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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
What did Chunkz say about Vikkstar123? YouTuber under fire for stirring controversy in viral podcast clip
(Image via @Chunkz & @Vikkstar123/X) Chunkz is catching heat online after a snippet from his recent podcast episode with KSI started circulating on social media. What was supposed to be a light-hearted conversation turned unexpectedly controversial when a comment about fellow YouTuber Vikkstar123 didn't sit well with fans. 'You can say Vikk, bro': The comment that kicked off the drama It all started on an episode of The Chunkz Show , where Chunkz was chatting with KSI in his usual laid-back style. The topic? Naming the person you vibe with the least, not in a hostile way, but more like who's the one you don't click with? 'You can say Vikk, bro, don't worry ,' Chunkz laughed, nudging KSI to play along. — sdmnfcupdates (@sdmnfcupdates) To KSI's credit, he shut the moment down quickly. 'Nah, I actually like Vikk,' he said, before praising Vik's growth over the years. But the clip had already done the rounds, and for many fans, Chunkz's tone came off as dismissive and shady. Fans call out the 'energy' toward Vikkstar123 Within hours, the clip had made its way onto X (formerly Twitter), where users didn't mince words. Some accused Chunkz of low-key bullying. Others felt his comments were reflective of a larger issue in the UK YouTube scene that Vikk has always been treated as an outsider. One user wrote, 'Chunkz clearly trying to instigate something. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Barefoot Shoe Has Seniors Walking Off the Weight Barefoot Vitality Learn More Undo Boring guy." Another added, 'Tell that fat f*ck to worry about his own friends, the one who was caught r^ping women, or is he in on it too?' Criticism escalates as old controversies resurface The situation escalated further when YouTuber Kavos chimed in. He didn't hold back, pointing out that while Chunkz was subtly trying to shade Vikkstar, his own close friend Yung Filly is reportedly under investigation for serious allegations. Kavos's tweet read, 'Love how Chunkz is trying to s**t on Vikkstar but his best friend is currently under investigation for multiple rapes.' That comment opened the floodgates. People began comparing Vik's clean track record to the controversies surrounding others in the scene — and questioning why someone like him keeps becoming the target of casual digs. So, where does this leave Chunkz? As of now, Chunkz hasn't responded to the backlash. Vikkstar123 also seems to be staying above the drama, remaining silent on social media. Whether Chunkz addresses the heat or lets it blow over remains to be seen. One thing's clear though: fans aren't just here for entertainment; they're watching how creators treat each other, too. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Maya Jama sparks feud with KSI and Sidemen as she makes offhand dig about their private school past
Maya Jama has sparked a feud with KSI and Sidemen after making an offhand dig at their private school past. The Love Island host, 30, recently appeared on her pal Chunkz on his podcast The Chunkz Show, where she made a throwaway comment which went on to spiral into a tense back and forth between her and the YouTube stars. During her time on the podcast last month, Maya was asked whether she preferred Beta Squad or Sidemen - both rival British collectives made up of YouTubers, influencers and internet personalities. Maya went on to confirm that she prefers Beta Squad - of which her pal Chunkz, 29, is a member - over Sidemen which is made up of KSI, Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn and Harry Lewis. She told her pal: 'It's a very clear Beta Squad for me. I'm way closer with them lot. I get on with Tobi and I get on with KSI but I don't really know the rest of them And they're like…' To which Chunkz, real name Amin Mohamed, interjected: 'Not your kind of people.' The Love Island host, 30, recently appeared on her pal Chunkz on his podcast The Chunkz Show, where she made a throwaway comment which went on to spiral into a tense back and forth between her and the YouTube stars [KSI pictured] Maya then added: 'Like you said, private school, different upbringing to us. No offence, they smashed it well done from being rich.' Maya's comments about The Sidemen's 'private school' past and them being 'rich' didn't go down well with the group, who went to lash out at the star on their own podcast. As KSI began the discussion, saying, 'Let's talk about the Maya Jama stuff then', his pal Ethan then jumped in with a rant against the Love Island beauty. He fumed: '"Congrats on making it from being rich". Shut up! You've never uttered a word to me!' He then launched into a story about his dad having to sell drugs and him having sold them too, telling Maya: 'Don't just assume!' As KSI agreed that there's a lot of assumptions in the industry, Ethan continued: 'If I had her number I would have said, do you know what? Keep it respectful, but f*** you aswell.' There podcast saw KSI confirm that it was only himself and Simon that went to private school, noting that his parents had to work 'two three jobs' to keep him there. He then added: 'We still worked so hard to get into this position, it's not like we just magically got here.' Maya's comments about The Sidemen's 'private school' past and them being 'rich' didn't go down well with the group, who went to lash out at the star on their own podcast However, the awkwardness didn't stop there as Maya went on to respond to the comments and call out Ethan for his harsh words towards her. Taking to the TikTok comments, she wrote: '"As people who talk on podcasts, you should know more than anyone about context! Why are you rattled. 'I was asked who I preferred and CLEARLY said I don't know you, I only mentioned private school because Chunks did earlier and I said 'congratulations on being rich' not coming from money'. Taking aim at Ethan's swipe at her, she concluded: 'Mind how you're talking though Ethan.'
