Michael Kucharski (born: April 10, 2000), better known online as Slazo, is an Australian YouTuber and business owner from Canberra who became popular from his commentary videos, consisting of jokingly criticizing content such as Instagram pages and other YouTubers.
Content[]
In 2020, Slazo announced the creation of Slazo Media, a company that will run Slazo's channel as well as three Reddit channels. EmKay, EzPz and Chris Cross. The company is headquartered in Collingwood, Australia.
History[]
Slazo joined YouTube on April 1, 2013, and uploaded his first video, a montage parody, on December 18, 2014, titled Harry Potter and the MLG Stoner (MLG Harry Potter) He uploaded his last montage parodies, titled MLG Elf and uploaded Keemstar Anime Opening on May 10, 2016. 11 days later, he uploaded his first commentary video about RiceGum, titled RICEGUM HAS TO BE STOPPED. After that, he began producing commentary videos.
Controversy[]
False abuse allegations[]
On June 10, 2019, Slazo's ex-girlfriend, Chey, published a TwitLonger[1] accompanied with screenshots[2] in which she accused Slazo of being manipulative and sexually abusive. The next day, June 11, Keemstar covered the situation on DramaAlert[3], showing a DM between him and Slazo, who explained that there was more to the story, but that he wanted to take his time in covering all the accusations. Following the DramaAlert, Chey released a second TwitLonger[4], accusing Slazo of lying to Keemstar and intimidating her in a recent meetup.
On June 27, 2019, after seeking professional legal advice and mental health counselling, Slazo published a video[5] providing proof that Chey had taken incriminating DMs out of context, and that she had lied about several of her own statements, such as her having no prior partner before Slazo.
Return to YouTube[]
On September 8, 2019, Slazo returned with a video titled "I Put Bread on the Ground to Create an Earth Sandwich,"[6] his first video since his response to the allegations, over two months later. In the video, he says, "I feel like that whole break with that controversy and all that, while it sucked, while it was awful, in a way, in a silver lining kind of way, it gave me the step back from YouTube that I needed to re-assess what I wanted to do."
On November 28, Slazo uploaded a video titled "Being 'Cancelled',"[7] shedding more light about his own personal experience throughout the controversy.
In the video uploaded on August 27, titled "they ruined my life...",[8] Slazo discussed his life and the state of his channel since the controversy, acknowledging that his upload schedule had not been consistent, but stating that he planned to return with more consistent, higher-quality uploads, including one such video the following week. He also stated that there should have been an interview with him on Kavos's channel that night; this was not uploaded until September 5.
Amidst the Pyrocynical situation he made a video encouraging people to be more respectful and empathetic to both Pyro and the victim[9].
As of March of 2023, Slazo has not uploaded another video on his channel(s) since the Pyrocynical video in December of 2020, however he does make sporadic tweets, and did an interview with BlackWolfCompany in later 2021, where he recounted how he felt when the allegations were first coming out against him.[10]
Trivia[]
- He revealed in an Instagram livestream that he is of Polish descent.
- He has a cat.
- According to a selfie he posted on Twitter, he has met Pyrocynical in real life.[11]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqton3
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/X9tA8Jw
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Z-yjxQ7Qb9w?t=299
- ↑ https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqtqdn
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6697EYDzEhI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA21AIm2nts
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Bu7eyFOjY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZVKbdLRbcE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfaePnMq_Eg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQi19zvd3Ns
- ↑ https://twitter.com/slazo/status/1355554764373692422