YouTube star PewDiePie has been dropped by Disney after he was accused of spreading anti-Semitic messages through his videos.
The decision came after PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, posted a series of videos containing references to Nazis or anti-Semitic messages.
In one, Mr Kjellberg paid two Indians to hold up a sign which read “Death to all Jews”.
The Swede, who reportedly made $15m through YouTube in 2016, accepted the material was offensive but denied supporting “any kind of hateful attitudes.”
Disney is associated to Mr Kjellberg through Maker Studios. The company's network of YouTube stars generate billions of views each month.
A spokesman for Maker Studios told the BBC: “Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate.
“Maker Studios has made a decision to end our affiliation with him going forward.”
Mr Kjellberg, whose channel has amassed over 14 billion video views, told the BBC it was “laughable” to suggest he endorsed that message but added that “this was not my intention, I understand that these jokes were ultimately offensive.”
He added: “I was trying to show how crazy the modern world is, specifically some of the services available online” and that people “would do anything for five dollars.”
The controversial videos have since been deleted from his YouTube channel.
Mr Kjellberg has previously been suspended from Twitter after making jokes about Islamic State.
