Deaf TikToker Scarlet May responds to PewDiePie\u2019s \u201cweird\u201d criticism of her for using sign language YouTube: PewDiePie \/ TikTok: scarlet_may.1Scarlet May, a deaf TikToker, has responded after PewDiePie \u2014 YouTube\u2019s most-subscribed creator \u2014 mocked her in a reaction video earlier this week. Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg is coming under fire after he mocked a deaf TikToker who used American Sign Language with long acrylic nails. The YouTuber copied her hand signals and even recreated her movements with his pet pug, Maya, in a reaction video uploaded on July 26, 2022. Although PewDiePie has since deleted that segment from his original video, clips of the moment went viral online, with many critics rallying against him for mocking a deaf person. PewDiePie responds to outrage after mocking deaf TikToker Kjellberg has since offered a response to the outrage in a pinned comment underneath his initial video, where he called the situation \u201can honest mistake\u201d and explained why he removed the segment featuring Scarlet May. \u201cI edited out the clip with the girl that has the long nails,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHad no clue she was deaf, but kinda dumb of me to not realize\u2026 Still watching through the clip I only poked fun of her long nails. The voice I did for my dog is the same voice I\u2019ve given her for years.\u201d \u201cMaking my dog\u2019s paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on TikTok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video,\u201d he added. \u201cAnyway honest mistake, my bad.\u201d Scarlet May also responded to the situation in a TikTok. She is a fairly popular creator on the platform, boasting over 6 million followers on the viral video app. She claims that she\u2019s trying to normalize using ASL with her long nails, and says that PewDiePie\u2019s comments toward her were \u201cweird.\u201d \u201cApparently there\u2019s this big YouTuber, PewDie-whatever, I don\u2019t know his name. But he made a reaction video to one of my TikToks making fun of my nails, making fun of my signs with his dog, and I guess at one point mocking my voice,\u201d she began. \u201cHow do I feel? I feel like it was very weird and very unnecessary, but at the same time I wasn\u2019t surprised. I\u2019m used to it.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to normalize and put it out that using nails while signing is normal, like, it\u2019s okay. But then a big creator comes on here and puts us a million steps back, so it\u2019s very frustrating.\u201d Click here if TikTok fails to load. May went on to suggest that PewDiePie was fully aware that she had been using sign language in her TikTok despite initially giving him the benefit of the doubt, noting that he\u2019d removed the section from his video after receiving backlash and argued that this action \u201cmade the situation worse.\u201d \u201cBut I mean, we all live and learn,\u201d she finished her statement. \u201cIf he didn\u2019t know before, he definitely knows now!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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