The world's most-watched YouTube star has apologised for a series of gags that were labelled anti-Semitic - but he says the media are to blame for him losing big-money contracts with Google and Disney.
PewdiePie, who has 53 million subscribers, earns millions of dollars from his comedic videos. Last year, Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people - but a compilation video created by The Wall Street Journal has now done substantial damage to his reputation.
That came after PewdiePie posted a video of himself watching on as two boys unfurl a banner that read "Death to all Jews" - a clip that prompted The Wall Street Journal to compile every moment in which he has made jokes that could be deemed anti-Semitic.
That in turn resulted in YouTube Red dropping his upcoming series on their platform, and Disney's Maker Studios confirming it was severing ties with him - and the Swedish broadcaster said that's because The Wall Street Journal put them under pressure to do so.
"This was not an article, this was a personal attack against me," he said, before displaying the names of the three reporters who worked on the article and video.
"I'm still here, I'm still making videos. Nice try, Wall Street Journal. Try again, motherf***ers."
He also took issue with the media in general, saying that they always choose to focus on the amount of money he makes and claiming that they choose to focus on negatives when reporting on internet personalities because they are "threatened" by them.
However, despite the anger shown towards The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, he admitted that he had made an error of judgement with a few of his jokes.
"I'm sorry for the words that I used, as I know they offended people and I admit that the joke itself went too far. I do strongly believe that you can joke about anything, but I also believe there's a right way, and not the best way, to joke about things," he conceded.
"I love to push boundaries, but I would consider myself a rookie comedian, and I've definitely made mistakes like this before -but it's always been a learning and growing experience for me.
"This whole situation has definitely been that for me."
PewdiePie's YouTube channel remains in operation, and it is believed he will continue posting comic videos.
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