Sidemen member Harry has ‘generational’ response to KSI leaving group
The older generation were more distraught when Robbie Williams left Take That or even when One Direction split up but the kids of today seem more devastated about KSI leaving the Sidemen.
The content creator, whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, confirmed on 31 May that it would be his last day as part of the YouTube group, after more than a decade of making videos together.
Although they've established themselves as one of the biggest channels on the video sharing site, KSI has plenty of his own projects going on, whether it's being a judge on Britain's Got Talent, running the Prime business with Logan Paul or his music and boxing career.
And the 32-year-old cited these as reasons why he needed to step away from the Sidemen, although it seems as if the six other members were left a little surprised and even angry by the sudden exit.
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However, Harry Lewis (Wroetoshaw), rarely takes anything seriously and he's left a lot of people laughing with a 'generational' response to the latest Sidemen statement on JJ's exit.
Posting on social media yesterday (5 June), the group wrote: "We want to start this by saying that we as the Sidemen wish JJ the best and respect his decision to leave. We will be forever grateful for the amazing moments and memories we’ve shared together.
"Unfortunately his exit did not happen in the way any of us wanted it to. That has understandably left lots of you confused and we feel like we owe you some clarity.
"It’s difficult for us to address the situation and has taken some time, because we’re a group and not an individual. We don’t have a spokesperson as such and each of our opinions and feelings differ, which is why we’re using this shared statement.
"Ideally, we would have loved the opportunity to give JJ the send off he deserved, a proper farewell video, time for everyone to process it, and a chance to celebrate everything we’ve built together.
"Unfortunately JJ released the news before we had agreed on a mutual way of letting our audience know.
"This is the end of an era, but not the end of the Sidemen. The rest of us will continue to bring you Sidemen content with the same commitment and optimism we’ve always had. "We look forward to continuing the journey with you all, and thank you for always supporting us through everything.
"Ethan · Harry · Josh · Simon · Tobi · Vik."
Harry had his own thoughts to add on the matter however as he posted a picture reply of another internet personality, Cal the Dragon, which read 'I'm a f***ing wreck.'
One X user quoted the post and wrote: "If you find the Sidemen cringe or don’t like them, fair enough. But Harry is Generationally funny and we’ve just gotta accept it."
Meanwhile, KSI has also spoken out since his initial exit conformation to address his friends directly.
He wrote: "Now lemme speak directly to the boys. I know you’re all grieving in your own way because of my decision, but you knew it was coming for a while. And I know some of you are angry, some of you don’t want to accept it, some of you might even hate me, and some of you are just upset.
"It’s ok, I’ll always be here for you. I always have been here for you. Don’t see this as the end, see this as a new era or a new beginning. Be optimistic. Think positively. You have an audience that adore you. An audience that enjoy the content. An audience that have grown with us.
"You’re all very entertaining so don’t think otherwise. You’ve done this without me before and it was great haha. But in the end you know how I am, so you know that I have to do this for my sanity.
"It’s still so mad that all of this started from all those Skype calls. Trains ftw hahaha. I love you guys."
James Moorhouse