The comedian behind viral phenomenon “Uncle Roger” has said he wanted “no politics, no drama” in his latest video after facing a backlash for apologising to Chinese fans and deleting a video featuring a fellow YouTube star who was critical of Beijing. Nigel Ng issued an apology last Tuesday on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform for the “bad social impact” created by his video collaboration with YouTuber Mike Chen, who has often voiced criticism of Beijing. Nigel Ng’s latest video. Photo: Screenshot. UK-based Ng released a new video on Saturday without directly addressing the incident, but said that he wanted to “keep making funny videos – no politics, no drama.” Before the release of his latest clip, Ng – a Malaysian – had remained silent, only posting an Instagram story post saying that he was not “bowing down to anyone,” adding that his critics could just unfollow him. Nigel Ng’s response to backlash against him. Photo: Nigel Ng, via Facebook screenshot. “I know there are many posts on there right now with with many negative drama, politics thing, but Uncle Roger want the subreddit to be nice fun positive place,” said Ng in the new video, adopting his “Uncle Roger” character.…
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I'm 'not bowing down to anyone': Uncle Roger comic urges 'no politics' after deleting YouTube vid …
