Tyler Oakley Is Saying "See Ya Later" To YouTube After 13 Years
"It might take me a second."
Tyler Oakley's been on YouTube basically forever. He's been making videos for 13 years and has amassed more than 7 million followers.
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That's why it was so surprising when Oakley revealed in a recent video that he's taking an indefinite break from YouTube.
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"I'm making this video today to let you all know I have been making videos and uploading them every single Tuesday at noon for years and years and years and years and years," he said.
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"If you have been watching since I have been in college, I was 18 when I started and I am now 31. So you can go back and find any single week of my life between those two dates and see what I was up to."
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"I've never really taken a break, and it is now time for me to take a break."
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Oakley specified that he'll be spending his time away "working on some stuff that I have always wanted to do," and that even though he doesn't know when he'll be returning to YouTube, the hiatus isn't permanent.
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"I will be back at some point," he said. "But I'm not going to say when because I don't know when and it might take me a second."
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"This is not forever goodbye. This is just like I'll see ya in a sec. All is well. Nothing is bad in the worst way possible. Don't go and, like, assume the worst."
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Oakley also encouraged followers to "push the little bell next to the subscriber button" and ended with a sign-off that hinted at when he might return:
"I'll see ya in 2021."
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