BRITAIN’S Got Talent judge KSI has been slammed for making rape jokes in a video on his YouTube channel.
streamed himself playing a simulation game with a female character when he remarked: “Mate you’re getting raped. She is so getting raped.”
KSI has been slammed for making rape jokes in a video on his YouTube channel Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
KSI streamed himself playing a simulation game with a female character when he remarked: ‘Mate you’re getting raped. She is so getting raped’ Credit: YouTube
In the April 2012 video, which has more than five million views, also says: “If she gets raped I’m not even going to feel sorry for her.”
He repeatedly refers to the character as a “dumb b***h” and told his followers: “I want to smack her in the face so hard.”
The video was still on his main channel, which has almost 18million subscribers, until last night but was taken down after The Sun approached him for comment.
Lucy Duckworth, policy advisor at rape support organisation The Survivors Trust, said: “Trivialising rape creates violence and leads to loss of life.
“We can’t justify it. You can’t joke about somebody else’s lived experience of being victimised.
“Unless you’ve experienced it yourself, then you shouldn’t be commenting on it at all.”
Lucy called on tech companies to “stop giving these people a platform”, adding: “I want to see the public stop excusing it and refusing to engage with people who hold these views.”
previously reacted to the video in a clip uploaded to his music channel in December 2016.
The laughing star insisted: “New KSI does not condone what old KSI thinks or says.”
That video had also been removed last night.
In the April 2012 video, which has more than five million views, KSI also says: ‘If she gets raped I’m not even going to feel sorry for her’ Credit: YouTube
It comes after The Sun on Sunday revealed that KSI had also made a sick remark about hitting pregnant women in a 2014 video Credit: YouTube
had previously faced criticism for appearing to make light of sexual assault in earlier videos where he would pull what he called his “rape face”.
At the time his spokesman insisted all offensive material had been removed from his channel.
KSI, whose real name is , apologised for his past content in 2020.
He said: “Obviously I’m not proud of it. But whenever you post something on the internet, it’s there forever.
“So you can hide from it, pretend it doesn’t exist. Or, you know, hit it head on, realise why it was a mistake.”
The Sun on Sunday revealed yesterday that about hitting pregnant women in a 2017 video.
In the clip, which had been viewed more than 15million times before it was taken down yesterday, he is asked about his sex life.
At one point his mother, Yinka Olatunji, urges him to always use a condom and he replies: “If she gets pregnant, I’ll just punch the baby.”
At one point his mum, Yinka Olatunji, urges him to always use a condom and he replies: ‘If she gets pregnant, I’ll just punch the baby’ Credit: YouTube
KSI on the BGT judging panel with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon Credit: ITV
Mrs Olatunji then responds: “No, you can’t say that.”
Her son replies: “I’m kidding, I’m kidding, I’m not going to do that, Jesus.”
A source close to , who was on ITV1’s live BGT semi-final on Saturday, said he regrets the “stupid and wrong” comment and condemns all domestic violence.
They said last night that the videos date back many years and added: “Like many people, as they have grown older, KSI looks back on that time with deep regret and recognises his language was both stupid and wrong.
“KSI has grown and matured significantly since then, and those words do not reflect whatsoever who he is today and the values he holds. These days, he is committed to using his platform responsibly, with the key focus on having a wholly positive impact.”
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