Pewdiepie says "nauseated" that the gunman shouted his name

Swedish blogger PewDiePie and the star of YouTube on Friday sought to stand out from the New Zealand striker, claiming he was "disgusted" with "being pronounced by my name".

On Friday, at least 49 people died after a large-scale shooting in two mosques in Christchurch. One of the shooters had viewed the attack online and had said, "Remember boys, subscribe to PewDiePie."

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has already been criticized for appearing to make anti-Semitic jokes and promoting The neo-Nazi ER account, which praised the Nazis and used several racist and homophobic insults, "flirted with the neo-Nazi movement and anti-Semitism", Rolling Stone quotes Evan Balgord, Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, as quoted by the newspaper

Almost immediately after the Christchurch attacks, the vlogger tweeted to express his solidarity with the victims. to hear news of the devastating news of Christchurch in New Zealand I feel absolutely disgusted to see my name spoken by this person My heart and my thoughts are with the victims, the families and all the people "

Analysts have suggested that the shooter – whose 74-page manifesto seems to be filled with irony and meta-texts – ironically mentioned the vlogger, and attracted pay more attention to the crime and its manifesto and make it as viral as possible on the internet.