PewDiePie reflects on early media coverage as a \u201ctotal loser\u201d to now Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg is widely hailed as the king of YouTube, boasting the most subscribers out of any independent creator on the site \u2014 but his massive success sparked with humble beginnings. Before becoming YouTube\u2019s undisputed king, Kjellberg began as a horror gamer and Let\u2019s Player, whose hilarious reactions to games like \u201cAmnesia: The Dark Descent\u201d earned him ample fame online. Now, the Swede is one of the most famous personalities in gaming (for better or for worse): but the media didn\u2019t always treat him as such, as told by an old newspaper clipping he displayed during a video on December 31. The article, written in 2012, touted PewDiePie as an up-and-coming internet sensation, including an alleged quote from the YouTuber that read, \u201cIt [YouTube] has really changed my point of view in life. I was absolutely not the guy who took a bunch of chances, before.\u201d However, Kjellberg contested this quote, claiming that \u201cthat doesn\u2019t sound like me at all,\u201d and explained that the media\u2019s treatment of his celebrity status has dramatically changed throughout his career as an online entertainer. \u201cI think a lot of media, in the beginning, tried to make me seem like I was a total loser and down on my luck, \u2019cause that sounds like a success story,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo a lot of the early stuff is, \u2018Yeah, you were pretty much a loser.\u2019\u201d This find marks a stark contrast to Kjellberg\u2019s current treatment from the media, with the YouTuber claiming that the 2012 piece was from a time \u201cbefore the media hated me.\u201d (Timestamp: 6:42 for mobile readers) Comparatively, PewDiePie\u2019s more recent media attention has been rife with controversy, with Kjellberg notably slamming outlets like Vox Media and others for \u201cfake news\u201d and damaging his character \u2014 such as their December 2018 article linking him to an alleged white supremacist YouTube channel. Whatever the case may be, PewDiePie isn\u2019t letting mainstream media bring him down, having cleared a massive milestone of 102 million subscribers following his infamous battle with Bollywood music label T-Series earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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