Published 21:13 IST, January 28th 2020

YouTuber Jason Ethier slammed by netizens after admitting he faked girlfriend's death

A YouTube prankster, Jason Ethier, also known as ImJayStation, recently admitted that he faked the death of his girlfriend so that he could perform a séance.

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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A YouTube prankster, Jason Ethier, also kwn as ImJayStation, recently mitted that he faked death of his girlfriend so that he could perform a séance in hope to boost his subscriber count. online prankster, who alrey has five million followers, shared an emotional video last week in which he claimed that his girlfriend Alexia Mara h been killed by a drunk driver and in ar follow-up video he claimed to be in a memorial area for his “deceased girlfriend”. 

As soon as video hit online video streaming platform, his viewers responded with sympathy. Jason later also uploed ar video in which he is seen using an Ouija board in an attempt to make contact with his girlfriend 'beyond grave'. However, in a recent video, he mitted that whole thing was a hoax. He also apologised to his fans and revealed that Alexia h ended relationship. 

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In video, he tells his followers, “I want to start out by saying I'm sorry to Alexia's family for putting m through any hard times or stress about death of ir daughter. I didn't intend m to get any hate or put m through any emotional stress involving Alexia. I expected all of this to stay on YouTube and it didn't." 

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He furr explained, “I thought of idea of faking Alexia's death and n doing a thing on YouTube thanking everyone and explaining to everyone it was just to gain traction. n we would resurrect her and get more followers. But w my girlfriend is gone and I'm in serious trouble." 

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Jason slammed by netizens

Jason's recent video has received more than six lakhs views. He was also slammed by several netizens and has furr received around 43,000 dislikes. One YouTube user commented, “This isn’t a joke” your whole entire career is a goddamn joke”. Ar wrote, “So tell me part where you have earned right to literally any sympathy at all”.

“Long story short: "I'm a sociopath who manipulated a girl into making videos she was nervous about and didn't want to make. n when she and her parents wanted m taken down I told m it wasn't any of ir business. She waited till I fell asleep to leave most likely because that's when she felt safe. w I'm gonna cry and say she's wrong for breaking up with me even though I'm shittiest person alive,” wrote ar. 

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(with inputs from ncies)

21:13 IST, January 28th 2020