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Logan Paul, the YouTuber who posted a video earlier this week showing an apparent victim of suicide, is taking a break from YouTube.
Good.
The 22-year-old Vine star-turned-YouTube celebrity announced Thursday that he is taking a break from vlogging to reflect on his actions after receiving criticism for his Tuesday video titled “We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest.” Paul has uploaded vlogs to YouTube on a near-daily basis for over a year, garnering over 15 million subscribers.
taking time to reflect
no vlog for now
see you soon— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) January 4, 2018 Read more…
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