Disney Channel Fires YouTube Celebrity Jake Paul After News Report Video Goes Viral

The last we saw of social media star Jake Paul, the 20-year-old YouTube celebrity and star of the Disney Channel sitcom Bizaardvark, he was smiling, dabbing and driving his neighbors crazy. Yesterday, however, Disney said What are those? to Paul's antics, after a news report about Paul terrorizing the west-Hollywood neighborhood where he lives and films his prank videos, such as one in which he starts a bonfire in his swimming pool, went viral. Apparently, the Mouse House didn't find the prank as charming as Paul did, and now, the two parties have mutually decided to go their separate ways, with Paul stepping down from the Disney show midway through its second season.

"We’ve mutually agreed that Jake Paul will leave his role on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark," said a Disney spokesperson in a statement. "On behalf of the production company, the cast and crew, we thank Jake for his good work on the TV series for the past 18 months and extend our best wishes to him."

Paul also released a statement, taking to his notes app and tweeting a lengthy response about how he would endure or something.

Love you all! Thanks for the support❤️

Can't wait to continue to grow and conquer🙌🏼

Jake Paulers always rise💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/1dk4CC6eAS

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 23, 2017

The Paulers always rise, and with 25 million YouTube followers, it doesn't look like he'll be hurting for an audience anytime soon. Still, his fans, the Paulers, as he calls them, seem to be taking the news about Bizaardvark pretty hard.

@jakepaul left bizaardvark.. that was literally the only show i watched on disney. 😕

— cadence (@caddencee) July 23, 2017

I love Bizaardvark sooo much you're soo funny as Dirk ! But I have to respect your decision. Bizaardvark will be missed 😭😔 pic.twitter.com/ZFTWmEk88R

— Kathy (@Wes_Kathy) July 23, 2017

We are your family and we respect any decision you make but we will miss you on Bizaardvark. @jakepaul pic.twitter.com/nYYmi8qVSS

— Amaya Moore (@xx_mya525_xx) July 23, 2017

I'm actually going to stop watching bizaardvark bc I only watched it to see you ❤️BUT I SUPPORT YOH IN EVERY WAY I LOVE YOU #Jakepauler4life

— emilio and ivan❤️🤤 (@emilio__ivan) July 23, 2017

He certainly has his detractors, though. On Twitter, people are going in on the former Bizaardvark star.

@Disney you're doing amazing sweetie https://t.co/GXMxl7ZGVn

— ✖️ (@jaddytops) July 23, 2017

I can't believe Jake Paul is leaving Bizaardvark because I don't know what any of those words mean

— Lauren Lapkus 🍰 (@laurenlapkus) July 23, 2017

disney: fires jake paul
landlord: evicts jake paul
neighbors: suing jake paul

me: pic.twitter.com/wtSImfORgW

— 🍯 (@ugIychiId) July 24, 2017

The news of his departure comes just days after YouTubers h3h3productions released a video about how Jake Paul doxed rapper Post Malone, who had recently recorded a video pranking Paul. The video asserts that following Malone's prank, Paul had released a response video, which featured Malone's address and license plate number. Another day in the life of Jake Paul.