Felix Kjellberg, known by his online pseudonym PewDiePie, is a YouTuber from Sweden who has the most subscribers on the site. He is close friends with Jacksepticeye, as he often does gameplays with him.
Felix currently lives in Brighton, England with his fiancee Marzia Bisognin from Italy, who was previously known as 'Marzia' and 'CutiePieMarzia' on YouTube before removing her channel.
Channel
Felix previously focused on creating let's plays of popular games from 2012 - 2015, his most popular series being Amnesia and Happy Wheels. During that time period, people criticized him for doing over the top reactions and also criticized some of his fans for threatening fans of other channels. Besides playing games, he donated money to charities such as Save the Children and Water Aid.
Since 2016, Felix began changing his outlook on his channel, from dropping his well known intro, the iconic 'Brofist,' and veering away from video games and focusing on things that are talked about online and in the media. While some fans are pleased about the new changes, other fans disapproved of them.
Controversy
Felix has received backlash from the media for various reasons, the most recent being in 2017 where Felix made anti-Semitic jokes in a video before the release of his second season of Scare PewDiePie, which Jack starred in. The season was prepared to hit YouTube Red, before YouTube noticed the controversial video after Wall Street Journal reported it and cancelled the full season.
Both Jack and Felix later expressed dismay in individual videos at the cancellation, saying they spent hours in L.A. where it was filmed and were awaiting fans' reactions. Pewds has revealed in a video that the season is still available but cannot be viewed.
T-Series
Beginning in August 2018 until December 2018, there was a 'war' between PewDiePie and Indian channel T-Series over which channel would remain the most subscribed. Fans of Felix put out 'Subscribe to PewDiePie' in a bid to get Felix more subscribers, with fellow YouTubers MrBeast, Markiplier, Jacksepticeye and Ronald McOnePunch also joining in. On December 3rd, 2018, Felix released a video thanking those for support and aired a livestream to raise money for the charity CRY. Due to this campaign, he gained 400,000 more subscribers.
Relations to Jacksepticeye
PewDiePie often played Garry's Mod with Jack, as they do silly and comedic activities with each other. While they do poke fun at each other, they are actually close friends in real life. Besides from playing games with one another, they also meet and hang out. Since Jack has moved to Brighton in 2017, they are able to visit each other and create videos, such as Felix making one of his "5 Weird Stuff Online" videos while at Jack's house.
Jack and Pewds got to know each other when PewDiePie had a shoutout competition (Jack won the shoutout competition, thus resulting in a massive boost in his subscriber count).
Once PewDiePie, Jacksepticeye and Markiplier did a Garry's Mod Legoland Funny Montage together.
Trivia
- In 2015, Felix published a book titled "This Book Loves You."
- He worked with game developers Outerminds to create three games: PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist (2015), PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator (2016) and Animal Super Squad (2017).
- He also worked with the creator of Existor to make Pewdiebot.
- He has two editors named Brad and Sive, jokingly referred to as Brad #1 and Brad #2.
- Him and Marzia own two pugs named Edgar and Maya. Edgar was supposedly named after the poet, Edgar Allan Poe.
- Felix previously owned a male cane toad named Slippy, who passed away in December 2017.
- His other pets include a Yorkshire Terrier named Ynk (pronounced "Ink") and an albino hedgehog named Doggy.
YouTubers | Jacksepticeye • PewDiePie • Muyskerm • Markiplier • LordMinion777 • CinnamonToastKen • Daithi De Nogla • Pixlpit |
---|---|
Alter egos | Antisepticeye • Chase Brody • Dr. Schneeplestein • Jackieboy Man • Jameson Jackson • Marvin The Magnificent |
Game characters | Albert, Abigail and Susie • Alphys • Betty • Billy and Bobby • Blue • Cáit • Chuck • Finbar Foaley • Green • Helicopter Harry • Henry • Jorji Costava • Kevin • Lawnmower Larry • Maria • Pádraig • Pepper • Pogo Pete • Sally • Santa Claus • Sam • Samson • Síocháin • Saoirse • Seamus • Seamus Jr. • Seamus Jr. Jr. • Segway Steve • Surgery game patients • Undyne • Wheelchair Willy |
Other |