Ethan Klein reveals surprising reason YouTube removed Papa John\u2019s video H3 Podcast, YouTubeH3H3 comedy duo member and YouTuber Ethan Klein was shocked after his podcast interview with Papa John\u2019s founder John Schnatter was scrubbed from the site \u2014 but now, he\u2019s discovered a potential explanation for the issue. Following Schnatter\u2019s viral \u201cday of reckoning\u201d fiasco, where the mogul claimed to have eaten 40 pizzas in 30 days and argued that the chain had lost its verve, Klein decided to invite him onto the H3H3 podcast as a means to pick his brain about the debacle. Despite the video\u2019s quick rise on YouTube\u2019s trending page, it suddenly went missing from the list, which Klein announced in a Tweet shortly thereafter. According to the content creator, YouTube had demonetized the interview and even removed it from their trending page, with no explanation given as to why the company had taken such a drastic action. However, a subsequent Tweet reveals a surprising development in this story: apparently, YouTube\u2019s automated closed captions coded some of Schnatter\u2019s speech as a racial slur, as evidenced by a screenshot of the video. \u201cLooks like the reason YouTube demonetized and removed the video from trending is this,\u201d Klein wrote. \u201cAnd let me be clear\u2026 HE DID NOT SAY THAT. You\u2019d think there would be more systems in place before taking down a two hour podcast.\u201d Although Klein clearly called out the platform for their unexpected response to the slip-up, he went on to find humor in the situation, writing, \u201cCan we please appreciate the irony of YouTube accusing Papa of using the N word?! This has never happened on any of our other 180 episodes!\u201d Can we please appreciate the irony of YouTube accusing Papa of using the N word?! This has never happened on any of our other 180 episodes! \u2014 Ethan Klein (@h3h3productions) February 11, 2020 This debacle certainly does come with a touch of irony, considering that Schnatter was expunged as Papa John\u2019s chairman in 2018 after leaked audio from a conference exposed the founder for saying a racial slur. https:\/\/twitter.com\/h3h3productions\/status\/1227377116817154048?s=20 Although this is most definitely not the case with Klein\u2019s interview, it seems that the \u201cday of reckoning\u201d has struck, once again \u2014 and although YouTube has since fixed the issue, Klein feels it\u2019s a problem that the site should consider \u201chow dangerous this can be for a creator\u2019s wellbeing and livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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