Logan Paul reveals how much money he lost by getting cut from \u2018Google Preferred\u2019 Logan Paul \/ YouTubeLogan Paul\u2019s infamous \u2018We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest\u2019 video caused outrage in late December of 2017, but just how much did the YouTuber lose as a result? Japan\u2019s Aokigahara forest in the Ch\u016bbu region is known as \u2018Suicide Forest\u2019 due to the high number of suicides that take place there each year. Logan Paul\u2019s video showed him and some friends entering the forest and discovering a body hanging from a tree. The YouTuber was slammed for exploiting the situation and received criticism from fans, fellow YouTubers and celebrities. Naturally, the backlash for uploading a video that showed the body of a man who had taken his own life also resulted in Paul losing sponsorship deals, his YouTube Red series, his spot in Google\u2019s preferred partner program and more. In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Logan estimated just how much money he had lost as a result of one of those consequences, revealing that being removed Google Preferred had cost him around $5 million. \u201cYouTube had to take a stance,\u201d he explained to the Reporter. \u201cThey\u2019re not going to let some kid fuck up their ad platform.\u201d The YouTuber\u2019s career very nearly came to an end as a result of his actions, but he\u2019s been working hard to redeem himself ever since, admitting to the Hollywood Reporter that he struggled to adjust to being disliked. \u201cI was so used to people liking me,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut being hated? I hate it. I hate being hated!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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