Comedian Nicole Arbour chose to talk about obesity and failed rather horribly.
Arbour’s video titled “Dear Fat People” has made her the first comedian to be censored on YouTube with her account getting disabled, according to the news outlet Medical Daily.
Dear Fat PeopleWhat we've all wanted to say to FAT PEOPLE
Posted by Nicole Arbour on Thursday, September 3, 2015
“Fat-shaming is not a thing; fat people made that up,” Arbour reportedly claims in the video.
“Are you going to tell the doctor that they’re being mean, and fat-shaming you when they say you have f—king heart disease?”
Arbour has since claimed that the content in the video was actually satire, according to Buzzfeed News.
“We literally broke the internet…With comedy,” wrote Arbour on Twitter.
“Wow, I’m the first comedian in the history of @YouTube to be #censored. There are graphic videos about murder and torture, but satire is (emoticons)”
Arbour’s video has garnered more than 20 million views on Facebook alone while her channel has since been reinstated.
“Will I take what strangers on the internet say about me personally? No,” said Arbour when asked how she’s been handling the recent criticism by Buzzfeed.
“Because what they are saying is a ridiculous outrage to a comedy video that has a bit too much truth in the jokes for their personal taste. I never intended for kids to be watching it and I”m sorry if any kids who didn’t understand that I’m a comedian were shocked or upset.”
“This was only an issue because this particular group wants to be immune to satire, while laughing at everyone else. We all need to relax, laugh at everyone, and learn to turn off something we don’t like, not try and wipe its existence.”
