KSI opens up about racist abuse and family bust ups in new 'intrusive' Louis Theroux documentary curiously
YouTube megastar KSI has opened up about the racist abuse he receives and the fraught relationship with his family in a brand new documentary with Louis Theroux. KSI - aka Olajide Olatunji, known to friends as JJ - started his soaring career back in 2009 by posting gaming videos and pranks which often featured his brother and parents.
Speaking about the abuse, he said: "It’s very hard to avoid. It’s just part of the internet culture, you can turn it off completely and not go on social media, and then you’ll avoid it to a certain degree. Obviously you might see racism in real life. “But I think they are happy now that everything is so much better than it was before the doc. It’s crazy. I could argue the doc helped me really open up my mind and made me go, ‘Oh, I need to sort this out’.
“I’m not happy with myself, my situation, me and my family wasn’t great. Especially my parents, even my brother, we are still going through a few things.” In Real Life revisits his childhood in Watford, his struggles at school, the development of his online persona and the emergence of his steely determination to succeed. This drive has been his biggest gift, but has also come with pitfalls.
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