UN Logan Paul returns to YouTube, pledges $1 million to suicide prevention

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/logan-pau...-suicide-201203899--abc-news-celebrities.html

This video comes on the heels of a vlog he uploaded Dec. 31, which appeared to show a lifeless, hanging body in Japan's so-called suicide forest. In the clip, which received an onslaught of online criticism, the audience appears to see the body of an apparent suicide victim hanging from a tree.

"The voice in my head said, 'Jump now,' and I did," he says in the clip. But Hines continues by saying the second he jumped off the bridge, he had "instant regret."

"Al I wanted to do was live," he pleads.

"I know I've made mistakes, I know I've let people down," Paul says. "But what happens when you're given an opportunity to help make a difference in the world."

As clips covering the backlash Paul received from his last video before Wednesday's new clip, he says that he's "trying to grow as a human being" and later reveals he's pledged $1 million in efforts to help various suicide prevention organizations.

Others who appear in the new video include musician and drug recovery advocate, Bob Forrest, and John Draper, director for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, who received the first $250,000 in donations from Paul.

"Help people understand that the first thing they need to do is reach out and talk to somebody," he tells Paul.

Over the course of his internal and external exploration in 2018 thus far, Paul says he believes people, including himself, need to be more compassionate.

"It's something I'm learning along this journey," he admits. He also shares five steps that people can take to prevent suicide, whether for themselves or others.

Since last year's video that received public damnation, Paul had taken a leave of absence from social media and YouTube removed him from Google Preferred, a premier ad service that offers brand advertisers access to top channel producers.

YouTube also said Paul would not be featured on Season 4 of the original YouTube series "Foursome" and added that "his new Originals are on hold."

This new video comes after numerous apologies from Paul, which included a Jan. 1 letter to fans, saying his intentions in posting the video were to raise awareness of suicide prevention and not to anger anyone. Paul posted a warning at the start of the video advising viewers who are considering suicide to seek help.

"Where do I begin," he wrote. "Let's start with this -- I'm sorry."

Paul added then that he's never "made a mistake like this before."

On Jan. 3, he tweeted, "Taking time to reflect. No vlog for now. See you soon."
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You've gotta understand that $1 million is what this guy makes on a weekly basis. Even without youtube at the moment he has tons of other incomes of money i.e. merch.

Also whatever happened to that lawsuit with his maverick merch?
Anyone know?
 
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Deven said:
I am flabbergasted that people are still talking about this.
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I'm cool with it. Unlike other shitty memes that people talk about daily but are really blown out of proportion like those fucking tide pods, I'm actually glad that, for once, people are denouncing abhorrent behavior like making light of an actual suicide for the sake of fame and fortune. What he did wasn't right, and I'm glad people are sane enough to make an example out of this and show the US has at least a little bit of sanity.
I'd be totally cool with this asshole getting burned at the stake as an example for other reatarded content creators, so they realize there is a fucking line to what they can do, and if they cross it, it will be their end. These youtuber chuckefucks need a good hard slap of reality to tell them they aren't untouchable gods and they have PR just like everyone else.
 
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H4nzn0 said:
Noooo! It's a trap! (also that's a really horrifying plot twist)

Anyways, I still won't forgive him for what he did. That was just plain wrong. Laughing at Suicide is just no joke. You can't make suicide funny, at all.
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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei begs to disagree.
 
Like, who? Not a suscriber. He should've not pulled an exceptional move like that vid.
 
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