YOUTUBE Converted from a star to a boxer, Logan Paul has more than 23.2 million subscribers on his video sharing platform.
Logan and his younger brother Jake are not unaware of the negative attention of the media surrounding YouTube videos.
Who is Logan Paul?
Logan is known on his YouTube channel and has recently set foot in the boxing circle.
The 27-year-old from Ohio was originally popular with the previous social media app Vine, but has since been removed.
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career, he has appeared in the movies "The Thinning," "The Space Between Us," and "Valley Girl."
In 2019, Logan made his debut in the boxing ring against British YouTube star KSI.
The first match ended with a draw, causing a rematch between the two KSI winners.
On June 6, 2021, Logan fought against boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.
After a press conference on May 6, 2021, his brother Jake fought. Was banned from attending the event. He is wearing a Mayweather Jr. hat.
What did Logan Paul do in Japan?
In 2017, Logan faced a serious backlash after posting a video showing the bodies of victims who allegedly committed themselves at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan.
The forest is known as the "Self-destruction Forest" because it is a place where suicides occur frequently.
Logan, then 24, posted a video online of entering the "ghostly" forest, and after finding his body, joked that many on the Internet felt unprofessional. I started to say.
What happened after the video was posted?
After the video was posted, YouTube suspended his account and 200,000 people signed a petition requesting that he be permanently removed from the platform.
This video also lost followers and subscribers. SocialBlade reported a 47% reduction in views and an 88% reduction in subscribers.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki also said he violated the policy enough times to stop advertising revenue from streaming platforms and ask for site termination.
On June 19, 2022, Paul appeared in theTrue Geordie podcast, and one of his idols, Dwayne'The Rock'Johnson, broke his relationship with YouTuber. I made it clear.
When Johnson learned that he didn't want to have anything to do with Paul, he said it was "one of the saddest moments in my life."
Paul added: My spokeswoman for Dwayne's "The Rock" Johnson said, "Dwayne asked me to remove all the photos and videos I went with him, and probably in the future. But for now he basically doesn't want to have anything to do with you. I understand. I understand it. "
"I fully understood where he came from," Paul added.
"I was very disappointed like myself. Like my own real disappointment. So I vowed to improve, I vowed to change, Whatever, over time, I start to work.
"I just don't know. I wanted to build a relationship with Dwayne, but it didn't happen in the end. According to
The Daily Mail, Paul also added that Johnson has contacted Paul about an interesting video that The Rock liked.
However, Paul revealed that Dwayne did not admit the disconnection and acted as if "nothing happened."
Why is Logan Paul sued by Japan?
Three years after the video, Logan is now being sued byJapan, and his video is costly to filmmaker Planeless Pictures and has been repelled by the video. It claims to have cost millions of dollars.
In 2016, Logan was to star himself in the modern trendsetter movie "Airplane Model," inspired by other social media star Logan.
Planeless Pictures claims that after the controversial video was posted, the movie was expensive to trade, and Logan knew that posting would destroy the deal. ..
After the video was posted, Google terminated its contract with the company, leaving over $ 3 million in debt.
