KSI talks about therapy, the pressure he faces and a few tough weeks behind what everybody else sees.
Usually, we know KSI as a confident creator and his fans love him for his relentless energy and loud personality. Now, just weeks after announcing his departure from the Sidemen, fans more and more get confronted with a calmer and more reflected KSI.
The creator shows his most vulnerable side to his fans. As he continues to open up about his mental state, he gains lots of support and concerned feelings from his community.
KSI About Mental State And Therapy
Since the Brit announced his departure from his longtime friends and partners, he has consistently updated his community about his well-being. A sign of transparency that his followers were not used to in the past.
“If I’m being honest, it’s been a tough few weeks.”
He implies that he is still struggling with the whole situation, but his main reason remains the same: he wants his time back, after suffering a burnout from trying to balance the Sidemen shoots with all his other projects.
On X he writes about the whole topic and openly confirms that he is attending a therapy and that it helps him “quite a bit”. A statement that gets lots of praise by the online community.
These statements create a strong contrast to the image many fans associate with KSI.
“People forget I am human.” – and humans have emotions, struggles and a private life. He is not just the entertainer that millions of people see. He also talks about a “KSI mask” he puts on during his content, putting all his problems aside and focusing solely on the project itself. But behind KSI there is JJ, behind the brand there is a real person with emotions, in public he appears strong, while internally he feels lots of pressure and problems.
With this statement JJ reminds his followers that behind every creator there is a human being, which is struggling although the appearances are deceiving.
Why Fans Are Concerned
His followers show understanding for his extremely packed schedule over the last years. He was doing Sidemen, boxing, music, business, Britain’s Got Talent and somehow, he had to manage his private life as well. His Fans see the connection between all those projects and the burnout he has described.
Many comments tell him to take a break and show mostly support. His community isn’t worried about his career, but about his well-being. And it is wholesome to see that the people he has always entertained, finally get the chance to give something back, and they do it.
Rumors About The “Frozen Out” Situation
Following KSI’s announcement, several rumors began circulating online about him being “frozen out” of the group before he left. It is important to add that these rumors come from different people that in some ways are or were connected to the sidemen, but none of them have been officially confirmed.
Before JJ’s departure there has reportedly been an increasing distance between him and the other Sidemen. There even were claims that on one trip KSI was staying in a different hotel than the other group members, it remains unclear whether this is true and if, whose decision it really was. The rumors also say that KSI has been “frozen out” of the group before his departure, this claim remains unconfirmed as well.
The group has known about KSI’s departure since April 2026, so one month before it was made public.
Sidemen-member Tobi tries to calm the situation down in one of his streams. He says that he is still in contact with KSI and knows what he is going through right now and that it is hard for every single member of the group. He continues saying that it was a decision taken by KSI himself and there are no hard feelings between him and the group members. Fans should accept the decision and stop speculating so everybody can put the matter to rest.
While those rumors exist, it is good to see that the community is supporting KSI during this time. For once, fans seem more concerned about KSI’s well-being than his future plans.
The most important message is, to see, that even big creators are struggling with mental health sometimes and it is strongly acknowledged that KSI is talking about that topic as openly as he is.
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