Resurfaced pregnancy insults from Britain’s Got Talent judge spark outrage

Britain’s Got Talent judge KSI has ignited public outrage after a resurfaced clip depicted him making a crass comment about a pregnancy, sparking claims that the remark was degrading to both women and preborn children. 

Key Takeaways:

• A resurfaced video shows KSI talking with his mother, in which he said if he gets a girl pregnant, he will "punch the baby."

• Past videos also showed him trivializing and joking about rape.

• This attempt at humor devalues women and preborn lives.

The Details:

In the video, which has since been removed, KSI can be heard chatting with his mother about his sex life, with his mother asking him to always use a condom. Reacting to his mother’s statements, KSI said, “If she gets pregnant I’ll just punch the baby.” 

His mother replied,“No, you can’t say that,” to which the influencer answered: “I’m kidding, I’m kidding, I’m not going to do that.”

The clip, uploaded in 2017 to KSI’s YouTube channel with 17 million subscribers, prompted one viewer to write, “I’m sick of abusive males.” 

In turn, domestic abuse campaigners lambasted KSI’s comments as vulgar and deeply offensive, with Veronica Oakeshott of the domestic violence charity Women’s Aid among those voicing their displeasure:

“Comments like this are never acceptable to make, even if it is meant as a joke. It’s a sad truth that pregnant women are even more likely than other women to experience domestic abuse. Such ‘jokes’ make this kind of criminal behaviour, which women do experience, seem less serious, and indeed life-threatening, than it is."

However, people familiar with KSI claimed that the former boxer felt remorseful over his “stupid and wrong” statement about pregnant women. They claimed that the video is nearly a decade old, and "like many people, as they have grown older, KSI looks back on that time with deep regret and recognises his language was both stupid and wrong. KSI has grown and matured significantly since then, and those words do not reflect whatsoever who he is today and the values he holds."

KSI also faced accusations of trivializing rape, with past videos showing him making crude remarks to and about women. 

The social media star is estimated to be worth about £80 million. He first rose to prominence on YouTube in 2009, posting FIFA gameplay and commentary that attracted millions of subscribers, and established him as one of Britain’s best-known YouTubers. KSI has also served as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent since 2025. 

Zoom In:

For pro-life advocates, this incident is a reminder of how casually pregnancy and motherhood can be treated and devalued in celebrity culture, even though every preborn child is a vulnerable and innocent human being deserving of dignity and protection. 

The aforementioned story is simply more than one celebrity’s tasteless joke. It showcases a wider disorientation in contemporary culture, where preborn babies can be scoffed at, denigrated, and trivialized as if they are disposable. A genuine pro-life and compassionate culture would treat pregnancy with care, protection, and gratitude, instead of with crass and degrading statements. 

Pregnancy that is treated badly in public culture demonstrates how the battle for life is not only legal and political, but also cultural. 

KSI’s resurfaced comment has rightly drawn condemnation because it crossed a line from crass banter into violent dehumanization.

The Bottom Line:

Pregnancy is not a punchline.

Comments similar to those made in the past by KSI — words that can reach millions — can influence those who are young and impressionable, and already feel animosity toward children.