16-Year-Old Singer Leaves ‘Idol’ Over KKK Video Controversy

[@Phil-dx4zj]

"Now the show is down to its five finalists- uh make that four." Bro wildin 💀

[@chchchchugg]

@@Crazy-pl1lo ...

[@AnimeClipsOverload]

As he should😂😂

[@JadenGGvam]

bruh

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

@@AnimeClipsOverload is he not?

[@Fantastic_Stranger]

It was funny because they erased him. IE be doing to much 🤣

[@slushdog1012]

The way they just scrubbed him away at the end, damn😭😭

[@chosenbythehighest]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@iviefelix7072]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hughmongus9969]

🤣🤣🤣

[@prihaps]

🤣🤣🤣

[@olsenlibra623]

🤣🤣

[@maryrose8478]

Moral of the story: If you want a job that involves being a public figure then think very carefully about what you upload.

[@creepylifeofme1927]

He was twelve and supposedly that’s not what happened

[@cheslynjames8287]

@@creepylifeofme1927 what happened

[@creepylifeofme1927]

@@cheslynjames8287 according to the mother it had to do with the strangers movie he say and he was dressing as on of those characters not at the KKK though this is based on what the mom said of a video made years ago so who really knows

[@PeindaNiang]

Or just don’t be racist

[@cheslynjames8287]

@@creepylifeofme1927 I feel sorry for him

[@trowland45]

And he just got arrested for a fatal dui today.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

*today

[@JTheraos]

Maybe he turned to drinking because his life was destroyed over nothing? I'd dare say that the people calling him racist, could be partly to blame for him making those choices.

[@lang-ed3bk]

@@JTheraosare you seriously STILL defending him? Did you defend his kkk video? And now you’re defending his dui that killed a person? Talk about bias and celebrity idolism.

[@TurtleC0mic]

@@lang-ed3bkyou didn’t watch the video till the end it had nothing to do with the kkk

[@Dman-c5c]

@@lang-ed3bkhis life got destroyed over nothing that video doesn’t even mean anything. You soft asl goodbye

[@davidcausejo]

I wouldn’t say he was a favorite to win the whole thing… he was likely to go home this week.

[@Elle-ix3iw]

oops i made ur Likes number "66------"

[@SharonBenson2674]

He is bloody awesome! Strong contender to win the whole thing. The kid was 13 when the video was made. He probably didn’t even know what the Ku Klux Klan were about. So I guess he took himself off the show. Too bad.

[@nickyb12345]

Fr

[@biggentallen]

I mean, he was top 5. But so is everybody else on the show right now.

[@svenberkard5874]

I also wouldn't say he is a favorite new "racist" for sitting next to a costume at age 12 and people would see he spent time practicing guitar and singing - and people would move on.

[@lilchopstixz2161]

Bruh he just thanos snapped him out of the photos like that 💀 😂

[@NyvalkOffical]

Yeah

[@llllIllIIl]

george floyd cant break lmaooo white lives >>>>

[@slayermate07]

He got troskied

[@M._mkid]

.​@@llllIllIIl

[@NazriBuang-w9v]

Lies again? Klook App USD SGD

[@hanarawji6965]

Not them using the “he has friends of all races” excuse

[@sensarmy]

ikr

[@ThahnG413]

how do you even know he's racist then?

[@carzia_speed2235]

@@ThahnG413 just because you have friends of all races doesn’t give you a free pass...

[@hanarawji6965]

@@ThahnG413 you don’t see that someone is racist through their friends but through their actions. That hood definitely stemmed from the KKK and not a movie. That’s a racist act and all he did was film it... Him having friends of all races doesn’t excuse him of this nor does this automatically not make him a racist. That’s not how it works.

[@chip73731]

"I'm not racist my cat is black"💀

[@Justxant]

He know damn well that wasn’t from no strangers movie 😂

[@kakashisensei9258]

Apparently you didn't watch the movie.

[@Justxant]

@@kakashisensei9258 I’ve seen all of them multiple times 😂

[@RahalRathnayake]

How you gonna tell that it wasn't ?

[@Justxant]

@@RahalRathnayake have you seen the strangers? 🤔

[@fieldsonfire]

That's not Klan hood🙄 ask me how I know.

[@celestialturtle6665]

Did they really think “he’s not racist he has friends of all races” was gonna go over well?💀💀

[@tiltednite2366]

You make it sound bad he explained what happened but people just take it how they wanna take it people love hating on other people love drama so they took it how they wanted it to look like.

[@anthonyrodrigues5032]

I mean to me if you have true friends from all races its a little hard to be racist.

[@sohyangworld1544]

@@anthonyrodrigues5032 ive have sooo many racist friends. Its. Not hard.

[@JayPo-rv1qo]

@@tiltednite2366 well see people who say that tend to be racist and his hat was far from the movie he liked the movie had a paper bag not a upside down cone hat

[@itsmemario8387]

@@tiltednite2366 what way would the video be taken in then they always use the I have friends of this race excuse that god old a long time ago

[@JayPo-rv1qo]

bro yall be posting every minute

[@champsammy13]

It's why I have my notifications turned off but some of the stuff they post is interesting.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

They always do. I turned off notifications a long time ago.

