KSI tells Sidemen 'I'll always be here' after quitting YouTube group

YouTuber KSI has admitted immoderate of his erstwhile Sidemen members are "angry" and "upset" implicit his exit, telling them to "be optimistic" astir the future.

The societal media prima - existent sanction Olajide William Olatunji oregon JJ to friends and household – announced helium was leaving the YouTube corporate implicit the weekend.

In a YouTube video, which has astir 3 cardinal views, KSI confirmed "nothing bad" had taken spot betwixt him and the radical and the determination to permission was wholly his own.

After fans expressed their daze and speculation it could beryllium a prank, the Britain's Got Talent justice has confirmed the quality is "real" and addressed the Sidemen straight to accidental however "sad" helium was astir leaving.

"I cognize you're each grieving successful your ain mode due to the fact that of my decision, but you knew it was coming for a while," helium said successful a statement shared to Instagram.

"And I cognize immoderate of you are angry, immoderate of you don't privation to judge it, immoderate of you mightiness adjacent hatred me, and immoderate of you are conscionable upset.

"It's ok, I'll ever beryllium present for you."

As fans see what mightiness beryllium adjacent for the societal media stars, KSI encouraged the radical to "think positively".

"You person an assemblage that adore you. An assemblage that bask the content," helium wrote.

"An assemblage that person grown with us. You're each precise entertaining truthful don't deliberation otherwise."

He besides shared a big of photos of him and the Sidemen from implicit the years successful the post, adding that looking backmost astatine the memories had made him emotional.

"I had the clip of my life. It's been specified an awesome brainsick journey," helium said.

"I emotion these guys, and they volition ever beryllium my friends for life."

In his archetypal announcement, KSI said helium remembered the group's aboriginal days and helium had "no thought that tens of millions of radical were going to beryllium watching america connected the channel".

The 32-year-old, whose caller broadside quests see boxing and owning a number involvement successful Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club, went connected to accidental that implicit the past fewer years helium has felt himself "pulled successful a batch of directions".

"Between everything other successful my life, I consciousness similar I've been moving astatine afloat speed, astatine 100mph."

He besides thanked each of the group's different members - Simon Minter, Josh Bradley, Vikram Barn, Tobi Brown, Ethan Payne and Harry Lewis - and said they "deserve idiosyncratic who tin springiness 100%".

In a erstwhile statement, the Sidemen said the quality had travel arsenic a astonishment to them but they wished KSI "all the champion with his aboriginal endeavours".

"We've got tons of breathtaking worldly planned that we can't hold to share," the radical added.

Members of the Sidemen are yet to publically respond to KSI's latest post.

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