Worst YouTubers: Logan Paul, Mark Meechan, Shay Carl And Other Disgraced Stars

To be a popular YouTuber, one needs to gain the attention of the vlogging world and attract as many viewers for their videos as possible. However, some online stars have taken the road of crazy activities to make themselves known.

Here are some of the most disgraced YouTubers who made some bad choices to shoot to fame.

Logan Paul:

The controversial YouTuber came under fire recently for saying during an episode of his podcast "Impaulsive" that he would "attempt to go gay for just one month.” While discussing his New Year's resolutions with co-host Mike Majlak, he said, "January is sober vegan January and then February….” Paul said, while Majlak added, “Is fatal February.”

“The exact opposite,” Paul added. As for March, “It’s male-only March,” Paul said. “We’re going to attempt to go gay for just one month.”

Viewers and listeners weren’t thrilled about his comment and many slammed him on social media.

“Being gay isn’t a choice, being gay isn’t a phase, being gay shouldn’t be used for a rend and subscribers. Grow up Logan Paul,” one user wrote on Twitter.

Instagram star Daniel Preda wrote, “Logan Paul joking about being gay 'for one month' while countless LGBT+ around the world are killed & committing suicide for their sexuality, is disgusting. He continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community & shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year.”

For the last two years, Logan has been hitting headlines with his controversial activities, including his response to the dangerous Tide Pod challenge, tasing a dead rat in one of his videos, and posting a photo of a dead body in Japan’s “suicide forest.”

Mark Meechan:

In March, the Youtuber was convicted of committing a hate crime after he taught his girlfriend’s pug the Nazi salute and posted the video online. In the video titled “M8 Yur Dug's a Nazi," the pug named Buddha is seen watching videos of Adolf Hitler’s speeches and reacting to the words “gas the Jews.” Every time the words are spoken Buddha stares at Meechan, and at the end of the video, he is seen repeating the words “Sieg Heil" to which the dog responds by extending its right paw, mimicking a Nazi salute.

Meechan said at the time that he trained the dog as a joke to annoy his girlfriend and had no idea that the video would go viral.

PewDiePie:

The popular YouTuber who has never shied away from controversies found himself, once again, in hot water in December after praising another streamer whose online presentations often included homophobic and anti-Semitic language. In 2017, he posted a series of anti-semitic videos that included him paying some people to hold up a “Death to All Jews” poster, as well as paying someone to dress up as Jesus Christ and say “Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong.” The year before, he threw a high-profile temper tantrum and threatened to delete his channel.

Shay Carl

Shay Carl, who runs a family YouTube channel as a married Mormon with five kids, was embroiled in controversy after it came to light that he had been having sexual conversations with a cam girl for months. Carl blamed his actions to his alcohol addiction and apologized on Twitter. After a hiatus following the 2017 controversy, Shay Carl returned to YouTube last year.

Sam Pepper:

The former Big Brother contestant was accused of rape and sexual assault by multiple women. Some of the allegations also involved underage girls and were made against Pepper for years. In 2018, Pepper tried to make a comeback by posting a video, which was a four-hour live stream in which he harassed women on the streets of Los Angeles, pressuring them for phone numbers and dates. The video was later taken down.