Miles Routledge has sprung back into the spotlight with numerous racist remarks towards Indians. From problematic statements to past controversies, here is everything you need to know about the British YouTuber. New Delhi: Miles Arthur Le-Vesconte Routledge, more commonly known by Miles Routledge or his nickname Lord Miles, is a British YouTuber, Internet celebrity and a war tourist.
The YouTuber has been facing immense backlash for his extremely racist comments towards Indians on his X account. Miles Routledge has mocked the Indian accent and joked about launching a missile towards India ‘just for the sake of it’. Here is all you need to know about the controversial YouTuber.
Who is Miles Routledge? Miles Routledge, also known as Lord Miles on social media, has amassed a 1,41,000 subscriber base on YouTube. The social media influencer first came into the limelight in 2021 after his video about visiting the ‘most dangerous country in the world’ went viral. He ended up getting stranded in the guise of a woman in a burkha in Afghanistan during the Taliban invasion.
Miles Routledge, for a long time, was tagged as the ‘danger tourist’ as he stated that he was ‘making friends with the Tablian and the NATO special forces’ with a smile. After this crazy incident, he continued to travel to various countries including Kazakhstan, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Ukraine and Brazil, facing various challenges, such as false imprisonment and illegal border crossings. Not only this but during his third visit to Afghanistan, the YouTuber was detained by the Taliban for eight months.
He described his imprisonment as the ‘most enjoyable holiday’. The YouTuber claimed that he was treated well, staying in a luxury guest house and enjoying privileges such as buying an Xbox and eating pizza. A post shared by Lord Miles (@real_lord_miles_posts) Miles Routledge slammed for racist comments On his official X account, the YouTuber shared a video that allegedly shows nuclear missiles coming out of hidden silos in the US and a worldwide nuclear war.
Miles captioned the video and said, “When I become prime minister of England, I’ll open the nuclear silos as an explicit warning to any foreign power that interferes with British interests and affairs. I’m not talking huge incidents, I’m itching to launch and atomize entire nations over the smallest infraction.” While this statement alone is problematic, the YouTuber further added a comment that read, “Hell, I might just launch at India just for the sake of it!” This statement resulted in an outrage among commenters.
Miles went on to reply to a comment, which is now available, and wrote, “Saar I will see you soon saar.” The mockery of the Indian accent was not all, the Youtuber took things a step further as he replied with yet another highly derogatory statement towards the mother of a furious commenter. He stated, “Believe it or not, I just don’t like India.
Also, I can sense an Indian, he is Indian. If a man online suddenly talks about ducking your mother in the first response, he’s Indian. Many such cases.
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