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YouTuber PewDiePie under fire for Mocking Black Deaf TikToker

  • Writer: Stephen Goforth
    Stephen Goforth
  • Jul 27, 2022
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 3, 2022

Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg told his 111 million followers that he wouldn't watch the video of a deaf TikToker.

image from PewDiePie video


Update: Following the wave of criticism, PewDiePie issued an apology.


He implied that her use of sign language was distracting and mocked her by making the legs of his dog move around in a similar fashion. Apparently, he removed the clip after the backlash, but here's what it looked like.


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