[@MsDudette21]

lol u must be new here

[@toluo4518]

It's nice to have these videos to watch during this pandemic.

[@luisb84]

Lmaoooo

[@yellowasian619]

Who just screen records and stores someone's story for 4 years, and then releases it to mess up someone career?

[@ZODDism]

An angel

[@CueLash]

@@ZODDism This ^

[@God.sDaughter]

I know right. Must be a jealous GF. Like, that person should have chilled and stopped messing his life up. He wasn’t the one wearing the hood even.

[@EvalonGames]

@@ZODDism Get help.

[@hoodiexslime4580]

@@ZODDism he was 12 the video had nothing to do with the kkk and it wasnt even him

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Now this boy murdered someone driving drunk.

[@JTheraos]

Unless he intentionally killed someone, it wasn't murder. Quit changing definitions if words so it can fit your narrative. It was manslaughter, of that in fact happened.

[@lang-ed3bk]

Seriously?

[@SilviaLikesCherries]

And I wonder why he was drunk...

[@joes-wife4ever]

He was not drunk at all. He had a very very trace level of THC in his system and his prescribed Prozac. Maybe you should read the story.

[@BigMane5]

@@joes-wife4everhe was high

[@Ty-vj4wg]

It’s sad that people can ruin their life after doing something so simple. This is the age where people will be constantly monitored and anything we do will be used against us.

[@aurora9252]

That's great

[@knucklesskinner253]

@KCarch25 Unkown HE WAS TWELVE, you didn’t do dumb stuff as a kid? If you didn’t you’re lying. Because we all made mistakes as kids, that’s the leaning process. But funny enough it’s you that need to grow up...

[@DigitalShaolin]

@@knucklesskinner253 The genocide of a whole race isn’t just “dumb stuff”

[@JZGreengo]

He’s too young to be judged

[@JZGreengo]

@Donald J. Trump exactly

[@kafkaskitchen]

Caleb was the oldest looking 12 yr olds I've seen

[@ViewKP]

Lmao

[@FireFlameZero]

word

[@dgfallen1]

And that hat looked nothing like the one in the movie, for the record!

[@Leslie-zn9ly]

16

[@ourglass488]

​@@Leslie-zn9ly in the video he was 12 not when he was in the singing show

[@f-luva-luva]

Lesson to learn for all young people- Be careful what you post. What may be funny to you may not be to others.... and what you post never completely goes away....

[@jamalsowell3650]

You would think people would learn this. It's been happening to athletes for a while. As soon as they get some shine, someone digs up something they said a long time ago.

[@vb8428]

@@jamalsowell3650 I've seen so many racist kids of that age on online chat sites it's disturbing.

[@EpicGamer1.]

Exactly.

[@joeb5829]

@@vb8428 called being outrageous for attention

[@joeb5829]

@@vb8428 called being outrageous for attention

[@doramips]

"he's not racist he has friends of all races" got me laughing 😭🖐🏻

[@hungry4205]

This just shows that the people you hang around with could hurt you in someway

[@e-9584]

BYE-😭😭😭😭😭

[@auti34]

Ya I hate when they say that .it always there go to line 🤦‍♀️ if stupid could fly he need a fork . Give me a break

[@doramips]

@@crimson.killer ironic how that's coming from someone who had a dragon mid ball pfp, I wrote this 8 months ago and I even forgot I wrote this 🤡 go back to watching your mid shonen anime bro

[@connr8691]

its not a flawed statement tho? like what racist person is gonna hang out with someone they hate?

[@kyle8302]

Dam this just shows how your past can affect you later that’s why I don’t believe in forget the past we’re in the now because the past can become the now

[@Freya-bs5tx]

Only evil people see evil intentions, past means past and leave it there

[@flyingjew2994]

Unless they killed someone then ya people should move on.

[@sandra-jones]

So when you see all the evil things in the world does that mean you're evil? That comment doesn't make sense.

[@barbt.o.9804]

@KCarch25 Unkown well some murders and criminals change though

[@anthonyp2883]

@@sparkyz3052 y’all need to learn about something called critical thinking

[@lordphatquaad8133]

“Uhm make that four” DaMNNNNNNYALL HAD TO DO HIM LIKE THATTT

[@evelynverdejo6926]

💀💀

[@abrohamproductions8263]

When your mom makes you a bad ghost costume, but you're running late for trick or treating: 👻

[@bobbycorwen1356]

South Park

[@turbonine0753]

Bruh moment

[@chrismcnemar6705]

I did that when I was 5, I never dressed as a Ghost again.

[@ginatorres677]

🙈

[@TheyCallMeGator]

👌🙌🤣🤣

[@WayneGainey]

I thought he is done until I remembered: VINCE NEIL OF MOTELY CRUE KILLED SOMEONE IN 1984. His career continued to skyrocket!

