The vlogger has spoken about about the horrific stunt (Picture Logan Paul Vlogs/YouTube)

Logan Paul has claimed that his disturbing suicide forest stunt back in January ‘completely destroyed his image’.

The YouTube star hit headlines all over the world when he uploaded a video titled, ‘We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest’, sharing it with his millions of young subscribers.

In the aftermath of the video and its deletion, Logan was removed from Google’s preferred partner program, his The Thinning sequel was scrapped, and he became public enemy number one, which he reflects on in his new video ‘Logan Paul – Why 2018 Was The Most Important Year Of My Life’.



Opening his new upload by recalling his rise to fame over 2016 and 2017, he then played countless clips of news broadcasters and YouTube stars, including Casey Neistat and Philip DeFranco, condemning him for the stunt.


‘In less than 24 hours I became the most hated person on the planet,’ the 23-year-old recalled.

‘I had made an inexcusable mistake, completely destroyed my image, lost every professional relationship that I had, became the internet’s favourite meme and, most importantly, had my eyes opened wide to the consequences of my actions.’

He added: ‘I felt every ounce of disappointment and hate directed at me, and while it was 100% my fault, it was critical that I felt all of it.

‘Being disliked was my biggest fear in the entire world,’ he admitted. ‘So, in a scramble to try and reverse the past, I asked myself “how do I fix this?” when the question I should have been asking is “how do I fix me?”‘

He later admitted that he bounced back from the video far too quickly, claiming he became his ‘own worst nightmare’ and that he couldn’t trust himself.

It’s not the first time he’s opened up about the video since uploading it, as back in October he told the internet: ‘Good luck trying to cancel me’.

He added: ‘It’s so easy for anyone to be like, “Logan Paul just ended his career, he’s done”. But the only person who will ever decide whether that’s true is me. Like, if I sleep for the rest of my life, maybe. But, like, dog — I love this shit. This creating? It’s my passion.’

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