The Sun
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Maya Jama in feud with KSI after she takes public swipe at him – and Sidemen hit back
MAYA JAMA has sparked a feud with KSI as she took a swipe at Sidemen. What started as a throwaway comment has turned into a back and forth between the Love Island host and the internet stars. 5 Last month, Maya sat down on The Chunkz Show with social media star and long-time friend Chunkz to talk about all things friendship and life. Chunkz is a member of Beta Squad, a rival YouTube collective. Sidemen are also a group of British YouTube stars who have amassed over 22 million followers on the platform alone. The group was formed in 2013 when they filmed themselves playing video games. It's made up of Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, KSI, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn and Harry Lewis. During the podcast Maya was asked which group she prefers, to which she replied: 'It's a very clear Beta Squad for me. I'm way closer with them lot. 'I get on with Tobi and I get on with KSI but I don't really know the rest of them And they're like…' 'Not your kind of people,' Chunkz interjected. She continued: 'Like you said, private school, different upbringing to us. No offence, they smashed it well done from being rich." Maya Jama hits back at Love Island fix rumours as she defends producers What may have been a throwaway comment did not sit well with the group who quickly responded on their own podcast. Speaking about the incident, KSI said: 'Let's talk about the Maya Jama stuff then.' Before member Ethan Payne interjected: ''Congrats on making it from being rich'. Shut up! You've never uttered a word to me!' Opening up about his background revealing that his father was involved with drugs and that he had once sold them, he chimed: 'Don't just assume!' 'There's a lot of that in this industry,' KSI added. Ethan continued: 'If I had her number I would have said, do you know what? Keep it respectful, but f*** you aswell." KSI then confirms that only him and Simon Minter came from a private school background but revealed his own parents had to work 'two three jobs' to keep him there. "We still worked so hard to get into this position, it's not like we just magically got here," he added. It seems Maya was not having any of it and quickly took to TikTok comments to defend herself. She penned: "As people who talk on podcasts, you should know more than anyone about context! Why are you rattled," "I was asked who I preferred and CLEARLY said I don't know you, I only mentioned private school because Chunks did earlier and I said 'congratulations on being rich' not coming from money". Sending a stern warning to Ethan, she finished her comment with: "Mind how you're talking though Ethan." 5 5 5
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Maya Jama denies accusations that Love Island producers are heavily involved in steering Islanders' actions in the villa as she insists 'it has to be real because it's reality'
Maya Jama has played down the level of involvement that Love Island producers have in steering narratives in the villa, insisting the show 'has to real, because it's reality'. The TV star, 30, has presented nine seasons since taking over as host in 2023, and gave fans an insight into the behind-the-scenes process of making the ITV2 show. And she has insisted that the romances and drama are authentic, denying mounting speculation that the production team secretly guide the outcomes. There have been many conflicting reports concerning the level of involvement that producers have on the Islanders' actions in the villa and overall authenticity of the series. Fans and former stars have frequently accused the show of rigging results, telling contestants what to do or say, and even staging scenes to drive storylines. However, in an appearance on her pal Chunkz's podcast, The Chunkz Show, Maya insisted that while producers may 'encourage' conversations, everything that is shown happens organically. There have been many conflicting reports concerning the level of involvement that producers have on the Islanders' actions in the villa and overall authenticity of the series She said: 'I don't know if it's like illegal or what, but they're not allowed to tell them what to do. 'The most they can do is encourage them to have a little chat. But it has to be real because it's reality.' While she added that she even bans the production team from telling her who will be dumped ahead of time, to ensure she doesn't give the game away accidentally, saying: 'Literally as I say it I find out, one second before everybody else'. Maya explained: 'I do this technique where I don't let them tell me who is going until I'm literally stood in front of them in my ear, because I don't want to stare at them or give it away. 