[@dogwu2099]

Dude got cancelled and wasn't even the one wearing the pillowcase. Damn.

[@TheShape.]

Welcome to America.

[@Chris-ot9bk]

@The King Then Tell White People To Stop Victimizing Themselves. Y'all Give Cancel Culture Your Time And Day. Ignore Them Because Cancel Culture Barely Work

[@NiteDriv3r]

CANCELED BY ASSOCIATION

[@gejost]

And it looks like the pillow case wasn't trying to depict KKK but to determine that for sure one would need full bideo

[@MischaLecter1]

imagine uploading something where you’re casually sitting next to someone wearing that with no issues. deserved, kid had no problem with racists he probably was one too

[@coralrose5754]

He really used the “I can’t be racist I have black friends??” line 💀😭

[@sereneiris6855]

Ikr

[@electrixce6180]

He technically said friends of all races

[@Albert-hz3qs]

Heather

[@_.WildMoonChild]

I believe his mom used it lol and it was "of all races" ....still a big yikes.

[@hopper6094]

OH MY GOSH A HEATHERS FAN BUT NOT THE MOVIE THE MUSICAL!!!! 😌

[@OmarPerez-ln4es]

The end lmfao damm 💀 🤣

[@MsDudette21]

inside edition goes hard like that and I love them for it hahah

[@nickyb12345]

LMFAOOO I DIED

[@brown_and_curly_ne_girly4551]

It’s not about doing it- we don’t know what people have done when we prop them up, he’s a kid, he doesn’t deserve to have his life ruined. I hope he’s able to come back.

[@emekao500]

True, apparently he killed someone in a car accident

[@garrettbrando9841]

That ending was pretty shady, Inside Edition 😭

[@ionknow9614]

I love Inside Edition

[@danielsantana8601]

If he was 12 in 2017 then his mother lied because the movie came out in 2018.

[@johannaalba4318]

@@ionknow9614 tjdidjsin

[@FireIsTheCIeanser]

inside edition is low key shady. everyone sleeps on them because they mostly just do puff pieces

[@selfishstockton6123]

I’m not saying he should get a pass but the timing of this video release is oddly suspect. Smells of sabotage

[@gregXxo]

Probably, but it is what it is...the video is out there now

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

I think it is as well , he should be judged on his character and actions .

[@austinmason1560]

@The Empress bro did you not listen it was taken out of context mans was 12 and he wasn’t even the one wearing it

[@randylowder1478]

Yea I believe this as well, they knew he had a chance to win it all. It's rediculous how people get so upset over others people past. What I did at 12 had not bearing on me now. Get over it people. Caleb should have won.

[@NADIAISCHOSEN]

@@austinmason1560 that man was not 12 they lied and said that to not make it look as bad as it already was 🙄. he sent that video to my friend over the summer and has posted many other racist things.

[@v05555]

that dude isn't 16, he looks way older and is already going bald

[@Ty-vj4wg]

He definitely is.

[@Zekesquad]

Bald doesn't mean anything regarding age. It's genetics. I had a friend in junior high who was losing his hair and he was 14. 🧑‍🦲

[@miltonbuu]

That's what racism does to you

[@chip73731]

Ikr, I thought I was the only one who thought that he looked way too old for his age

[@miltonbuu]

@@chip73731 inbreeding tends to have side effects

[@chaichai8585]

you cant expect a child to know they did something wrong when they were just having fun in relation to a movie with a friend. and ultimately after all his hard work people got unreasonably mad even after the explanation causing him to drink heavily eventually driving while extremely drunk ultimately resulting in him killing someone. isnt it lovely how idiotic morons online can cause someone to nearly kill themselves and kill another person from pure depression and absolute anger?

[@pigeon1923]

Why did they have to erase him away at the end like that lmao got me cackling past midnight 😭

[@everything-pz2ev]

Lol Cackling past midnight! 😩😆 .... !

[@llllIllIIl]

george floyd cant break lmaooo white lives >>>>

[@leodelaguetto3859]

That was a great attempt to cover up with the mask of the movie the strangers... that hat he was wearing was hella pointy lol 😂

[@jaysmith2601]

Yeah I don’t remember seeing a pointed mask in the movie

[@misskay46]

ok🤔🤣😂

[@cormacthem8406]

I really wanted to believe his story, but someone actually had to put effort into making that white sheet mask pointy 🤔

[@FaithandNova]

Exactly she was 🤥🤥😂😂

[@polaricee8247]

​@@cormacthem8406 lemme put my pillow sheet over my head that corner is pointy

[@pixelchu]

One of the reasons why I don’t like social media:

[@mackiahhenry6261]

Well you shouldn't be posting KKK videos on social media

[@levymcgarden9117]

@Donald J. Trump Ur ...name..

[@ishy6875]

@Donald J. Trump no one misses you, go away

[@Ty-vj4wg]

@Donald J. Trump What’s wrong being gay?

[@Ty-vj4wg]

@Donald J. Trump Nope. Nothing is.

[@AxerOne0001]

He was just sitting there and said nothing else, talk about jumping to conclusions.

