Controversial YouTuber Logan Paul Plans His Comeback: 'Good Luck Trying to Cancel Me'

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Logan Paulwants another chance.

In a new interview with theHollywood Reporter,the 23-year-old social media star opened up about thecontroversy that eruptedearlier this year after he posted a YouTube vlog that showed the body of an alleged suicide victim in Japan — and his plans for what’s next.

“I had never had a crisis before, ever,” said Paul, who deleted the video,apologizedandcreated a suicide prevention PSA. “Everything had been a smooth-sailing ride to the top.”

Recalling the frantic first hours of global outrage, Paul said his phone was blowing up with texts “from friends, family, colleagues, accomplices.”

The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles for an emergency meeting with a team of lawyers, publicists and agents that ended up lasting eight hours. Paul said he was stunned.

“I was so used to people liking me,” he said. “But being hated? I hate it. I hate being hated!”

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In the months that followed, though he resumed vlogging on YouTube, Paul has mostly maintained a low profile. Instead of starring in outrageous videos, Paul revealed toTHRthat his new plan is to taper off from the video-sharing site and focus on a podcast he’s preparing to launch in the near future, namedImpaulsive— “a play on my last name and my tendencies.”

“If I’m going to do something, I might as well go for it,” he said, revealing that he had a broadcast studio installed in his home.

“Good luck trying to cancel me,” he said. “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 s—. This creating? It’s my passion.”

Paul has previously insisted he’s not going anywhere.

“I’m not going to try to ignore it, I can’t ignore it — so I’m not going to pretend like that didn’t happen,” he said in a February vlog, hisfirst since the scandal.

“I know for a fact everything I do from this point on will get criticism, it will get backlash, because I’m a very polarizing dude,” he continued. “You either love me, or you hate me. … So internet, please, use me, bro. Crucify me, vilify me, and I can promise you one thing, guys — I’m not going anywhere.”

source: people.com