'I've never said the wrong name or something but like there is cameras constantly around and they like the dramatic pauses. There is a lot of me saying something and then it waits. She also insisted that she herself couldn't engage much with the contestants, while on the show, explaining that she only could speak to them properly after they'd been dumped from the villa. She said: 'I can't really [talk to them between scenes]. It's only on Aftersun after they've been dumped that I can actually chat to them properly. 'But in between takes and stuff when I'm in there I will try and be like "are you okay?" or like check in, but you won't see those bits.' The debate over how heavily producer-led Love Island is has raged for years, but the show has always vehemently denied the accusations and stating the show is 'a combination of reality and produced elements.' In response to allegations in the past, they previously issued a statement that read: 'It is absolutely untrue to suggest that Love Island is fake, staged or scripted. 'The opinions they have and the relationships formed are completely within the control of the Islanders themselves.' However, a string of former participants have alleged that the programme-makers are heavily involved in contriving storylines, romances and even fights. Malin Andersson, who took part in the second series of Love Island, previously told Metro that producers would tell Islanders who to chat to and what about to stir drama. She explained: 'If something's been said, producers can tell you to go speak to specific people and have a chat about a certain topic. That'll happen quite often. Especially if there wasn't enough content. 'I mean, we all got on really well… If things weren't juicy enough they would literally just tell you to go and talk certain people and give you a topic.' Fellow ex-Islander Tyla Carr has also claimed that contestants were sometimes asked to redo dramatic scenes. She said: 'They tell you what they want you to talk about, and who with. You have to tell the producers on site if you are planning to have an important chat or do something. Liv Attwood had to dump Sam Gowland twice last year, which was embarrassing for both of them.' When asked if the show was real or staged by Grazia, Sophie Piper - who appeared on the 2020 series and last year's All Stars - admitted: 'A bit of both, but it's not massively staged. Producers might suggest, 'Why don't you talk about this and that?' While season four star Laura Anderson also maintained that producers would subtly steer stars to be more dramatic during conversations, recalling: 'I'd say, I really don't care. 'But then they'd be like, "Are you sure you don't care? Because you said this and you looked like this...".' In perhaps the most serious accusation, season two star Zara Holland previously claimed to MailOnline that she was 'brainwashed' and her every move dictated by producers. She said: 'Two producers lived in the basement throughout the show. They would say things like, 'Right, Zara. We want you to focus on so-and-so.' You trust them. 'You think you're on a summer holiday and you might find love, but you are in a posh prison where you don't know what time it is and a voice in a wall tells you what to do. I honestly believe I was brainwashed.' And in 2019, a number of whistleblowers from the show told The Mail on Sunday that producers went so far as to give contestants lines to parrot and tell them who they should choose to couple up with. One former star insisted: 'People don't realise how scripted it is, how much the producers influence it. 'It is completely disingenuous and a lot of the time very, very fake. It isn't fair to mislead the audience like that. 'The producers don't care what they're doing to people as long as they're making their ratings. We were treated like performing animals and the current cast are still.' A second ex-contestant from 2017 claimed she overheard producers instructing the boys what to say ahead of recoupling. She said: 'We heard them learning their scripts off by heart. They were going over and over what they were going to say. Nobody would have had to practise so long if it was genuine. We were kept away so they had time to do it.' While another previous cast member claimed that bosses often asked them to recreate conversations for the camera or tell them who to talk to. They said: 'If producers hear a juicy conversation going on, they'll ask you to say it again. They want you to come across more b****y, or in way that will create drama. 'At other times the producers would tell us to go and have a chat with such and such a person during the day. You don't get to choose who you talk to. Or they will put together a storyline and tell contestants how to behave to ensure that it happens. 'They would prompt you, or tell you about conversations other people had had about you, so you react – to stoke up drama. The reality is that it's not reality. It's acting.'
