Grier currently has 8.7 million followers on Vine.
1. Nash Grier uploaded this Vine to his incredibly popular account and then deleted it shortly afterward.
Tyler Oakley @tyleroakley Follow
Promoting a false stereotype that HIV only affects gays to his millions of teen fans is extremely dangerous.
2. The video was saved and re-uploaded in April. It was tweeted out twice by fellow internet celebrity Tyler Oakley over the weekend to his own 2 million followers.
Tyler Oakley @tyleroakley Follow
Call me and people like me, 'fag' all you want, but spreading false information about deadly diseases is next level.
3. Grier’s original Vine shows him screaming the word “fag” at a commercial for OraQuick, a home oral HIV test.
Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BkOPRp96wt0. youtube.com
4. As the video spread, many have been outraged over Grier’s use of a slur and the fact he was insinuating that HIV was only a problem in the gay community.
DeAnna @deanna_iguana I really don't understand why people like @Nashgrier so much. He's a raging homophobe who just happens to be somewhat attractive.
Nathan Ryan @NathanRyan Follow
Who is Nash Grier and why does he hate gay people?
Brianne Worth @ruckuslike Follow
At this point, supporting nash grier and supporting the gay community are mutually exclusive. You CAN call out your idol's behaviour.
Cody Draiken @codydraiken Follow
Nash Grier isn't sorry for offending people who are gay, he's just sorry that it's affecting his public appearance.
8. Grier hasn’t acknowledged the deleted Vine or tweets from angry users, instead only promoting a new video about dealing with haters online.
Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=q3e4rfiTEPE. youtube.com
9. Grier deleted this controversial video last December in which he and two other teenage boys described things they didn’t like about girls at length. Many people saw it as intense slut-shaming.
Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RsDtN756rm4. youtube.com
10. Grier has come under scrutiny for homophobic posts on social media in the past as well. Many of his now-deleted tweets have been screengrabbed and shared on Tumblr.
12. Grier responded to the re-uploaded Vine on Sunday, writing that he was “young, ignorant, stupid, and in a bad place” when his negative comments were made.
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