Logan Paul in trouble again after second video emerges of YouTuber throwing Poké Balls at Japanese people
YouTube star faces fresh criticism
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Your support makes all the difference.Logan Paul has been branded “a silly excuse for a human being” after a video re-surfaced of him throwing Poké Balls at Japanese people in Tokyo.
In the video titled “Real Life Pokemon in Tokyo” he throws Poké Balls at a Japanese policeman, car, a bike and an unsuspecting passer-by.
He then proceeds to drop his trousers in the middle of the video.
Turns out, Logan Paul’s trip to Japan was problematic for many reasons 😡 pic.twitter.com/yhj2BYgk4G
— We The Unicorns (@wetheunicorns) January 5, 2018
Paul’s actions sparked outrage among Japanese viewers with one commenter didn’t understand the YouTube star’s fame saying, “I do not know the reason why such a person is popular.”
“Do not come to Japan anymore,” a second user added.
A third commenter was just as upset, saying: ”It is tasteless and meaningless. His behaviour is very disappointing.”
The material was captured during the same trip during which he filmed a dead body in the Aokigahara forest.
Paul traverses the city like it’s his playground, mirroring his US-based content.
In one video says: ”I swear Tokyo is just a giant playground. Maybe it’s not. Maybe I should stop. Probably not.”
Paul continues wreaking havoc on the city with another video titled ”We Fought In The Middle Of Tokyo!” in which he harasses bystanders and drivers with a fish and some squid.
He eventually leaves the seafood on the hood of a taxi.
The 22-year-old then purchases a Game Boy, breaks it in the street and then attempts to return it with racist language (”Mucho Brokeno”).
The video footage surfaces after Paul had apologised for filming an individual who took their own life in Aokigahara.
Paul has gone indefinitely silent on social media as of this week after that clip attracted widespread outrage.
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