I especiallylikethisCNNonebecauseit's basicallypityPie, whobecameoneofYouTube's biggeststarsbeforeseeinghiscareerdoggedbyallegationsofracismandantiSemitism, willbeawayfor a littlewhile.
Pitypies.
Taking a breakbecausetheraceshim.
Uh, man, I can't believethisgotblownup.
I amblownawaythatitgotblownup.
Youknow, thisisposted.
Notjust, youknow, ifyou'refrom, uh, I don't knowanywhereinEuropeorwhateverthisisyourlocalnewsmighthavereportedonthisaswellbecauseIt's justoneofthosestories.
Thankscaughtfireforwhateverreason.
I thinkfirstofall, weshouldlookatwhat I saidbecause I thinkthecontrastissofunny.
Itwasattheendofmylife.
Punitivepoppies, Moria.
I reportedonittakingbreakfromYouTubenextyear.
I wantedtosayitinadvancebecause I madeupmymind.
I'm tired.
I'm tired.
I'm feelingverytired.
I don't knowifyoucantell.
Justsoyouknow, earlynextyear, I'llbeawayfor a littlewhile.
I'llexplainthatlater, but I wantedtogiveit.
That's it.
That's all I saidearlynextyear, I'llbeawayfor a littlewhile.
I neversaid I'm quitting.
I said I'm taking a break.
I finditsofunnybecausethereasonwhy I announceditattheendof a videoand I hatetheannouncementoftheannouncement.
It's soannoying, right?
Thereasonwhy I diditbecause I didn't wanttoupplayit.
I didjustwantedittobe.
I didn't wanttomake a surpriseformyaudienceiswellandbeinglikeallright, comequickthingbecausethat's whatyoutoburstwoulddoiftheygoon a break.
Thatwouldgolike I'm quitting.
PeteyPiequits.
Youknow, it's donebefore I getit.
But I didn't wanttodothat.
I didn't wanttomake a bigdealoutofit.
Andthenoutofallpeople, newsmediablowsitup.
Whydo I havemoreintegritythanthenewsmedia?
Thismakesnosense.
This'd isallwrong.
Thisissoldbackwards.
I thinkthisis a commonpracticeinmediawherewell, onepersongotitwrongsowecanoldjustgetitwrong, right?
It's sodub.
Well, there's alltheseothernewstoriesatreportedthewrongnewssowecanoldreport I don't wanttobeallfakenews, butitisfatethatitis e I don't knowwhattotellyou.
I don't understandwhynoonereadsthisstuffbecauseit's soOh, herewego.
DisneyAll n wordpricechurch a veyOh, therewego.
Wehitthemall.
Youjustgottogetthemalloutthere.
In 20 yearsfromnow I quitYouTube.
Anddoyouthinkpeoplewillpose, like, 20 yearsago?
Werememberhesaidthe n word.
Youguysrememberthat?
No, I willnotgivemyOh, myGod, thisissoobnoxious.
Somanypopups.
If I releasehisgameformakingPrueThankyouforpostingThatistaking a breakfromtheplatformthatlaunchedhim.
Andit's such a newthingthatanydayitcouldbeoverforanyone, andthathasbeentheprocessfor a lotofyoutwobirdsinthepast.
Sosince I'm givingthisopportunitytobe a youtuber, I'vedecided I'm gonnamakethemostoutofit, nomatterwhat.
And I'vedonethat.
Andas I think, a lotofmysuccesscomesfromthefactthat I amsoconsistentwithonthisplatform, I don't prerecordvideosbecause I thinkthatloseshistouchand a lotofthingslikethat.
Goddamn, thissoundsopreachy.
It's thepointis, I thoughtyoutwowouldbeoverbynowforme.
I thought I wouldbelast, like, twoyearsorsomethinglikethat.
Buthere I am.
I don't wanttolookatmyselfanother 10 yearsinthefuture, and I'vedonetheexactsamethingas I'vedonenow, eventhough I reallyenjoyandlovewhat I do.
I don't wanttolookbackonmylife.
20 yearslater, we'relikeOh, cool.
So I justdidgetsomevideosand I never, everdidanythingelse.
Itjustseemskindofsadtome.
Anotherreason.
I thinkit's importantforanyonetotake a break, nomatterwhatjobyouhaveit.
I thinkthat's importantandthatsomuchhashappened.
There's herethat I ask, hasbeenbuildingupandupandupandupand I never, nevertaken a breakbefore.
I don't knowwhatitfeelsliketonotworryaboutuploading a videoevenwhen I amawayoncertainthings.
I'm stilluploadingduringthattime, so I'm juststillmonitoringthevideo.
I'm stillmakingsureeverythingisisgoodandmicromanagingand I'veneverjusthad a fullstop, so I justwanttoknowwhatthatfeelslike.
That's it.
I didn't wanttomake a bigdealoutofit, butnow I feltlike I wasforcedtoexplainit.
Plusitwillbesosometimeearlynextyear.
Weevenkeptthehoneymoonfivedays, likeeventhingslikethatas a minutemoment.
That's justkindofsad.
And I thinkit's gottentheirpointwhere, uh, okay, it's cool.
I loveyou, too.
Butif I'm gonnakeepitgoing, I kindofwanttochange a couplethingsandbeabletonotbesostrictwithit.
I'veliterallygottenawardshowswritingtomesayingHey, wewanttogiveyouthisawardButyouhavetocometheretogetitandit's like, No, I don't wantitdoesn't meananything.
Theydon't evenkeepmyawardsthat I haveactuallygonebecause I don't feelproudofhim.
I thinkitdoesn't meananything, but I thinkthemainreasonthatyouknowit's finethatitisthatway.
Butitisalsokindofsadbecause I thinkitcouldbecalledtoactuallyhaveitas a waytoactuallycelebratethepeoplethatdidsomethingamazingthisyear, justlikeeveryonecouldbesomethinglikethat, right, A celebrationofwhatpeopleaccomplishedormade a markormadeanimpact.