PewDiePie explains why he considered deleting his YouTube account PewDiePie, YoutubeYouTube megastar Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2018 Kjellberg has revealed there have been times that he\u2019s considered deleting his broadcasting account over the years, despite boasting one of the biggest followings on the video-sharing platform. The Swedish superstar has been no stranger to controversies over the years as he rolled on to more than 100 million subscribers on his channel, from his follower-race with Indian entertainment company T-Series that descended into an \u2018us vs them\u2019 conflict, to being accused of supporting neo-Nazi ideologies and white nationalism. According to PewDiePie, these controversies, or \u201coopsies\u201d as he calls them, has left him considering a massive decision \u2014 abandoning YouTube, and leaving the limelight forever. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Kjellberg lifted the lid on the fact that he did come close to deactivating his flagship account \u201cfrom time to time,\u201d and shared his thoughts on the moments that have splashed his name across the media around the world. The internet sensation admitted he \u201cperiodically\u201d considered turning away from the streaming gamer life and spending his days lounging on a hammock alongside wife and former fellow YouTube star Marzia. \u201cDon\u2019t tempt me,\u201d he said, and admitted he often weighs up both sides of the idea. \u201cI kind of question if the positives outweighs the negative. It\u2019s a lot more than I think I signed up for.\u201d PewDiePie held the crown for the highest subscriber count for six years, before T-Series dethroned him earlier this year, but Kjellberg revealed falling into second place didn\u2019t really bother him. Instead, he said he often looks back to the early days when he had far fewer fans, and wishes he could go back to those times. Part of his retrospective outlook on his explosive career on YouTube comes from the fact that he\u2019s become a leading personality for hundreds of thousands of fans. The Swedish star said he took a long time to come to that fact, and tried to ignore it at first. \u201cMy job is just: I go to my office; I record a video in front of a camera. It\u2019s weird for me to be in this position, because I don\u2019t really want to be in this position,\u201d he said. According to Kjellberg, the moment he realized he had become more than just a guy in front of a camera was in the wake of the New Zealand shooting, when the shooting suspect declared \u201cSubscribe to PewDiePie\u201d at the beginning of his livestream. Read more: Minecraft. He called for fans to stop asking for people to \u2018subscribe\u2019. He even donated $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, though that didn\u2019t go exactly how he planned. \u201cI\u2019ve finally come to terms with the responsibility I have as a creator,\u201d he said. Deactivating the \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 account isn\u2019t the only major life move the Kjellbergs have been considering either, with the couple revealing they had fallen in love with Japan, and were aiming to relocate to their recently purchased Tokyo house. Luckily for PewDiePie fans, it doesn\u2019t seem like his plans to call time on his career any time soon. With his Minecraft series still going strong, and more announced content coming in the near future, it seems like YouTube\u2019s biggest gamer isn\u2019t going anywhere just yet. –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie explains why he considered deleting his YouTube account PewDiePie, YoutubeYouTube megastar Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2018 Kjellberg has revealed there have been times that he\u2019s considered deleting his broadcasting account over the years, despite boasting one of the biggest followings on the video-sharing platform. The Swedish superstar has been no stranger to controversies over the years as […]<\/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-57492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57492","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=57492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}