[@juicydru]

Exactly -- He said NOTHING, && THAT'S the issue, sweetheart. I'm tired of people acting like a hero because they ignored a situation. See something SPEAK UP.

[@katemorgan2464]

@@juicydru It was a 3 second clip! We have NO IDEA what was said or done after that. Do you want your entire life judged by what someone else was wearing or doing in a 3 second video clip when you were a kid?

[@AKMComic]

@@katemorgan2464 Right?! Now that kid went on to fatally kill someone in a DUI accident! Let's judge him on that instead! What a moron! (also sitting next to a KKK cosplay and filming yourself smiling friendly is still not a good look)

[@Crisis.Knight]

In the movie, the mask is not like that, he's lying.

[@rlm2933]

The mask is like that idiot

[@rlm2933]

It’s homemade that’s why it’s pointy

[@nutterbotter8308]

@@rlm2933 but it isn’t, the mask in the movie is completely flat. And dude I’m going to be real with you, in order to make a mask that pointy would take more effort than just cutting up a pillow case to make a flat top mask. But what’s done is done

[@Crisis.Knight]

@@rlm2933 Only an idiot can not tell something sharp from something flat. So...

[@SuperSymbiote1]

Umm yes it is?

[@ozbullymorales1020]

That haircut was a major red flag. HOOEEY!!

[@veracoggins2694]

Now who’s the racist

[@mbagley3618]

@@veracoggins2694 good point

[@dcw4906]

LOL, absolutely. Permed mullet in 2021....😂

[@anthonycoleman9593]

I was thinking the same. 😆

[@katemorgan2464]

Lionel Richie used to wear a mullet. Does that mean he is racist? I might add, he was over the age of 12 when he wore a mullet. I happen to be a huge fan of Lionel Richie but if mullets mean you're racist, well, I guess you need to remain consistent in your beliefs, right? Honestly, equating mullets with racism is beyond ridiculous! Next it will be, "If you sneeze you're a racist". This idiotic way of thinking is taking away from the real issues of racism facing our country. Keep crying wolf and no one will give a d@"n in the end.

[@J_Westbrook]

I'm so glad we didn't have a bunch of cameras attach to cell phones when I was 12. I was born in 1990 and we were bad.

[@AgM-w4b]

You racist

[@RasheedGazzi]

Were you stupid enough to do something like this?

[@emekao500]

Fr I can’t act like he’s the worst person in the world. But if you’re going to be a dumb kid just don’t post it for social media.

[@alexochoa2568]

Was probably surfaced by one of his competitors because they couldn't top him head on no doubt

[@erounyi]

And how would they have gotten hold of that footage?? 😑. It was most likely leaked by his friend who was filming that clip

[@rubysandwich5667]

Lmao Caleb didn't even deserve to be top 24

[@laffytiffy4730]

Well he shouldn’t have posted it AND SHARED IT! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ronaldcoleman09]

He was gonna get taken out that day anyways, he was the worst of the 5.

[@cr1sspyy]

"You reap what you sow"

[@ishy6875]

Nice pfp

[@_.WildMoonChild]

SEW* ....In this case anyways, I'd say it's "You reap what you sew" 😂

[@kittycatgirl1139]

@@ishy6875 where is it from ?

[@jarredah]

Having seen that Strangers movie....I mean he’s not wrong. It’s just very unfortunate.

[@sandra-jones]

This dude has on a full klan robe.

[@manboss52gaming30]

@@sandra-jones Its just an white under- shirt thats not close to the robe

[@gregXxo]

@@manboss52gaming30 with a point

[@rb6forlife389]

@@sandra-jones it’s literally just a white sheet on his head meant to resemble a ghost. Grow up

[@sandra-jones]

@@rb6forlife389 so you've given a totally different excuse than what he and his mother have given. Who should be believed you, him and his mom or what it looks like in the video. You asked me to grow up...I say to you be consistent in the lie...

[@adb_500]

Saying i have friends of all races makes it more weird

[@moselleconger4156]

That video will follow him for the rest of his life and being on American Idol just brought it out to a level that none of his future employers would’ve probably been able to reach...until now.

[@saintsfan0499]

I'm still trying to figure out what he did wrong

[@gemini4lyfe3001]

@@saintsfan0499 HaWight POWUR!!!

[@moselleconger4156]

@@saintsfan0499 problem is thinking any part of that video could be construed as “comedy”. Whether he was in the background or the forefront, it’s an extremely insensitive joke that many don’t find comical. He’s now learning the consequences of poor decision making or guidance. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@flyingjew2994]

I'll still hire him

[@Manwithaplan2021]

Hopefully any employer with a brain won’t refuse to hire someone based on a mistake at 12 years old. It’s baffling to me this culture of ruining peoples lives based on what they did when they were immature preteens.

[@goldengaming1019]

Me thinking the mom has a point: His mom: he has friends of all races: Me: ...

[@manboss52gaming30]

yeah I thought she had a point until I saw that

[@williamratcliffe7833]

What’s wrong with having friends of all races?

