New Zealand: spoke about the youtuber mentioned by the murderer during the murder

PewDiePie is one of the youtubers the world's most famous and is constantly in the fight to have this platform's channel with more subscribers.

Felix Kjellberg, the name of the 29-year-old Swede behind the pseudonym, is in fact the Youtuber with more followers of the world (89 million) and ninth in the ranking of YouTubers who earned more money in 2018, released by Forbes last December ($ 15.5 million).

Unfortunately for him, his name was involuntarily involved in the terrible mbadacre of 49 people that occurred this Friday in New Zealand at a mosque, broadcast on Facebook by one of the attackers in the city of Christchurch .

Shortly before killing in cold blood, the killer said: "Do not forget to subscribe to PewDiePie", one of the most promoted phrases by supporters of the player Become a YouTube star

The problem is that PewDiePie has in the past sparked a controversy that (without specifying whether they were just for promotion or for other reasons) has earned accusations from nationalists, racists and anti-Semites. In fact, in one of his videos of 2017, he seems to use the word directly "Negro", one of the most serious racial insults in English and especially in the United States.

More specifically, he broke a "bading nigger"to an opponent, which caused a lot of criticism.

It is clear that this is not a good antecedent, given the events that occurred at the Christchurch Mosque, Kjellberg said Friday on the site. Business Insider, which must be the most difficult day of your life as YouTube celebrity.

"I am absolutely disgusted to see my name being used by this person, and my heart and thoughts are with the victims, their families and all those affected by this tragedy," said PewDiePie.