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A YouTuber who ordered in-flight meals more than 20 times during a first-class flight has deleted the video and apologized after the footage sparked a public backlash.

Yuno, a mukbang YouTuber with 780,000 subscribers, posted a video of first-class in-flight meals Wednesday before facing fierce criticism and issuing an apology the same day. "I am truly sorry for causing discomfort to so many people," Yuno wrote.

Yuno said the desire to create new content had driven the decision, adding that asking flight attendants beforehand had led to an easy assumption that filming would be fine. "Before filming, I asked a flight attendant whether it was possible, and I tried to film only during the times when other passengers were having meals or snacks," Yuno said.

Yuno then added: "However, I did not think carefully enough about the fact that repeatedly requesting so many in-flight meals could place a burden on the flight attendants and cause discomfort to other passengers sharing the same space."

And went on to say: "Going forward, I will not forget that making enjoyable content comes second to not causing inconvenience or burden to those around me. I will think more carefully about whether my actions could be a nuisance or selfish toward others."

In the video, Yuno ordered and consumed a total of 20 in-flight meals and snacks, including seven bowls of ramyun, salad, bread, fruit, sandwiches, cheese and tiramisu.

In a follow-up post, Yuno pushed back against the impression that food had been requested and filmed continuously throughout the flight. "The filming took place across three sessions totaling about two hours and 10 minutes — during mealtimes and once after waking up mid-flight — out of a roughly 15-hour journey," Yuno wrote.

The video has since been deleted.

Netizens were unsparing in their criticism, however. "You can't tell the difference between a restaurant and a place that isn't one," one commenter wrote. Others said: "I feel sorry for the passengers who had to listen to someone eating nonstop beside them"; "How could a flight attendant possibly say no when a first-class passenger asks if they can order a lot of food and film it?"; and "Those flight attendants really got the short end of the stick."


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