Fortnite pro Dubs issues apology following FaZe suspension Dubs, YouTubeProfessional Fortnite player and FaZe member Daniel \u2018Dubs\u2019 Walsh has issued a lengthy apology to social media after uttering a racial slur on another gamer\u2019s Twitch stream on February 29. The offending clip quickly went viral online, prompting FaZe to indefinitely suspend their player and require all members to undergo sensitivity training, as told in their statement shortly after the incident took the net by storm. Over a month later, the 15-year-old has returned to social media, issuing an apology and updating onlookers as to the results of his sensitivity training. A statement from FaZe Clan regarding Dubs. pic.twitter.com\/0lSlUEL5J7 \u2014 FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan) February 29, 2020 \u201cI would like to convey how deeply sorry I am to everyone that I hurt through the unjustifiable language that I recently used,\u201d he began his statement. \u201cThere are no words to describe the extent of how truly sorry I am.\u201d The Fortnite pro went on to explain that he was educated about the slur\u2019s history during his sensitivity training and took a step back from competing to examine why he plays Fortnite competitively, discovering that he wants to \u201cplay for everyone who supports me and encourages me.\u201d Finally, Dubs challenged his fans to live by the motto \u201cThink Before You Speak,\u201d and so far, his post has been met with positivity and encouragement from fellow teammates and content creators. This isn\u2019t the first time Dubs has addressed the matter, either. Dubs\u2019 recent apology echoes the Tweet he published directly after the incident went viral, with the pro similarly writing: \u201cI can\u2019t even describe how sorry I am. I did not intend to be hurtful in any way but what I said was still hurtful, insensitive, and wrong.\u201d I can\u2019t even describe how sorry I am. I did not intend to be hurtful in any way but what I said was still hurtful, insensitive, and wrong. The word shouldn\u2019t have been in my vocabulary and I apologize from the bottom my heart to everyone I offended by using it. You deserve better \u2014 Dubs (@Dubsfn) February 29, 2020 While FaZe themselves have yet to directly comment on this latest development, they did retweet Dubs\u2019 April 2 apology statement, which has since garnered over 6,000 likes at the time of writing, shortly after being published. Considering the content of his apology, it seems that Dubs will return to competitive Fortnite under a new mindset due to his sensitivity training as mandated by FaZe, although further information regarding his career has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro Dubs issues apology following FaZe suspension Dubs, YouTubeProfessional Fortnite player and FaZe member Daniel \u2018Dubs\u2019 Walsh has issued a lengthy apology to social media after uttering a racial slur on another gamer\u2019s Twitch stream on February 29. The offending clip quickly went viral online, prompting FaZe to indefinitely suspend their player and require […]<\/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-74138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74138","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=74138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}