Controversy after YouTube celebrity makes video of himself sexually harrassing women

Controversy has ensued after a British YouTube celebrity posted a prank video of him sexually harassing women.

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Classy stuff. YouTube celebrity Sam Pepper sexually harasses women in the street.

The video shows Sam Pepper, a former Big Brother contestant turned YouTube personality, discreetly groping women while asking for directions on a busy street.

The unwelcomed advances have caused a stir with people taking to twitter voicing their outrage at his treatment of women in the video.

His fellow YouTube celebrities have also taken to twitter calling for the video to be taken down and for such behavior to stop.

While the video has been taken down, Pepper, who has over 2 million YouTube subscribers, has posted another video of a similar intention this time of a female friend harassing men in an attempt to hose down the controversy.

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By Alisha Buaya


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