Logan Paul responds to backlash after claiming he\u2019s \u201cgoing \u201cgay\u201d for a month Logan Paul, YouTube \/ iStockControversial YouTuber Logan Paul has given a response to the backlash surrounding his 2019 New Year\u2019s resolution \u2013 which included \u201cgoing gay\u201d for a month. Paul has since responded to the widespread criticism resulting from his plan in a Tweet on January 11, claiming that his statement was a \u201cpoor choice of words.\u201d \u201cVery poor choice of words\u2026 my fault,\u201d Paul wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s get together and talk about it on my podcast next week?\u201d very poor choice of words\u2026 my fault. let\u2019s get together and talk about it on my podcast next week? https:\/\/t.co\/Ki8RKgMJOO \u2014 Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) January 12, 2019 Paul explained his New Year\u2019s resolution during an episode of his \u2018imPaulsive\u2019 podcast on January 9, where he revealed that his goals go into effect on a month-by-month basis. Both Paul and his co-host, Mike \u2018Hey Big Mike\u2019 Majlak, are currently tackling a vegan and alcohol-free diet for all of January \u2013 but their schedule took a controversial turn around March. \u201cSo, it\u2019s \u2018Male Only March,\u2019\u201d Paul stated. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna attempt to go gay for just one month.\u201d Paul has since faced ample backlash for the statement, with members across the LGBTQ+ community speaking out on the issue. \u201cLogan Paul joking about being gay \u2018for one month\u2019 while countless LGBTQ+ around the world are killed and committing suicide for their sexuality is disgusting,\u201d YouTuber and Instagram star Daniel Preda said of the debacle. \u201cHe continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community and shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year.\u201d This latest scandal follows Paul\u2019s highly controversial vlog from early 2018 by nearly a year, where the YouTuber filmed the body of a suicide victim in Japan\u2019s Aokigahara \u2018Suicide Forest.\u2019 Logan Paul joking about being gay \u201cfor one month\u201d while countless LGBT+ around the world are killed & committing suicide for their sexuality, is disgusting. He continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community & shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year \u2014 Daniel Preda (@MisterPreda) January 11, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul responds to backlash after claiming he\u2019s \u201cgoing \u201cgay\u201d for a month Logan Paul, YouTube \/ iStockControversial YouTuber Logan Paul has given a response to the backlash surrounding his 2019 New Year\u2019s resolution \u2013 which included \u201cgoing gay\u201d for a month. Paul has since responded to the widespread criticism resulting from his plan in […]<\/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-54139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54139","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=54139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}