PewDiePie announces break from YouTube because he's 'very tired' - PewDIEpie

[The Pink Panther]

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PewDiePie announces break from YouTube because he's 'very tired'

The 30-year-old vlogger announced he will be going on hiatus in the New Year in his most recent PewsNews video.

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PewDiePie announces break from YouTube because he's 'very tired'

The 30-year-old vlogger announced he will be going on hiatus in the New Year in his most recent PewsNews video.

Sunday 15 December 2019 22:00, UK

PewDiePie has announced he is taking a break from YouTube because he is "tired".
The Swedish vlogger and comedian, real name Felix Kjellberg, found fame through his videos playing Minecraft and other games, and has amassed more than 102 million subscribers and 24 billion video views.

In his most recent PewsNews video, the 30-year-old told his viewers he will be going on hiatus in the New Year.
He said: "I am taking a break from YouTube next year. I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind."
He added: "I'm tired. I'm feeling very tired. I don't know if you can tell. Just so you know, early next year I'll be a way for a little while. I'll explain that later but I wanted to give a heads up."

ImageewDiePie married Marzia Bisognin at a ceremony in London. Pic: Twitter\PewDiePie
Kjellberg hinted back in August that he was planning to take a break from making videos.

He said: "I do think it would be good for me to take a break at some point. It would be nice to not have YouTube in my brain for the first time in 10 years."
The star has been embroiled in several media controversies over the years, and faced accusations of antisemitism after including Nazi imagery in a series of videos in 2017.
It lead to him being dropped from a number of endorsement deals as well as a loss of subscribers.
YouTube bosses scrapped a planned series with him and he was later dropped from a lucrative deal with Disney.
At the time, ADL chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt commended Disney for cutting ties with him.
He said: "PewDiePie is entitled to his views, but neither Disney nor any other company has any obligation to support his wide dissemination of hate speech."
Earlier this year, the Swede said he was "sickened" by a reference to his channel made in a video posted by the alleged gunman behind the Christchurch mosque attacks.
At the beginning of footage, the man said: "Remember lads, subscribe to PewDiePie."
Despite those controversies, the YouTuber - who married his longtime girlfriend in London in August - topped a list of the 100 most influential people in digital media this year.
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He deserves a nice long break from the public. Sometimes the media attention can get you a little hazy.

 

[(((Obar Lazcano Kamz)))]

him and his fake italian wife can fuck off. no one cares if another one of their compounds got robbed.

 

[The Pink Panther]

fake italian

Elaborate on that, please?

 

[Near]

I too would be tired of getting this much money by just reading reddit and twitter, and then having someone else edit the video for me.

 

[ObeseScreamingBlackMan]

Obscenely rich man decides to enjoy a life of leisure, news at 11.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Elaborate on that, please?

They're called Sicilians.

 

[Kheapathic]

Not like he needs to work anymore, as long as he's been somewhat smart with his money.

 

[Pomniman]

Unless he was dumb enough to have spent all his youtube money I don't know why he even bothers anymore, in all honesty. Even by relatively conservative estimates he's already made more money than he'll ever need. You could try to say he's passionate about making youtube videos but most of his content is fairly generic gaming and meme stuff so it doesn't even seem like much of a passion project or anything.

 

[Botchy Galoop]

I hope he laughs all the way to the bank.
Felix may be one of the only OG Youtubers who did it right and lived to walk away on his terms. Smart investments pay off. He can afford to do what he wants now, I suppose. He seems to have kept his relative sanity, no sex tape has been leaked, he hasn't been caught in a compromising position with goats. Not much of a cow, really.
מזל טוב , and have lots of cute babies.

 

[The Pink Panther]

They're called Sicilians.

STILL ITALIAN.

It's on the tail.

 

[The Last Stand]

I'd be tired too if I made a lot of bank through making entertainment videos for zoomers, inventing memes from nowhere, and being marked as a white supremacist for being overly goofy online.

DSP must be livid right now.

 

[The Pink Panther]

DSP must be livid right now.

Nah.

It only goes to show that Pewdiepie in a few year's time will be another name to add to the DSP body count.

 

[A Welsh Cake]

I’ll take his channel if he wants.

 

[Iron Hamster]

DSP must be livid right now.

I have no doubt he's delusional enough to think all pew followers should automatically go to him and throw money at him.
My theory is pew is backing away to see how the new 'rules' shake out.

 

[La Luz Extinguido]

I too would be tired of getting this much money by just reading reddit and twitter, and then having someone else edit the video for me.

Bitch, I would be so tired I would just hoard my fortune and not work or do shit for the rest of my life.

 

[Token Weeaboo]

Being a target as just the number one singular YouTuber going on a break, it wouldn't suprise me if Media try and go after something of Markiplier or JackSepticguy (i'm not sure how they are spelled) next. He never was invested into politics, yet stupid politics and fabricated issues kept popping up for him. He's lucky he's one of the YouTubers who can afford to go on a break.

My theory is pew is backing away to see how the new 'rules' shake out.

I agree with this somewhat. YouTube implemented 3 big changes in 2019 alone. the one involving vox's adpoloclypse on edgy content then the Coppa one on- basally- family friendly content and now this recent one making harassment so sensitive that criticism can lead into a strike or termination. Though I do think he's due for a break especially for how long he's been making almost daily content.

 

[Furina]

Well good for him. I think he deserves it. He's got loads of money by now and hopefully he's smart enough with it to make it last for a while even if he does nothing more than let it sit in the bank. Unfortunately, even though he's the biggest single YouTuber, his departure probably won't hurt YouTube in the slightest. I almost wonder if YouTube will be glad he's leaving for while. One less voice for the old school to fight against the increasingly corporate-friendly, advertiser-compliant YouTube.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

I really don't blame him. Dude's been putting out content almost daily, and him getting repeatedly dragged through the media, and getting robbed really didn't help matters. I also agree that he might also be waiting to see how this COPPA shit works out. It seems like something he would do. Besides, he's got enough money to last a lifetime if he spends it right. He'll be fine.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Dude's been putting out content almost daily

Cry me a river. He spends 20 minutes a day on camera browsing a subreddit, then ships the footage off to one of his three editors. There is very little work involved in his day-to-day schedule. I bet he works, at most, one normal 8 hour day a week.

 

[Disgruntled Pupper]

I think more than anything he's just bored after 10 years of making more or less the same crap over and over. It happens to everyone at some point, even people who really, really like their jobs. Most normal people have to force their way through it because they're not rich and can't decide to just take a break from working.