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KSI issues apology for using racial slur in YouTube video

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KSI apologises for using racial slur in YouTube video and announces break from social media

KSI has apologised after using a racial slur in a now-deleted YouTube video.

The internet personality, rapper and boxer - real name Olajide Olatunji - also announced that he was taking a “break” from social media after the clip prompted widespread backlash.

In the footage for the YouTube channel Sidemen, KSI could be heard using a derogatory slur aimed at Pakistani people.

“I wanna apologise for saying a racial slur in a recent Sidemen video,” he tweeted.

“There’s no excuse, no matter the circumstances, I shouldn’t have said it and I’m sorry.

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