YouTuber slammed for claiming to have FaceTimed with Caroline Flack after her death

A YouTuber faced a huge online backlash for pretending to FaceTime with British television presenter Caroline Flack just hours after her death was anunced. YouTuber, who goes by name Vlogger Joe, uploed an almost five-minute video titled “FACETIMING CAROLINE FLACK!! *SHE'S ALIVE!* *SHE ANSWERED... MUST WATCH!!*

In video, YouTuber claimed to have phone number of Caroline Flack and said he was going to call her to find out wher she was “actually de or alive”. Vlogger Joe, with more than 27k subscribers on YouTube, explained in video how he mand to get her number “off internet”, ding that he won’t re number out to stop viewers from calling her.

Vlogger n "messd" Flack to ask wher she was de or alive. “Hello Caroline, res rumours that you are de? Is this true? Please let me kw x,” text mess res. YouTuber got a reply which re, “I'm alive, people are spreing rumours, don't believe anyone in se days.” 

He also went on to ask wher she will ever be back to present Love Island and receives a mess saying she hopes so. "Caroline Flack will be returning to Love Island soon, as has been proven here!" interprets Vlogger Joe.

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mitted it as 'skit'

At end of video, Youtuber mitted that whole thing was a “skit” and wanted to raise awareness about mental health issues since Flack committed suicide. At this point, when he asks her to FaceTime to "prove" she's real, he ackwledges fact that this could be a troll, but inexplicably decides to carry on with video anyway.

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comment section has been disabled for obvious reasons but netizens took to Twitter to lambast YouTuber for being insensitive, especially to Flack’s friends, family, and well-wishers. 

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