KSI apologises for using racial slur in YouTube video

The YouTuber KSI has apologised for using a racist slur during a recent video made with his group the Sidemen.

He acknowledged there was no excuse for using the slur and said he would be removing himself from social media for a spell as a result.

In the video, Sidemen members played a game of Countdown. Given his letters, KSI put together a four-letter derogatory word for someone of Pakistani origin.

KSI, who is also a musician, a boxer and is behind the popular Prime energy drink brand, has developed huge cultural influence in recent years. His main personal account on YouTube has more than 20 million subscribers, while the account he shares with the other Sidemen has nearly as many, and its videos are regularly shared by people in their tens of millions.