[@goldengaming1019]

@@williamratcliffe7833 nothing is wrong with that, it’s just the most used excuse for racist people is that they have friends of all races

[@williamratcliffe7833]

@@goldengaming1019 but what if it’s true?

[@289rory]

@@williamratcliffe7833 No one with friends of all races will use them as a prop. It would be evident in their social media posts, their texts, their thank you speeches, or something. They don’t have to been in all things, but damn. Even if it’s something as small as a postcard showing that you and those friends spent Christmas together, but not the verbal excuse. That shows nothing.

[@lynnford1451]

Bomb shell??? Is this real life a 12-year-old kid makes a video about a horror film and now he’s canceled 🙄🙄🙄 I hate this planet

[@Wolfpax89]

Thats the most racist horror film ive ever seen 😂🎉

[@CaptainChapin]

lol girl bye

[@laffytiffy4730]

😂 really? They were wearing a KKK hood. 🤦🏽‍♀️ PLEASE SMH

[@JaylasJourney]

@@laffytiffy4730seriously, they always make it seem like its not that big but This actually happening. It actually is sick

[@itsomarsopinion]

@@JaylasJourneypray for us black people

[@WhitePride88]

He should have came up with a fake black girlfriend.

[@walkthelonesomeroad1792]

Solid username

[@WhitePride88]

@@walkthelonesomeroad1792 Well, Black Power and Negrodamus were already taken so I had to settle for this one.

[@RoxyProd]

The ole “I have a black friend” card.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@RoxyProd😂

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Genius

[@nirvanafatal]

He was not even wearing the mask. Guilty by association is wrong.

[@nekodirge]

He CAN'T be racist because there's NEVER been a racist white country singer ever. ROFL

[@scottknight1417]

Tell the judge that he sent me cousin to jail for guilty by association

[@chriswampler1]

@@scottknight1417being complicit to a crime is different than standing too close to a crime as it unfolds.

[@riverriver1501]

​@@chriswampler1bro h was the one recording

[@johndoe-xy4xq]

​​@@chriswampler1what was the crime? What laws were broken?

[@yellowasian619]

To be fair he was 12, like everyone does some stupid stuff during middle school

[@ed1tz468]

No, no they don't, ever kid has not made a video of their selfs as kkk, and even if everyone did it, if everyone stole would it make it right, don't bring that logic it makes you sound dumb AF

[@user-cr3db7cb8n]

@@ed1tz468 so your saying...nothing you've ever done in your past could be used against you? God cancel culture is cancer sometimes he was 12

[@taf4939]

@@user-cr3db7cb8n there's no thing as cancel culture. Actions have consequences.

[@chilly1661]

@@taf4939 "no such thing as cancel culture" hell yeah there is people on the Internet will find something you did 6-7 years ago and cancel you for it for no reason like cmon bro get a life .

[@taf4939]

@@chilly1661 that’s called a free market, actions have consequences simple. No such think as cancel culture

[@user-cr3db7cb8n]

It's very sad when something you did when you were 12 can cancel you

[@jordanhaller8973]

It’s not just a simple mistake. He uploaded a racist video. That’s not just an “oops”

lol he uploaded that video so he did it to himself

[@rlm2933]

@ when he was twelve

[@HipixOFFICIAL]

Well, he's definitely canceled now.

[@Callsignethiopia]

Why do white guys always go through a racist phase when they're growing up shts weird asf the only group of people that get off on being racist and bigoted

[@ms.chocolatecandy]

That wasn’t the only issue he had. He later had a fatal DUI and received eight years in prison. He was using a marijuana vape at the time. So, he can downplay his racism, but he can’t lie about being a murderer.

[@mike47734]

I hate living in these times. This world sucks so much.

[@MadPaperMario]

Womp womp

[@fornarnia7569]

Your right , it does suck

[@opanababy]

cry

[@Happyman-f7o]

@@opanababycringe

[@charlesgiosano7767]

@@MadPaperMarioeverything is controlled and monitored. Can’t have nudity in mature games. Can’t have pretty girls in games anymore always gotta be uglified and just getting worse. Keep saying womp womp there’s more to come…

[@journeymansmitty8283]

Sometimes past actions can have grave effects on your present🤔

[@user-gu1ed1kb8x]

you gonna cast the first stone like you haven't done some messed up stuff before huh 😒🙄

[@DesireeEagle]

@@user-gu1ed1kb8x that’s not even the point. his dumb lil mistake was recorded. to be broadcasted to the world for everyone to always see. that’s different than making a small mistake no one sees.

[@user-gu1ed1kb8x]

@@DesireeEagle true, except it wasn't his mistake, his friend was wearing a strangers cosplay,

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

I don't think he should be cancelled though , he wasn't wearing the costume and he was 12 at the time , his character should speak for him

[@kyrasmith3283]

Okay, but he was 12 when he did this... I hope no one finds anything from when I was 12 LOL

[@charlesgiosano7767]

Samee

[@lorenzomoore7834]

No one cares about yall tho lol

[@pisces2569]

Why? Did you commit a hate crime?

