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 ...

[@roshaun411]

As he should😂😂

[@JadenGGvam]

bruh

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

@@roshaun411 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]

🤣🤣

[@NYD666]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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"💀

[@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-girl4eva291]

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.

[@Lulmane00]

@@joes-girl4eva291he was high

[@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]

👌🙌🤣🤣

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@candicenorris4324]

He was 12 and he wasn’t even the one wearing the hat. I would never let people control my destiny and I would never apologize for something I didn’t intentionally do.

[@scottiemccarthy896]

It's probably ridiculously embarrassing. I don't blame him

[@luckystarstar5985]

"not apologizing judge I didn't know I was driving my friend to I crime and we all know ignorance of the law is a free pass "

[@jamesfaircloth4895]

Right

[@DominantBtch]

​@@luckystarstar5985how is that comparable lol

[@p3xo]

@@luckystarstar5985he was still a little kid bruh

[@lordphatquaad8133]

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

[@evelynverdejo6926]

💀💀

[@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

[@pandagirl432]

Cancel culture makes me sick. This is so sad

[@George-f8h]

If he did nothing wrong, why would he say he's sorry for letting his fans down. 🤣

[@charliekelly735]

​@@George-f8hBecause we live in an age of pitchforks and torches

[@George-f8h]

@@charliekelly735 Nah, it just makes him look like he's admitting it's true.

[@DominantBtch]

​@@George-f8hhuh, you make no sense

[@jakeplumber1373]

Racism doesnt make u sick tho?

[@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

[@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 >>>>

[@Laz3rCat95]

We all do or say dumb things when we're kids/teens, he shouldn't be cancelled for this

[@carloscurry1628]

He still is a kid. 🐴

[@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850]

😂😂😂

[@MoralMonster]

​@@carloscurry1628thats obvious. The statement above means we all did stupid things as kids so we understand and have compassion towards making mistakes. It didnt state he wasn't still a kid. Smh.

[@carloscurry1628]

​@@MoralMonster Sounds About White. 👻

[@carloscurry1628]

@MoralMonster , Compassion towards making mistakes???

[@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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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)

[@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🙄

[@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

[@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.

[@candicebrunson9131]

Good job whoever "exposed" him! You ruined a 16 year old's life over something that happened when he was 12. You've made the world a better place.🙄

[@controlman7490]

Yes, this will teach him not to post ridiculous stuff online. You have to think before you act, so now hopefully he learned.

[@OhShevski]

@@controlman7490 Bro he was 12...he prolly didnt think. And even if he learned....WHAT WILL THAT DO? HE LITERALLY HAS LOST EVERYTHING it was either A. A Joke (not a bad one) B. He was imitating a movie c. He genuinely was a racist (Which is the least likely)

[@controlman7490]

@@OhShevski What it will do is make him think about what he posts online and how he presents himself. He's the only person who he can blame for this huge L, not me, you, or anyone else. I can't say for sure whether he was actually being racist, or if it was just a joke, albeit his mom saying that"he doesn't have a racist bone in his body" statement doesn't make him look very credible tbh.

[@queenk555]

If he were black would this be your comment?? Nope. Do better please.

[@candicebrunson9131]

@@queenk555 Yes! Yes, my reaction would have been the exact same! Stop assuming everyone is racist. Please do better yourself.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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…

[@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...

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@collingoggins7589]

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

[@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.

[@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 ?

[@WayneGainey]

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

[@tamzidrahman2673]

The ending “make that 4”

[@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

[@lukelarson7762]

Somehow, his mom saying: “He doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. He has friends of all races” started to make me think he WAS a racist

[@SuperSymbiote1]

If it’s Opposite Day, sure

[@MoralMonster]

Because white, right. Smh.

[@MrCoconutWasTaken]

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

[@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

[@Sea-Bass]

I remember when Cartman dressed like a ghost 👻 for Halloween 🎃

[@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

[@SuperBlessedKing]

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

[@megannolan2614]

I feel so bad for him .I hope hes ok.

[@Carley-in8cr]

Why is he not speaking out. He is old enough to speak for himself.

[@SavethechildrenofPalestine]

His fault

[@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

[@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,

[@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

[@knucklesskinner253]

HE WAS 12. Come on. Ridiculous

[@thesociety9009]

They pulled the he has friends of all races card💀

[@str4ngerkj196]

Ikkkk wtff

[@gianna3582]

He was 12!!!! TWELVE. Do y’all know how stupid and ignorant I was when I was 12. Do you remember how easily influenced and clueless we all were at 12. This hardworking, talented CHILD is getting cancelled over something so stupid. This is sickening.

[@Cherrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

At 12 I wasn't racist you learn right from Wrong at Like age 5

[@sleezboy992]

Well now he killed someone driving under the influence

[@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.

[@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?

[@michaelbyrne5144]

He (was) a 12 year old, you guys really put him on blast like that still. Great job guys

[@dustbucket4059]

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

[@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.

[@mortalclown3812]

Now he's been charged with felony murder for car wreck.

[@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?!

[@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]

😂😂

[@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

[@AubreyanaJJames]

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

[@ChildishTakes]

The "anti-racists" in the comments rn starting to make me realize they aren't very reasonable people

[@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. 😊

[@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 .....?”

[@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.

[@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 🥳

[@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

[@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

[@GetUnwoke]

That mask looks nothing like the one from the movie. And how many people you know have a KKK mask just lying around in their room? lol

[@sandra-jones]

Correct and look at the rest of the costume...

[@manboss52gaming30]

@@sandra-jones why do people have to be racist though?

[@jadorecats3220]

Uhh you can easily make one lmao

[@skate-gt4rc]

@@jadorecats3220 doesn't mean people will choose to

[@GetUnwoke]

@@jadorecats3220 who actually would though

[@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?

[@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.

[@HangingWithDan]

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

[@lastinghappiness3977]

They really went full on america’s next top model at the end 😭✋🏽

[@jakexpow]

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

[@holadestiny]

THE END- INSIDE EDITION IS SHADY LMFAO💀

[@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

[@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...

[@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.

[@kennedywright811]

Damn, this is why you gotta be careful what you post online and do in public, dude got cancelled before his life actually begun from a video that will be around his ENTIRE life, one of these days when he tries to get a nice job or go to a nice college they won't accept him for that..

[@adamhoward4775]

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

[@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

[@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....

[@matthewhetes9965]

So, if I sat next to someone on the bus that said they were racist, would I get in trouble?

[@Funkit891]

Don't apologize.

[@waynebeharry1822]

Bruh the kid was only twelve for crying out loud is the world that sensitive but ngl they did him dirty at the end lol 😂

[@289rory]

The thing is, they look older. So either they lied about age, or something. Then, the “he has friends of all races” thing. No one with actual friends of all races say that. I mean, so much more, but alright.

[@zackolinger]

Damn. Give the kid a break. Cancel culture is sad.

[@granthendrix1118]

Y'all tryna say he supported the KKK when someone else wore a mask- I can't ✋😂💅 it was a movie like omlllll 💀

[@AliBee1]

He made a video joking with the guy and it wasn’t from a movie that’s just a sorry excuse he’s a racist

[@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.