YouTube star Logan Paul says he's stepping away from posting after criticism over filming a dead body in Japan's 'suicide forest'

• After facing backlash from a controversial video posted on YouTube, Logan Paul says he's taking a break from posting. 
• On Twitter, he wrote,"taking time to reflect" and added "no vlog for now."
• Paul filmed him and his friends finding a dead body in a "suicide forest" in Japan, then deleted the video following criticism.
• He posted an apology video on YouTube.

Logan Paul started off 2018 with intense backlash after posting a video on YouTube that showed him and his friends discovering a dead body in a Japanese "suicide forest" —  and now he says that he's taking a break from posting.    

Paul tweeted, "Taking time to reflect," adding, "no vlog for now" and "see you soon."

Prior to posting the now-deleted video, Paul took to Twitter to call the video "the craziest and most real video I've ever uploaded."

After uploading to YouTube and immediately facing criticism, Paul deleted the video and wrote an apology.

"I didn't do it for views," he wrote. "I get views. I did it because I thought I could make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity. That's never the intention. I intended to raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention and while I thought, "If this video saves just ONE life, it'll be worth it," I was misguided by shock and awe, as portrayed in the video. I still am." 

His Twitter post was followed by a video where he again apologized for his vlog. 

"I've made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I don't expect to be forgiven," Paul said in the video. "I'm simply here to apologize."