[@emekao500]

@@pisces2569fr ppl saying these types of things like it isn’t a massive red flag.

[@collingoggins7589]

Like a year ago he killed a 54 year old man drunk driving and got his bond denied still locked up

[@saltybrackishfresh]

Bro prolly got depressed from that cancellation

[@dylangarcia3898]

I feel like there is no need to condemn him for something he was involved with years ago

[@anthonycoleman9593]

Accountability, it's in his heart.

[@pisces2569]

It was 4 years ago.

[@MrCoconutIsTaken]

This happened over 4 years ago, why can't we leave the past in the past?

[@gohanson8846]

People should know by now, anything you do in the past or now will affect your future 😂

[@khloemccullough9753]

HE WAS 12-

[@kimberlyskits7241]

@@khloemccullough9753 Sucks.

[@kimberlyskits7241]

@@khloemccullough9753 He’s not getting executed he just got kicked off a singing show

[@riccee5242]

@@kimberlyskits7241 for now...

[@skate-gt4rc]

@@khloemccullough9753 don't underestimate 12 year olds lol. they know much better than that

[@gentleman-x_1924]

Three years later i still dont see what he did wrong, besides the fatal car accident.

[@jonalbert717]

Same my fellow klansman

[@tamzidrahman2673]

The ending “make that 4”

[@Gypsygray]

This is another case of cancel culture being out of control.

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

AMEN it's ridiculous

[@wonieism]

Luv, its a KKK hood. If you WILLINGLY hang out with someone who wears that, you deserve to be cancelled.

[@cheesemanthe2nd]

@@wonieism the video was taken when he was 12

[@wonieism]

@@cheesemanthe2nd Okay? I'm 12 and I know the kind of people I should and shouldn't be around, lol.

[@cheesemanthe2nd]

@@wonieism look at the kid wearing the masks arm, he's literally black

[@thesociety9009]

They pulled the he has friends of all races card💀

[@str4ngerkj196]

Ikkkk wtff

[@Jlitt-yw2zm]

He was a kid. Kids do stupid things😮. Get over it

[@RasheedGazzi]

Now he can be in the company of stupidity.

[@LernardGrigsby]

This looks nothing like the costume Baghead wears in Strangers. It's clearly a klans hood with a center crease and not a bag with the creases to the sides and a drawn mouth...

[@musiclover6842]

The friend sitting next to him his costume looks nothing like the cosplay from the movie they supposedly got it from

[@danaellis3861]

I m how dare they not spend all their time perfecting the art of cosplay before making a 5 second video at the age or 12.

[@ceeedwards8453]

@@danaellis3861 so you think someone from SC doesn't know what a klansmen hood looks like? He could have put a regular sheet over his head, or the none cone shaped corner of the pillow case.

[@danaellis3861]

@@ceeedwards8453 i think you guys accusing a 12 year old boy of being a kkk supporter is batshit insane.

[@Manat_]

@@danaellis3861 agreed

[@danaellis3861]

@@Manat_ its really sad. I honestly feel bad for that kid,

[@kolbynelson228]

If this popped up, why didn’t they just replace him with whoever had the most votes out of Arthur and Hunter. Hunter should have made it instead of him anyways🙄

[@irubyu]

It gets worse for this guy. He killed someone in a dui

[@politicsinreview8755]

That doesn't look like a hood from The Strangers Prey at Night 🤔

[@ethanrawlins8660]

Yeah not at all really

[@melodywalker3637]

RIGHTTTTT

[@Incomudro1963]

Yeah, but if you make your own and your 12 years old - it's probably going to turn out looking like it did.

[@frosty6922]

@@Incomudro1963 no, it's pretty hard to make a pointed hood rather than just a sheet over your head

[@skate-gt4rc]

@@frosty6922 adding onto that where's the iconic smiley face?

[@knucklesskinner253]

HE WAS 12. Come on. Ridiculous

[@dustbucket4059]

But it’s ok for the va governor to have pics like that hahah 👌

[@dilligaf1009]

Blm, black Panthers, you just can't do a white group.

[@zayjones2885]

The Kkk, proud boys and the alt right!

[@diggao77]

White people can join BLM. The other side tho....

[@jamessmith1845]

Just tell everyone you're racist and move on 😊

[@janeto7991]

Would love to see everyone else secrets they have from the passed never met a perfect human yet. Keep it up Caleb.

[@OhShevski]

@@bearbear4389 and trump is a grown man

[@pisces2569]

I did some cringy things as a child but never did I dress up as a Klansman or any member of a hate group. That is going too far and most kids know better than to do that.

[@stewiegriffin366]

he's going to have an amazing career in country music!

[@manimalace3861]

What the deuce!!

[@MargaritaHernandez-ky2pt]

I was thinking the same thing

[@kevenwoods7939]

he will fit right in

[@kim_fd8938]

Country music was created by blacks

[@stewiegriffin366]

@@kim_fd8938 what're blacks?

