Some of the controversial contestants that have graced "The Masked Singer" stage aren't politicians. The Season 5 reveal of Grandpa Monster had fans seeing red because the celebrity under the mask — YouTuber Logan Paul — has done a lot of distasteful things throughout his career. Most notably, he filmed and posted a vlog at the Aokigahara Forest in Japan, which is a "suicide forest." Logan included footage of a corpse in a vlog uploaded on New Year's Eve 2017, causing outrage.
According to E! News, Logan removed the video from YouTube and attempted to make amends with apologies and donations. Still, that is only one of his many problematic behaviors from the past.
Logan's reveal on the show didn't garner outrage from the judges. Nicole Scherzinger listed her reasons for thinking Logan's brother Jake Paul (also a YouTuber, also controversial) was Grandpa Monster — "With the troublemaking, and acting out, and the bad reputation, and all that fun" (via YouTube). Although many of Logan's previous behaviors were far from "fun," Logan swore he was "reformed" at his unmasking. The song from his final episode referenced his public image — "Bad Reputation."
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