PewDiePie will stop YouTube family vlogs to protect his son’s privacy
"Thank you and goodbye."
PewDiePie and Marzia. Screenshot from PewDiePie YouTube.
- Pewdiepie says he is ending family vlogs to protect his son Bjorn’s privacy.
- He said Björn should make his own choices about public attention as he grows up.
- The decision follows 4 and a half years of family videos with his wife Marzia.
- Pewdiepie plans to keep creating content, but his next direction remains unclear.
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YouTuber PewDiePie has announced he will stop filming family vlogs following his promise to protect his young son’s privacy.
PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, has announced that he is finally putting an end to family vlogging as he wants to honor the promise to protect his young son’s privacy.
Months prior, PewDiePie hinted at leaving family vlogging in the past as his son reached specific developmental milestones.
Now, PewDiePie is making good on that promise in his newest video, proclaiming, “Thank you and Goodbye.”
The former gaming YouTuber said that this is an “end to the vlogs” and that this is “the last thing [he’s] going to film.”
PewDiePie recently stopped filming gaming videos, the content that put him on the map.
After 4 and a half years of family vlogs, which documented the couple and their son moving to Japan, among other significant milestones.
However, there’s no big reason as to why PewDiePie and his wife and fellow content creator Marzia, want to quit the vlogs.
“The reason we're stopping is cuz we didn't want to go on forever,” PewDiePie said in his video.
PewDiePie also said that his son, Björn, is growing up and now “it’s a good time to stop” despite enjoying the process of making family content.
While he loves sharing videos and loves the YouTube community, he doesn’t love being famous.
“I actually kind of hate it.”
PewDiePie cites sneaky photos and public attention, which makes him dislike being a public figure, and it seems that he doesn’t want that life for his son.
“For Björn, I want him to make his own choices. He deserves his own privacy, and I think that’s why we felt like now it’s a good time to stop, even though he’s so wonderful and we love sharing him with you guys.”
While PewDiePie says he won’t stop creating content, now that he’s stepped away from gaming content and family vlogging, it’s unclear as to what direction he will go next.