[@SuperBlessedKing]

The way that they erased him from the picture at the end of this video. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thevibe1220]

Mom is to blame here, she probably the one that came up he was watching the strangers movie, but people respect honestly, just tell the truth and say i will do to improve myself as a person

[@rolemodlin]

Ya'll keep sitting back and let this happen. Eventually they'll come for you too.

[@JJ-iy7rk]

Not everyone is sitting with the kkk sweetie

[@Terryg1968]

@@JJ-iy7rk neither was he.

[@robertgaudet7407]

@@JJ-iy7rk I don’t know if you’ve noticed but they like to move the goalposts

[@aozorafreak]

It's so ironic for someone who wants to be on that show and after all your hard works to be in it, you need to leave the show because something that you posted on the past

[@user-gu1ed1kb8x]

especially when it's over a misunderstanding, my heart goes out to this guy.

[@johns8902]

"he had friends of all races" Including Nascar, destruction derby, NHRA, Monster truck, and any kind of racing that involves jacked up trucks in mud.

[@rahimkisoor7004]

😂😂

[@jakexpow]

I'm not a serial killer. My friends alive.

[@AubreyanaJJames]

But maybe this is a learning lesson about social media and how God will let you go a stray then he pulls you back in and humbles you 🕊

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

🤦‍♀️ What nonsense, he was only 12 at the time ! I didn't know your ice wizard was a babysitter !! Looks like you have horns on your head 😂

[@c_Lutch]

Gibberish

[@Sconechoc]

@boi mac judge boi mac 🙄

[@reactking7093]

@@SUGAR_XYLER only on the internet do Athiests make "jokes" goodbye clown.

[@zomendoz8465]

He let so many people down .So sad he was too immature to realize how his social media posts from past can resurface and hurt others.Good lesson for the future.

[@sandra-jones]

Too bad he was racist.

[@manboss52gaming30]

@@sandra-jones it probably wasnt racist, it was from the stranger things movie he was also 12 years old here and most likely didn't know any better, he could be a racist but I doubt this video Just give them the benefit of the doubt

[@yargnaurd]

@@manboss52gaming30 the strangers*

[@manboss52gaming30]

@@yargnaurd thanks for correcting me ig

[@kim_fd8938]

@@manboss52gaming30 yep I don't think he's racist he was 12, kids do dumb things all time gave him a break really....

[@angelicasotelo6723]

Anyone else’s think it’s funny that the video also says “Bow” and not only that his mom said that he got that idea of the hood from the movie “The strangers prey at night” and made this video when he was twelve this movie came out 3 years ago he made this video 4 years ago😂

[@ActWithUnderstanding]

He was 12 when he made it, which was 3 years ago.

[@angelicasotelo6723]

@@ActWithUnderstanding he is 16 right now which means he was 12 4 years ago

[@chrisdugas1226]

The original Strangers came out in 2008.

[@angelicasotelo6723]

Ik that but either way he and his mom said it was based off of strangers 2

[@angelicasotelo6723]

@@ActWithUnderstanding he is 16 now subtract 4 from 16

[@adamhoward4775]

How dare he be around someone as a twelve year old. Take him away guys

[@AubreyanaJJames]

Nahhh because inside edition is shady boots 😂😂💀 that end part 👏🏾😂

[@jamesbell1789]

I'm black and I don't don't think that kid need to be put off the show because of something that happened in the past let the people vote to see if you're a good singer.

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

I don't either if he was truly a racist it would show in his character .

[@jamesbell1789]

@@drjohnsonhungwell5115 I don't think he is and they're people that is so let this man have shot at the job

[@lightningx2656]

"It wasn't suppose to be taken in that way" Ummm.....it's you sitting next to a person with a KKK hood one. How is it suppose to be taken?

[@KwispyKwemeDoge]

You take it how they described it, a murderer from a movie.

[@gregXxo]

@@KwispyKwemeDoge they just used a friend's Klan hood because it's the only one they could find

[@KwispyKwemeDoge]

@@gregXxo The kid that got kicked off wasn’t the one wearing it

[@gregXxo]

@@KwispyKwemeDoge you make it sound that the kid was across the room from Caleb and not sitting side by side

[@lightningx2656]

@@KwispyKwemeDoge What kind of logic is that? "He wasn't wearing it" WHAT?!

[@Mileypit]

I mean, his name is Caleb & he has a mullet. That was too easy.

[@dwightguttridge6252]

dont apolize you have the right

[@patriciashackelfordboggshamp30]

The haircut!!! Sheesh, that's a dead giveaway here in the south 💀 😳

[@nadinedixon6614]

And dreads make you a thug🙄

[@leesadenton6177]

That's rude & uncalled for. Amazing you can judge someone you don't know, how pathetic 🙄

[@patriciashackelfordboggshamp30]

@@nadinedixon6614 no rastafarian my trailer park inhabitant.

