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YouTuber Jeff Wittek has finally revealed that he injured his eye while swinging from an excavator which was being controlled by David Dobrik, a YouTube star with more than 18 million followers who was at the helm of the Vlog Squad, the YouTuber collective that Wittek was part of.
The news comes after months of speculation, rumors, and hearsay about what actually happened. In June, 2020, Wittek wrote in an Instagram caption that he "got in an accident and broke my face and skull in a few places." The next posts showed the extent of the injuries, with multiple stitches on Wittek's face, and photos of him from a hospital bed wearing a neck brace.
"I just jumped out of a plane 20 times. What's the worst that could happen if I swing from a rope over a one-foot-deep lake?" Jeff explained in the video, released April 21. "And yah, I didn't know I was going to go that fast so I grabbed the f--king rope and I tried to make a goddamn funny video for people but this is where I made a mistake. I forgot the biggest f--king idiot I know was driving it."