On Sept. 10, YouTuber David Dobrik did what he often does: He posted a YouTube video for his nearly 14 million subscribers. It even began trending the very next day, a pretty standard response for Dobrik, who is the leader of the popular group “Vlog Squad,” which is known for posting hilarious and popular content.
There was only one problem: The video featured a plane crash skit. A plane crash gag, posted a day before 9/11, and trended on 9/11 is obviously not a good look.
The video was not received well.
“Please tell me someone watched @DavidDobrik’s video he posted last night and felt it was insensitive and disgusting to do the night before the anniversary of 9/11?” Twitter user @kimberlycg questioned.
https://twitter.com/kimberlycg/status/1171813488508973057
https://twitter.com/acmincey/status/1171833656400326656
Pretty bold of @DavidDobrik to upload a plane crashing sketch on 9/11 lol.
— FELIX (@azkodi95) September 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/CooCooCaCaCacia/status/1171832047708626951
Apparently Jason Nash, a member of the Vlog Squad, was also featured in the video.
https://twitter.com/marieschepp/status/1171793738840125442
In the midst of the backlash, Dobrik made the video private, leading those who didn’t see it to ask questions on Twitter.
“Why has @DavidDobrik’s latest video (one with airplane seats) been made private?” one user asked. “He deleted it bc he did a bit where they were joking about a plane crashing and today’s 9/11 and ppl (myself included) weren’t too happy with it,” another responded.
he deleted it bc he did a bit where they were joking about a plane crashing and today’s 9/11 and ppl (myself included) weren’t too happy with it
— Gracie⁷(@minhoneyboi) September 11, 2019
Dobrik has not publicly addressed the video and did not respond to the Daily Dot’s request for comment by the time of publication.
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