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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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