“How’s it going bros! “My name is PewDiePie.” So now we know who we’re talking about. PewDiePie is one of the most popular Youtubers of the world. Originally a comedian by profession, PewDiePie is known for some bizarre controversies that he has been a part of.
Personal Details
| Full Name: | Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg |
| Stage Name: | PewDiePie |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | 24 October 1989 |
| Place Of Origin: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Age: | 31 years old |
| Height: | 5 feet 9 inches |
| Weight: | 75 kilos |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Sexual orientation: | Straight |
| Status: | Married |
| Wife: | Marzia Bisognin |
| Profession: | Comedian, Youtuber |
| Total Net Worth: | $50 million |
Table of Contents
The T-Series controversy
The battle began when PewDiePie posted a video, whose thumbnail seemed to congratulate T-Series on them becoming the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world. But what came next to clicking the thumbnail, wasn’t as pleasant. He started by roasting T-Series.
He asserted, “All it took was a massive corporate entity with every song in Bollywood” to defeat him. Also, when he finally congratulated T-Series on their win, it was with “the finger”. And, if you did assume so, he didn’t stop there.
He went on to troll India with some extremely bizarre comments like, “I love my Indian bros from Bombay to Bangladesh.” Bangladesh isn’t a part of India! When you troll someone, you must at least know them. The second part of the battle started when T series sued him in a defamation case.
PewDiePie, crossing all lines of decency, went on state comments like, “Indians have poo-poo in the brains.” And as if that wasn’t enough, he accepts it to be a racist statement but yet “not defamation”. He even does not hold back from commenting on India’s poverty but says, “Maybe all those ads will solve your crippling poverty”.
Early life of PewDiePie
Born on the 24th of October 1989, Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg AKA PewDiePie was raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. His Father Ulf Christian Kjellberg was a corporate executive by profession and his mother Lotta Kristine Johanna was a chief information officer. She was honoured as the CIO of the Year in 2010, Sweden.
Talking about his childhood, PewDiePie shared that he was involved in arts and loved drawing Mario, Sonic the hedgehog and various other cartoon and video game characters at the back of his notebook. He loved playing video games, so much that he would bunk classes to meet his friends on internet cafes and play video games.
Talking about his qualifications, he pursued his degree in industrial economics and technology management from Chalmers University of Technology. He dropped off from college in 2011. There were several stories to support this step of his. Some even believed that he did so in order to concentrate over his YouTube channel. However, later he came forward to tell his fans the real reason. He said he dropped his degree because he found himself very uninterested in it. He even found Adobe photoshop very interesting and was quite good at it too. He enjoyed editing pictures and even won several photoshop contests.
What about his love life?
Well, PewDiePie has had quite a stable love affair. He met his wife now Marzia Bisognin on the internet. After some time of good texting, they both decided to meet and to accomplish that, PewDiePie flew to Italy. Their meetings became more frequent but it was quite a task for both of them to travel between Italy and Sweden. Therefore, they decided to come together and live in Brighton and Hove. Their idea of a perfect home was something near the sea, where they could enjoy anonymity for a while. They bought a house in Japan too. The couple got hitched in a ceremony on 19th August 2019.
Wondering how tall PewDiePie is? PewDiePie is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 75 Kilos. He has blue eyes and blonde hair.
PewDiePie’s career milestones
In 2006, December, Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg created a YouTube channel by the name “Pew Die”. Answering the question that just popped in your head, he explained that Pew is the sound made by lasers and die represents death. He accidentally logged out of his YouTube channel and forgot its password. Therefore, he had to create another account with the name PewDiePie.
After he left his degree in the middle, his parents nearly disowned him and refused to provide him with any kind of financial support. Therefore, he did several regular jobs to support his own YouTube channel.
He was very clear with his decision of leaving the college and pursuing his passion. He said, “I knew people were big at other types of videos, but there was no one big in gaming, and I didn’t know you could make money out of it. It was never like a career that I could just quit college to pursue. It was just something I loved to do.”
On his YouTube channel, he began by publishing his commentaries on different video games like Minecraft, Call of Duty and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. With the evolution of his content, his channel succeeded exponentially. Websites like OpenSlate, addressed his channel as the No. 1 channel on YouTube.
Awards and Nominations received by PewDiePie
PewDiePie has had a very successful YouTube career as a content creator. In 2013, he won the “Starcount Social Star Awards” in the category Most Popular Social Show and Sweden Social Star Award. In 2014, he won the “Teen Choice Awards” for “Web Star: Gaming” and the “Golden Joystick Awards” in the category “gaming personality”.
In 2015, he was presented with the 5th Streamy Awards in the category Best Gaming Channel, Show, or Series and in 2019, he won the “Teen Choice Awards” in the category “Choice Gamer”.
PewDiePie’s Net worth
With his extremely successful YouTube channel, PewDiePie’s net worth is approximately $50 Million.
End Note
PewDiePie has had a history of making some very controversial statements. Talking about the same, he once asserted, “I’ve made some jokes that people don’t like. And you know what? If people don’t like my jokes, I fully respect that. I fully understand that. I acknowledge that I took things too far, and that’s something I definitely will keep in mind moving forward, but the reaction and the outrage have been nothing but insanity.”