KSI: YouTube visits mosque after racial slur in Sidemen video

KSI has visited a mosque and spoke to an Imam, days aft helium utilized a radical slur successful a YouTube video.

He past tweeted an apology saying determination was "no excuse".

The rapper, whose existent sanction is Olajide William Olatunji, went to the Al-Hikam Institute successful Bradford connected Tuesday.

The 29-year-old was pictured wearing a reddish covering during the visit, listening to Imam Muhammed Asim Hussain.

BBC Newsbeat person approached representatives for KSI for comment.

Videos of KSI gathering those astatine the mosque person been viewed millions of times connected societal media, with immoderate praising the visit.

"The slightest helium tin bash is look up to his mistakes and amended himself," 1 idiosyncratic posted.

Others doubted his motive, with 1 Twitter idiosyncratic penning helium was determination "because he's been advised by his PR squad for harm limitation, to sphere his brand".

In the clip, the Imam tin beryllium heard saying: "With the volition of malice, adjacent those astir apt sat connected the side, they astir apt didn't understand... they mightiness person conscionable been similar laughed off.

"He's present to larn astir what it is, he's ne'er been successful a mosque."

The YouTuber turned boxer besides announced helium was taking a societal media break.

"I've ever said to my assemblage that they shouldn't worship maine oregon enactment maine connected a pedestal due to the fact that I'm human," he tweeted.

KSI recovered fame with The Sidemen and is regularly progressive successful sketches connected their YouTube channel, which has much than 18 cardinal subscribers.

In March 2021, KSI apologised for antecedently utilizing "transgender slurs", saying helium "honestly didn't adjacent cognize they were slurs. I cognize present though".

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