Disguised Toast hits back at people trying to cancel him over “problematic” comments

Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang has issued a protracted and detailed response after folks condemned him for supposedly “problematic” feedback he made up to now.

It’s been a turbulent few days for Toast. After asserting he’s quitting Amongst Us – his principal recreation for the previous yr – Toast has been satisfied to launch an impassioned response to accusations of problematic conduct.

The OfflineTV member was criticized by some on social media for allegedly making racist and sexist jokes up to now, and calling for others to name him out as nicely.

And after a “considerate and well-written message” from a fan, Toast noticed match to reply to these allegations and deal with folks’s issues head-on.

Toast has come underneath hearth for jokes made up to now.

Toast responds to accusations of problematic feedback

On Might 2, Toast posted an in depth Twitlonger which sought to reply to 5 key allegations made in opposition to him. Toast defined the significance of “transparency” to him, and urged folks to not assault his associates from OfflineTV and Amigops.

“I’ve at all times toed the road of “edgy” humor in the case of my on-line presence,” he stated. “Over the past 5 years, I’ve developed a extra sarcastic, blunt, and satirical character. There’s nothing about what I’ve carried out publicly that I’ve tried to cover, or delete, or declare ignorance to.”

Toast refuted accusations of racism, which associated to a joke he revamped two years in the past, which he claims was regurgitated from an internet site. “Making an attempt to teach me that it’s offensive has no weight as a result of all of us knew it was offensive, that’s why it was censored,” he defined.

Addressing my “problematic” previous and being cancelled

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— Disguised Toast (@DisguisedToast) May 2, 2021

Toast reminded critics of his personal earlier experiences with racism, which contain being “spat on” and “being referred to as Jackie Chan”. “This clearly doesn’t make me resistant to being racist,” he defined. “However studying an offensive joke doesn’t make me one both.

He additionally responded to criticism over a joke throughout a recreation of pictionary the place he drew a lady to symbolize the phrase “unlawful”.

“I don’t assist pedophilia (I can’t consider I’ve to even say that) and it truthfully surprises me that some stans try to cancel me for this one,” he added. “I’m fairly positive it’s clear that even with the worst opinion of me, folks can acknowledge that I’m saying pedo = dangerous.

Toast additional rebuked claims he advocated for rape and use of the “R slur”. In each circumstances, he described the claims as unsubstantiated, with no clips or VODs to again the accusations up.

Toast joined stream-team OfflineTV in October 2017.

Toast concluded by explaining his intention to ‘tone down’ his jokes sooner or later. “Transferring ahead, I’ll attempt to be a lil bit much less edgy,” he stated. “However that sort of humor is one thing I grew up with and do personally discover humorous.

“When you take it at face worth, with out context, with out realizing me – I can perceive why I’d come off as a bigot. However even for those who don’t respect me, at the least respect the opinion of the folks round me.”

Toast isn’t the one high-profile content material creator to be criticized for previous actions this month, with MrBeast crewmember Karl Jacobs popping out to apologize for his earlier affiliation with controversial streamer Ice Poseidon.

Both means, it stays to be seen whether or not this rebuttal shall be sturdy sufficient to quell the uproar from sure sections of web customers.