One Instagram user, with the handle @alymictho, commented on Def Noodles’ Instagram post, saying:
Another user, @casey_towsley wrote:
@medge0511, triggered by the video, stated:
Another user questioned the taste of the fans of the Dobre Twins, and wrote:
Everything about the Dobre Twins and the recent controversy they are facing
Lucas and Marcus Dobre-Mofid, popularly known as the Dobre Twins, are famous YouTube personalities who own and run a YouTube channel. They first emerged and rose to fame on the video platform Vine. The twins have over 24 million subscribers on YouTube, over 30 million followers on TikTok, and 1.9 million followers on Instagram.
The brothers post a variety of videos that include comedy sketches, pranks, gymnastic skills, challenges, dance videos, vlogs, and more, on the YouTube channel (Lucas and Marcus) that they launched in 2015. And with their recent YouTube video titled “MY TWIN BROTHER IS DEAD?!”, the Dobre Twins have sparked controversy yet again (this not being the first time).
The video in question starts with one of the Dobre Twins, Lucas, getting a letter from the other twin, Marcus, that said,
Lucas, who seems confused about the letter, starts reading it. Here’s what the letter read:
Lucas, seemingly still not being able to believe or even comprehend what he just read, goes around their house looking for Marcus with the cameraman following him. Lucas, who was not able to contact Marcus, then goes on to ask the cameraman if he should let his family know and is told:
Lucas has also been shown to express his unwillingness to put the vlog on YouTube. He decides to wait till his family arrives and then go to the backyard with them. Lucas gives Darius and Cyrus (the older brothers of the Dobre Twins) the letter on their arrival and the three Dobre brothers, unsure if it’s a prank, go to the backyard.
Darius says that Marcus must have flown to some place as he mentioned ‘sky’ in his note. After being distracted by things like a piece of wood and an icicle, the brothers find a tombstone with ‘RIP’ written over it.
The Dobre brothers are then shown speculating that Marcus might have ‘died’ for YouTube, started a new life, or run away with a girl, before the scene was cut. The video ends with Marcus telling the viewers:
The video has 2.1 million views and over 6,300 comments, an enormous percentage of which described the prank as “distasteful”, “sickening”, and “disturbing”.
Here are some comments that criticized the Dobre Twins for poking fun at something as serious as suicide.
The Dobre Twins have posted other videos since the said video was released, but have not yet commented on the backlash or apologized for their actions.
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