- Logan Paul published a new video where he attempts to further understand suicide and tries to help.
- He interviews a suicide survivor as part of it.
- It follows his "suicide forest" video, where he stumbled upon a dead body in a Japanese forest and posted a video of it on YouTube.
- Since the incident, YouTube cut several ties with the star vlogger.
Logan Paul is back.
The YouTube celebrity published a seven-minute video documentary where he interviews a person who attempted suicide and tries to turn his "suicide forest" video controversy into a positive lesson.
"From this point on, I want to make an effort to contribute and immerse myself in the conversation," Paul said. "So I'm pledging to donate $1 million to various suicide prevention organizations."
The video also addresses larger questions about mental health. It includes an interview with Kevin Hines, who attempted suicide at the age of 19 by jumping off San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge — and survived.
"Logan, all I wanted is for one person to look me in my eyes and say, 'Hey kid, are you OK?'" Hines says. "We need to be a society for every person in the community who's going through hell."
Paul — whose brother, Jake Paul, is also a YouTube celebrity — had stepped away from social media since the backlash to his "suicide forest" video where he and a group of friends visited Japan's Aokigahara forest and taped the body of a dead man hanging from a tree and posted it to YouTube. The video has also been criticized for its perceived racism toward Japanese culture after it was published earlier in January.
YouTube ultimately publicly admonished Paul and removed him from its preferred advertising programs. It also stopped working with him on its original series.
"We expect more of the creators who build their community on YouTube, as we're sure you do too," the company wrote in a statement. "The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences."
Since the incident, Paul published several apologies.
"I'm ashamed of myself, I'm disappointed in myself, and I promise to be better," he said in a follow-up vlog.
Paul's new video, titled "Suicide: Be Here Tomorrow" and featuring plaintive piano music in the background, is an exercise in self-redemption. In it, he talks about his lack of knowledge about suicide and his vow to learn more.
"I know that while I'm not part of the problem myself, I want to be part of the solution," Paul says. "As human beings, we have to be compassionate. And that's something I'm learning... I'm humbled and thankful to say, this is just the beginning."
You can watch Logan Paul's new video below:
If you are having feelings of depression or thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
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