Jake Paul exposes his past as a bully during anti-bullying campaign YouTube\/Jake PaulYouTube star-turned-pro boxer Jake Paul is currently kicking off his very own anti-bullying charity, \u2018Boxing Bullies\u2019 \u2014 a project he decided to start after reflecting on his own history as a schoolyard bully. Jake Paul is the self-proclaimed \u2018Problem Child\u2019 of the internet. Using the nickname as his boxing moniker, Paul has a penchant for getting into over-the-top hijinks and pranks\u2026 and, apparently, also a past of bullying. Paul notably claimed that his path to stardom was one fraught with negativity and naysaying from critics \u2014 a statement that was refuted by his childhood neighbor, who claimed that the YouTuber was actually a bully growing up. Months after the fact, Paul confirmed these claims in a video promoting the debut event of his brand-new charity \u2018Boxing Bullies,\u2019 which aims to help kids combat bullying by giving them personal strength in the world of combat sports. According to Paul, after becoming aware of his bullying ways, he resolved to put an end to bullying by using his resources and starting his own charity on the subject. \u201cGrowing up, I was a bully. I was insulting people,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI was name-calling, demeaning them, and it was because I was insecure and I wasn\u2019t proud of who I was. I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny to make fun of other people.\u201d View this post on Instagram \u201cThen I realized, as I got older, that that\u2019s not cool,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe words you say to other people can have an everlasting effect on them. Because, when I started to get famous, chase my dreams, and put videos out there online, I was getting so much hate for it. The words affected me.\u201d \u201cI was like, \u2018Man, I can\u2019t believe I used to target people and name-call other people,\u2019 because I\u2019m sure that\u2019s affected them now for the rest of their lives.\u201d (Topic begins at 4:26) Paul\u2019s latest endeavor has been met with acclaim and criticism in equal measure as the influencer gears up for his August 29 bout against MMA star Tyron Woodley, marking his fourth professional fight of his boxing career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul exposes his past as a bully during anti-bullying campaign YouTube\/Jake PaulYouTube star-turned-pro boxer Jake Paul is currently kicking off his very own anti-bullying charity, \u2018Boxing Bullies\u2019 \u2014 a project he decided to start after reflecting on his own history as a schoolyard bully. Jake Paul is the self-proclaimed \u2018Problem Child\u2019 of the internet. […]<\/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-51269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51269","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=51269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}