[@Chris-ot9bk]

Lol You Upsetting The White Southerners

[@Sarah-zu5qq]

@@Chris-ot9bk , nah it’s just that her racism and hypocrisy needs to be called out. 😊

[@chloesimpson2438]

It’s sad that America can’t just get over a mistake and the kids dream is ruined🙄

[@joybabalola5023]

The mistake being joking about a group that would kill, lynch, and torture african americans and minority groups. I can see how you, a white person, would take that lightly as a mistake.....

[@joybabalola5023]

Supporting a group attempting genocide of a race is not a ‘mistake’

[@chloesimpson2438]

@@joybabalola5023 if you clearly watch the video. The family stated that when this kid was 12, they had just watched A movie where a guy had a potato sack over his head. That kind of had the shape of that. So those kids in that moment decided they wanted to re-create that villain. So they grabbed a pillowcase and did it. Little did they know that they were going to get ridiculed over a simple lack of judgment in detail to by snowflakes Who can’t except that it was just a simple mistake

[@joybabalola5023]

@@chloesimpson2438 Maybe it’s because i’m black and I had to be hyper aware of those things, but I would never dress up or pose next to a character in resemblance of a kkk member. He knew for a fact that dressing up as a villain that had such similarities was wrong.

[@joybabalola5023]

@@chloesimpson2438 Go ahead and search up the villain in the movie and a kkk member. I wonder which character they resemble most....

[@k-lawn]

This will probably make him more popular with country music fans. And Idol hasn’t been relevant in years.

[@isaactesfaye4911]

That's what I'm saying. All the racist peoples started following him 😒

[@madman2u]

@@isaactesfaye4911 *"That's what I'm saying. All the racist peoples started following him😒"* Is that how it works?

[@libbysnowflake6911]

Yeah, the Klan guys don't listen to alt-rock.

[@DZ477]

@@isaactesfaye4911 No lol, he tries so hard to not be seen as a racist.

[@AnthonyTuuholaki]

Ain't no way bro said "Fans" 😭😭😭😭

[@ethand767]

I’m always worrying about everything I do because I’m scared when I’m older someone is going to take something I said as a kid to ruin everything. I wish I could live a little and not worry about everything I put on the internet.

[@SacredFire777]

Everyone has skeletons in their closet. No one is perfect. Part of this stupid Cancel Culture I think is to make those who dig up dirt on people feel morally superior over others as though they never did anything wrong.

[@Livetoeat171]

Gotta hold it all in until you're 65 and then let loose because nothing matters after that

[@knick_knack]

Yeah it’s hella scary. I love posting videos and stuff but I’m always so worried that something I say or do is going to be horribly misconstrued, and I’ll get a lot of hate or repercussions from it

[@1004katherine]

If I've heard the explanation that "she/he doesn't have a racist bone in their body" one more time it may cause me to go straight to bourbon. I'm going there now, actually.

[@peacelovejoy8786]

This is a blessing in disguise for him.. my God he's only 16! Hopefully he learned something from this? He will have no problem getting picked up by someone - needs to forgive himself and move on!

[@zwilder1]

In this day and age, it is NOT a "blessing in disguise." Any employer who even THOUGHT about hiring him can search his name and oh- "THIS GUY IS A RACIST CANCEL HIM!" It will be very difficult for him to move on from this unless he moves far away.

[@peacelovejoy8786]

​@zwilder Speculation only

[@bensegundo7501]

he ended up going to jail and still in jail because he killed someone while driving under the influence

[@EMKATW]

My ELA teacher taught him when he was in in middle school...amazing voice, but I wouldn’t blame him for leaving!

[@hopper6094]

HUNGEY GAMES FAN YAY 🥳

[@fiftyshadesofgay5738]

16??

[@marcmaderarivera3450]

I love birds

[@Abell_lledA]

One is stuck playing the impassioned protagonist in one’s Subjective Narrative of Self ✌️

[@collodion1884]

What??

[@collodion1884]

@Abe Garfield Well I apologise, but I unfortunately don't understand what they meant.

[@ZhangK71]

Yeah, I'm a pretty well-educated guy but I guess I have no idea what in the Emily Brontë you just typed 🤷‍♂️. Guess I should have majored in English back in college.

[@johndank2209]

When you've been watching too much jordan peterson.

[@stacyharrison690]

very cool comment to keep loaded in the holster for dinner parties. especially when you already posted it a month ago on another site. “ Is that what you do, memorize some obscure passage and pass it off as your own to impress some girls and embarrass my friend .....?”

[@devilskull6768]

1:02 nice way of saying "i'm not racist because i have black friends"

[@davidinass]

I don't blame him since he was a kid but his mom should have thought how it would look and should have gave him a better costume.

[@gregXxo]

Agreed..an adult should've realized what it resembled

[@HangingWithDan]

That's sad and messed up. I hope he can come back, he isa good person and a great singer!

[@holadestiny]

THE END- INSIDE EDITION IS SHADY LMFAO💀

[@Toekneehouse]

This actually is a super sad story after this he got a felony DUI that ended up killing someone

[@cloppin]

Really???

[@Toekneehouse]

@@cloppinif you Google him you’ll find it