YouTuber and Twitch streamer Zylbrad accused of racism in Overwatch clip ZylbradA clip has resurfaced on Twitter that shows popular YouTuber and Twitch streamer Zylbrad going on a racist tirade against indigenous Australians while playing Overwatch. Zylbrad is one of the biggest Apex Legends content creators on YouTube having amassed over 2.5 million subscribers, putting out a new video nearly every single day. He\u2019s also garnered a huge following on Twitch, with 125k followers on the streaming platform. His YouTube channel is now dedicated to Apex Legends, but before he made the switch to Apex he was an Overwatch YouTuber, with many videos on the Blizzard shooter that reached millions of viewers. On August 11, a clip from Zylbrad\u2019s Overwatch days resurfaced on Twitter. In the clip, Zylbrad is heard using racist language against Aboriginal Australians. Zylbrad\u2019s tirade and apology The clip below was posted by the user sissyjuice on Twitter on August 11. @zylbrad7 imagine having a platform as large as yours as being this disgustingly racist. GRUB. Definition of an uneducated colonisers. This is why we say BLM and ILM because of people like you. pic.twitter.com\/AugA9PSGnv \u2014 sissyjuice (@sissyjuice) August 11, 2021 The clip starts out with Zylbrad\u2019s teammate telling him \u201cI think they might be winning now Brad\u201d, to which Zylbrad responds \u201cShh, we\u2019re killing Aboriginals, I\u2019m an Australian we\u2019re killing Aboriginals, we\u2019re hunting Abos mate.\u201d Zylbrad and his teammate can be heard cracking up while making the insensitive remarks. Australian Aboriginals are Australia\u2019s indigenous population. Zylbrad continues in the clip, saying \u201cI feel like Steve Irwin hunting Abos, here comes an abo\u201d. Zylbrad carries on saying \u201cCome on, we\u2019ve got Abos to catch\u201d, with his friend chiming in \u201cWe catch them, then we release them. That sounds like a r*pe attempt.\u201d Zylbrad says \u201cThe Aboriginals are like yes please\u201d. Zylbrad responded to the tweet with an apology, saying \u201cI\u2019m sorry to everyone hurt by this. This was from a vid made 5 years ago that was very quickly deleted when the person who made the vid watched it over.\u201d I\u2019m sorry to everyone hurt by this. This was from a vid made 5 years ago that was very quickly deleted when the person who made the vid watched it over. It was obviously not okay, and extremely poor mentality from my younger self. I know words don\u2019t fix that, but I am sorry. \u2014 Zylbrad (@zylbrad7) August 11, 2021 The clip has since been removed from TikTok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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