Tayler Holder addresses merch controversy with Corey La Barrie\u2019s family Instagram: Tayler Holder\/ Instagram: Corey La BarrieTikTok star Tayler Holder has issued a formal apology after he was accused of stealing a design from late YouTuber Corey La Barrie, which he will use on his own upcoming line of merchandise. [jwplayer ZXB9LNVP] Corey La Barrie was a popular YouTuber who tragically passed away on May 10 due to a fatal car accident. Fellow YouTuber Daniel Silva was also involved in the accident and was driving the car during the time of the crash. Tayler recently appeared to use La Barrie\u2019s slogan and logo for his own merchandise line \u2014 prompting shock and upset from some of the YouTuber\u2019s fans. Tayler was hit with a wave of backlash from fans accusing him of stealing the logo and design. The slogan reads \u201cUnder-Appreciated,\u201d with the letters \u201cnde\u201d crossed out so that it reads \u201cU R Appreciated.\u201d The logo also features a pair of angel wings above the slogan. Tayler responded to critics, explaining that he partnered up with La Barrie\u2019s family to produce the upcoming merchandise. He also claimed that he would be donating a percentage of the line\u2019s profits to Corey\u2019s foundation. Shortly after, alleged DMs to Barrie\u2019s mother appear to show that she was unaware of her family\u2019s supposed partnership with Holder for the merchandise line. In the messages, she claimed that she is \u201cpretty upset\u201d to have found out about the initiative via public internet drama. However, Tayler has now confirmed the family\u2019s involvement in a short video that he tweeted, clearing up any confusion around the situation. In the video alongside Corey\u2019s brother Jared and his dad Simon, Tayler said: \u201cThere seems to be a lot of confusion that got out of hand.\u201d He apologized and reiterated what he had initially said in his previous response: \u201cFirst up I just want to say that from the bottom of my heart I\u2019m so sorry for anyone that I affected with this and upset it was by far never my intentions with this. \u201cCorey is a very very close friend of mine. He\u2019s like family to me. We were teaming up on this, it was a thing that me, and Jared, and Simon had been talking about for the past few months\u201d Simon, Corey\u2019s father addressed the concerned fans, adding: \u201cWow, you guys are the best. We\u2019re not saying it was wrong you thought what you did was right but this shows how much love there was for Corey\u2026 Thank you for what you did. What you said on social media was from the heart we get that\u201d Tayler ended by saying that they would be holding off on the merch line for the time being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tayler Holder addresses merch controversy with Corey La Barrie\u2019s family Instagram: Tayler Holder\/ Instagram: Corey La BarrieTikTok star Tayler Holder has issued a formal apology after he was accused of stealing a design from late YouTuber Corey La Barrie, which he will use on his own upcoming line of merchandise. [jwplayer ZXB9LNVP] Corey La Barrie […]<\/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-60054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60054","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=60054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}