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YouTube star Jake Paul reportedly had to leave a theme park after causing chaos with a scooter meant for disabled guests

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Jake Paul rode a scooter through the Carowinds theme park. Jake Paul/YouTube
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  • Jake Paul visited the Carowinds amusement park in North Carolina Monday.
  • He rode on a motorized scooter across the park and attracted a mob of fans.
  • He was asked to leave because he didn't follow safety rules; Paul says it's because he's so popular.

 

YouTube star Jake Paul went viral again, this time infecting a theme park in North Carolina where he had to leave after causing a commotion with a scooter meant to help guests with disabilities.

Paul visited the Carowinds amusement park outside Charlotte on Monday, as reported by The Blast. Videos quickly surfaced of him online.

Paul and his crew — known as Team 10 — took a motorized mobility scooter and tried to turn it into a stunt vehicle. They were quickly mobbed by young fans, who they included in the antics.

"I am not walking through this whole damn park," Paul said in his own vlog about his visit.

@jakepaul #carowinds

A post shared by @ c.oe.c on Jun 4, 2018 at 1:52pm PDT

Well this was honestly really fun and a great way to start the summer with my sister @ellyzeanchock

A post shared by Èmiłÿ🤪💗 (@xxemilysoccer) on Jun 5, 2018 at 5:32am PDT

Carowinds doesn't seem happy about Paul's visit. Communications director Lisa Stryker told INSIDER that he and the rest of Team 10 visit after talking to the park's security team.

"There are plenty of videos out there so you can see first-hand how he behaved at the park," Stryker said. "We do not condone Jake Paul’s behavior, and after park security insisted that he follow the safety rules he decided to leave the property."

A representative for Paul, however, told INSIDER that "he did not leave the park because of the scooter," but because there were too many fans.

"The longer he was there, the bigger the crowd of fans was," Paul representative Katie Greenthal told INSIDER. "At a certain point it got hard to navigate the park because the crowds were so big."

The Carowinds visit is Paul's latest controversy. He recently began feuding with former Vine star Chloe Woodard and smashed a $300,000 Ferrari he borrowed from another YouTuber's dad.

If you want to watch Paul's own vlog about his Carowinds visit (of course you do), the video is below.

This post has been updated with comments from representatives for Paul and Carowinds.

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