. While detractors are likely to find that a feeble excuse, PewDiePie’s core audience doesn’t seem to have been particularly bothered. Once famed for shrieking over horror games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Cry of Fear, PewDiePie has since moved to Japan, gotten married, and mostly moved away from his old Let’s Play style.

YouTube star PewDiePie has apologized after facing backlash for appearing to mock Scarlet May, a creator who is deaf.

If he did not know before he definitely knows now." I'm used to it." Maybe he didn't like my long nails. Wtf." "Sorry, are my nails distracting you guys?" May, who has 6.2 million on TikTok, utilizes both English and American Sign Language in her videos.

The 32-year-old Swedish video maker, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, came under fire after posting his most recent YouTube video to his ...

(edit: ..and making my dog's paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on tiktok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video). But the mocking of the sign and the voice like… He then makes fun of deaf TikToker Scarlet May's nails before comparing them to his dog's claws That's okay, a lot of people don't like them… PewDiePie then posted underneath the reuploaded video to explain the situation by saying: 'Hey, just to clear a few things up: I edited out the clip with the girl that has the long nails.' He added that he had 'no clue' she was deaf 'So how do I feel?

The Swede - real name Felix Kjellberg - posted a video entitled 'My Dog Cringes At TikToks', in which he and his pooch Maya reacted to videos on the social ...

And to force an apology is childish." He obviously didn't know and was an honest mistake. (edit: ..and making my dog's paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on TikTok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video). She said: “How do I feel? "It's been a big issue in the deaf community that I've been trying to normalise and put out, is that using nails while signing is normal, it's okay. The clip sparked a backlash, and the YouTuber - who has 111 million subscribers - has since removed it from the video and issued an apology, in which he attempted to explain his behaviour.