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Maya Jama insists there's 'a lot of frauds' in TV industry who are 'evil' and 'mean' off camera and reveals how she secured Love Island hosting job after previously being rejected
Maya Jama has insisted that there are 'a lot of frauds' working in television, who are only friendly when the cameras are rolling. The presenter, 30, appeared on her pal Chunkz's podcast, The Chunkz Show, where she opened up on career and how she secured the coveted Love Island hosting role. As Chunkz praised her for being so down-to-earth and nothing like the preconceived ideas people had about celebrities, Maya insisted: 'There are a lot of frauds.' Fellow TV personality Laurence McKenna chimed in to say: 'But also it's okay to be a presenter who is very friendly on camera and a bit reserved off camera.' But Maya was quick to cut in: 'Reserved yes, but b***h? There's some people who are evil off camera!' Keeping tight-lipped on who she was referring to, she added that she'd worked with people who acted differently after the cameras cut. She explained: 'A lot of people have been exposed like that. I won't say any names but on big telly, people have been caught on their mikes being like mean.' Elsewhere, Maya also reflected on her role as the host of Love Island, revealing that she had got the job after previously being rejected for being 'younger than the Islanders'. She recalled: 'It was crazy because I was a fan of the show, I used to watch it from series one pretty much, I loved Love Island and obviously they had previous hosts before me. 'I was actually living in America at the time when they wanted to meet about me potentially hosting. They called when I was in America and they were like "Would Maya be interested in hosting?" 'And I was like "Yeah I would be interested. But this is kind of mad because I kind of like accepted I wasn't really going to be a Love Island host".' She went on: 'I remember once ages ago I wanted to do it and we had a conversation and they were like "She's too young, because she's younger than the Islanders at the time." And I was like "Yeah that's fair enough." 'And I still am the same age as some of the Islanders, but obviously they think I've grown up a little bit now so it makes sense.' Maya then went on to credit her fans for helping secure her the role, saying: 'So then I came back to London and we just kind of spoke, I didn't audition it was more like a chat. 'But I will big up like Twitter and the public because they were kind of calling for me to host for a long time and I think they did pay attention to like the public, which is lovely.' Opening up on the show, she admitted: 'I'm not going to lie it is a very lovely job, just in terms of like in January everyone's miserable in England so it's lovely just to get away and be in South Africa.' And when asked which is her favourite out of the nine seasons she's presented, she confessed: 'My favourite so far, I think I'm allowed to say, the Ella and Tyrique series. It just had me gagged all the time, I'd constantly be like "What what?"' Giving fans an insight into the behind-the-scenes process, Maya insisted that the producers weren't allowed to tell the Islanders what to do or how to act, as 'it has to be real'. While she added that she doesn't let them tell her who will be dumped ahead of time, so she doesn't give the game away accidentally. She explained: 'I also do this technique where I don't let them tell me who is going until I'm literally stood in front of them in my ear. 'Because I don't want to stare at them or give it away. Literally as I say it I find out, one second before everybody else basically. 'I've never said the wrong name or something but like there is cameras constantly around and then they like the dramatic pauses. 'It's always funny with the new Islanders when they're not used to me saying something and pausing for ages, so they're all looking around like "is she like frozen? Why is it so silent?" And I feel so awkward for them! 'But I don't know if it's like illegal or what, but they're not allowed to tell them what to do. The most they can encourage is like "have a little chat..." But it has to be real because it's reality.' Maya also confessed that she felt protective over the Islanders, saying she had first hand experience of how intense the environment is and how hard it is to be vulnerable on TV. She said: 'I have such a soft spot for them because obviously watching the show on the outside is one thing, but being there and being around them. 'Your emotions in there, you've got people you like and then there's someone coming in to take them, you've got to like lay your heart on the line, there's millions of people watching. 'I am like my little my shaylas, because I just feel like this is not easy for young people to go and put themselves out like that for one and for two like it can be tough.' 'It's only on Aftersun that I can actually chat to them properly, but in between takes and stuff when I'm in there I will try and be like "are you okay?" or like check in, but you won't you won't see those bits.'
