BBC pulls plug on KSI show after Sidemen slur controversy Instagram: KSIYouTube star KSI was set to have a show with the BBC \u2014 but the network has pulled the plug on the series after the YouTuber used a racial slur during a video with the Sidemen. In early April 2023, British YouTuber, rapper, and boxer KSI came under fire after using a racial slur during a video with his friend group, the Sidemen. The influencer quickly apologized for the incident and took a short break from social media after receiving a swath of backlash online. \u201cThere\u2019s no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn\u2019t have said it and I\u2019m sorry,\u201d he wrote on Twitter. \u201cI\u2019ve always said to my audience that they shouldn\u2019t worship me or put me on a pedestal because I\u2019m human. I\u2019m not perfect, I\u2019m gonna mess up in life, and lately I\u2019ve been messing up a lot.\u201d BBC reportedly cancels KSI show over racial slur incident Although KSI faced some social consequences from the incident, it looks like the star was monetarily affected, too. It turns out that KSI\u2019s status as an online entertainer was about to take a huge turn, as he was slated to get a mainstream show with the BBC. However, the network ultimately axed the project following KSI\u2019s usage of a racial slur in the viral Sidemen video. According to a report from The Sun, a BBC insider claimed that \u201cthe BBC has decided not to go forward with the programme after the controversy.\u201d \u201cIt can\u2019t be seen to endorse anything like that and bosses were as shocked and disappointed by the slur as everyone else.\u201d This would have been the second major show to feature KSI following his Amazon Original documentary \u2018In Real Life,\u2019 which aired last year. This is just the latest difficulty KSI has faced after coming under fire due to a controversial blow he landed on boxing opponent Joe Fournier on May 13, which Fournier has officially appealed to the commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BBC pulls plug on KSI show after Sidemen slur controversy Instagram: KSIYouTube star KSI was set to have a show with the BBC \u2014 but the network has pulled the plug on the series after the YouTuber used a racial slur during a video with the Sidemen. In early April 2023, British YouTuber, rapper, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}