Uncle Roger Clarifies His Position

Uncle Roger's favourite expression: "Haiyaa!"

Internet celebrity Uncle Roger recently got himself into trouble after his video featured another YouTube star who has been vocal in his criticism of the Chinese government. Uncle Roger subsequently remove the video from the internet.

Critics had accused Uncle Roger – he is a Malaysian comedian and his real name is Nigel Ng, of bowing down to pressure from China last week after a video he made with vlogger Mike Chen from the Strictly Dumpling channel was removed from his YouTube channel.

The video with Mike Chen that got Uncle Roger into trouble.

In a new video posted to YouTube on January 16, Uncle Roger clarified: "I hate drama ... I just want to make funny vigeos (he means videos).”

"I don't want to be involved in anything else - no politics, no drama. Uncle Roger love making people laugh. It's about entertaining people, no matter where they come from, and respecting everyone's culture.”

"For the record, Uncle Roger make zero dollars from Chinese social media so to see my nieces and nephews say I like RMB more than MSG really break Uncle Roger’s heart." RMB is an acronym for renminbi, China's currency - also called the yuan.

Uncle Roger also addressed his critics on Instagram, posting: "I'm not bowing down to anyone. Especially not to all the hate comments I'm getting. So if you're thinking of sending me nasty things, save your time and just hit the unfollow button."

The whole drama began last week when a video entitled "Uncle Roger Reviews Ugliest Dumpling Ever" was removed by Uncle Roger himself, who said was not aware of Mike Chen's political leanings nor his previous criticism about the Chinese government when he collaborated with the food vlogger. He admitted on Weibo - China's Twitter - that the video had created a "bad social impact".

"My staff and I would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone," Nigel Ng said. "Considering the seriousness of this issue and the negative impact of the video itself, we discussed internally and decided to take it down from all platforms."

Nigel Ng ~ the man behind the alter ego Uncle Roger

Nigel Ng shot to fame last year when a video he posted to YouTube criticising a BBC recipe for egg fried rice went viral. It was the right timing as the entire world went into lock down when Covid-19 pandemic hit.