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 Paul, 22, whose almost daily video blogs on YouTube have over 15
million followers, apologized for laughing with friends about
the body they filmed hanging on a tree in Japan's so-called
"suicide forest" and posted to the video-sharing channel.
Logan deleted the video on Monday after it caused a social media
backlash.
"I've made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I
don't expect to be forgiven. I'm simply here to apologize," Paul
said in a YouTube video called "So Sorry."
He said the shots of he and his friends laughing nervously after
the discovery of the body were "raw and unfiltered" reactions
and that the video should never have been posted or even filmed.
"I've made a huge mistake. I don't expect to be forgiven... I'm
ashamed of myself. I am disappointed," he added.
Logan shot the video on a visit to Japan's Aokigahara forest on
the slopes of Mount Fuji, that is known for its high number of
suicides. He promoted it on his Twitter account at the weekend
as "the craziest and most real video I've ever uploaded."
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Reaction was swift with critics calling the video disgusting and
tasteless.
"Paul believes he's 'making YouTube history' by vlogging the body of
a young person who died by suicide... You're not Neil Armstrong bro,
it's simply a thing no one else has been tacky enough to do outside
rotten. com circa 2000," tweeted Caitlin Doughty, a Los Angeles
mortician and author of "From Here to Eternity."
Former "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul said suicide was no joke. "You
disgust me. I can't believe that so many young people look up to
you," the actor tweeted to Paul, who he is not related to.
"Hopefully this latest video woke them up. You are pure trash. Plain
and simple. Suicide is not a joke. Go rot in hell."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Andrew Hay)
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