YouTuber Alex Wassabi announces break from platform after 15 years YouTube: Wasabi ProductionsAfter fifteen years on the platform, Alex Wassabi, the face of popular YouTube channel Wassabi Productions, has announced in a new video that he plans to take an extended break from the channel in order to focus on himself and re-evaluate the direction of the channel. 29-year-old Alex admitted that the reason for his break was that he was feeling burnt out. \u201cI feel less creative,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t have the same urge to create that I used to.\u201d He continued: \u201cI want to take a break to just be myself and figure out who I am and what I want to do with this channel\u2026 and even if I want to be a YouTube creator anymore.\u201d Admitting that he had felt \u201cscared\u201d to take a break throughout his fifteen-year YouTube career, Wassabi explained that he always felt the urge to keep going because he felt like people depended on him. \u201cBut now that I\u2019m older I\u2019ve realised that I can\u2019t spend my life trying to make people happy,\u201d Wassabi said. \u201cIt\u2019s what I\u2019ve wanted to do since I was a kid but that\u2019s not mentally healthy.\u201d The video then shifted to a series of old clips showing just how far Wasabi Productions has come since it\u2019s conception in January 2006, with several clips showing early videos involving Alex and the channel\u2019s original founder, Roi Fabbito. Wassabi Productions as fans know it was created in January 2006, with Alex Burris comingon board as a co-creator for the channel around that time. It was then that Wassabi Productions born with Roi and Alex charming millions of viewers with sketches and challenges every week with their popular Wassabi Wednesdays segment. When Roi decided to leave the channel in 2016 for undisclosed reasons, Alex continued to run Wassabi Productions solo, with various guest stars moving to replace Roi. The channel as it stands has 11.5 million subscribers and over 4 billion combined views. Breaking down in tears, Burris ended the video on an emotional but positive note, saying that he was \u201cexcited\u201d for his break and that it was \u201clong overdue\u201d. He then signed off with the slogan fans had grown to love, noting that it \u201cmight be the last time\u201d he ever says it: \u201cUntil next time, do me a favor and don\u2019t forget to remember: if you\u2019re not smiling, you\u2019re doing it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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