Lilly’s not standing for Felix’s comments (Picture: Allen Berezovsky/FilmMagic/Jonas Ekstromer / TT)

Lilly Singh has hit back at PewDiePie after the Swedish gamer called her a ‘crybaby’ for criticising the lack of female representation on the Forbes list of richest YouTubers.

How dare she!

In an episode of his series Pew News, the YouTuber – real name Felix Kjellberg – came for Lilly after she tweeted her frustration with the Forbes list.

‘2 years ago it was almost even between male & female, last year it was just me and this year there are no females at all,’ she wrote.

‘Something I predicted in my instagram caption last year. I’m concerned the digital space is going to repeat the mistakes of ancient industries. Hope I’m wrong.’

She later received a huge amount of backlash, including from Felix himself, who previously hit out at her when she announced she was taking a break from the internet to focus on her mental health.

‘You don’t get paid more or less based on your gender,’ he argued.

If you have a mean thought, you don’t have to say it. Even if you don’t like the person, you don’t have to say it. You don’t need to put that energy into the world. Be selective with your battles. Reserve your energy for the real fights. ❤️ — Lilly Singh (@Lilly) December 9, 2018

The 29-year-old added: ‘Adsense pays the same way. If people want to subscribe to you, they do it because they enjoy your videos, not because of your gender. That’s ridiculous.’

As if that wasn’t enough, he went on to call her a ‘crybaby’.

It was all pretty brutal.

Rather than hitting back from a place of anger, Lilly – also aptly known as ‘Superwoman’ on the internet – has been calmly explaining her position and urging her fans to only put out positive vibes into the world.

‘A few days ago I tweeted about zero women being on the Forbes YouTuber list,’ she recalled. ‘My concern wasn’t ME not being on the list. I likely don’t deserve to be on the list this year tbh. I’ve had a tough year. I know that. My concern was NO female representation.

And if standing up for my fellow women/sisters makes me a target for attack, then I'll learn to live with that. I say this with love in my heart and a smile on my face. Zero desire to create drama. I love my mind too much for that. — Lilly Singh (@Lilly) December 8, 2018

‘And by pointing out that concern, I am not attacking the men on the list. They should be proud of their accomplishments. Even the few who may not be fond of me. Secure your bag my friend.’

She added: ‘And if standing up for my fellow women/sisters makes me a target for attack, then I’ll learn to live with that. I say this with love in my heart and a smile on my face. Zero desire to create drama. I love my mind too much for that.’

Iconic.

Clearly hoping to continue the conversation privately, she told Felix to feel free to DM her.

Since, she hasn’t stopped with the positivity, urging her fans to ‘be the light’ in the world.

She added: ‘Be selective with your battles. Reserve your energy for the real fights.’

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

It comes after the uproar following the release of the Forbes highest paid list, which featured just two people of colour and no women at all.

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Lilly Singh, Patricia Bright and Hannah Witton were just some of the stars not standing for the lack of representation in the list which featured YouTubers like PewDiePie and Logan and Jake Paul.

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for PewDiePie for comment.

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