A comedian claims her YouTube channel was suspended after she posted a controversial video about 'fat shaming'

Last week, comedian Nicole Arbour uploaded a YouTube video entitled "Dear Fat People."

"Fat shaming is not a thing,"Arbour says in her now viral video. "Fat people made that up."

Now, YouTube stars like Grace Helbig and Tyler Oakley are speaking out against the video, which Arbour claims got her temporarily suspended from YouTube. 

Arbour's "Dear Fat People" video, which she posted on September 3, has already reached over 500,000 views on YouTube and more than 18 million views on Facebook. 

"Are you going to tell the doctor that they're being mean and they're fat shaming you, when they say you have f------ heart disease," Arbour says in her video. 

Here's the full video. 

On Sunday, Arbour posted on Facebook claiming that her "Dear Fat People" video had vanished from YouTube. Here's that post. PostbyNicole Arbour.She also posted a picture saying her YouTube account had been suspended. On Twitter, Arbour called herself the "first comedian in the history of YouTube to be censored."Here's that tweet. Her story was picked up by CNN, after which Arbour posted on Facebook claiming her channel had been reinstated, but that all of her videos were still gone. PostbyNicole Arbour.However, not everyone believed that Arbour's account had been shutdown by YouTube, the Inquisitr reports. Some people on Twitter accused Arbour of deleting her own account as a publicity stunt. Tech Insider has reached out to YouTube and Arbour for comment and we'll update if we hear back. Whether YouTube or Arbour removed the videos, "Dear Fat People" has prompted an outpouring of responses. Earlier Sunday, Nicole Arbour began trending on Facebook and several social media stars have called Arbour out for her video. On Twitter, YouTube star Tyler Oakley called Arbour's video "disappointing content." Whitney Way Thore, star of TLC's "My Big Fat Fabulous Life," posted a response video on her Youtube channel. "Fat Shaming is a thing," Way Thore, creator of the "No Body Shame" campaign, says in her video. "It's a really big thing, no pun intended."Here's that video. YouTubers including Megan Tonjes and Grace Helbig have also shared videos in response to "Dear Fat People," BuzzFeed reported. Not all the responses have been negative. Many people online have also expressed their support for Arbour. Here's the latest from Arbour's Facebook. On Monday afternoon, Arbour posted that her YouTube channel was back to normal. You can once again watch "Dear Fat People" on Arbour's channel, though the comments are now disabled.  PostbyNicole Arbour.

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