Later that month, Williams was removed from a Dungeons & Dragons charity event due to concerns from LGBT activists. He and other YouTubers sponsored by the service were accused of profiting from mental illness, which led to Williams publicly terminating his partnership with the company. In October 2018, Williams faced scrutiny due to his relationship with the controversial counseling service BetterHelp.

The bout will take at Wembley Arena in London, England. In May 2023, Williams is scheduled to face WingsOfRedemption in a boxing match on the preliminary card of MF & DAZN: X Series 007. His channel was restored less than a week later. The unidentified person got hold of his phone number via Verizon during his time at VidCon and was able to gain access to his accounts associated with it, including his YouTube channel.

In June 2016, Williams' YouTube account was temporarily closed due to an anonymous hacker. Williams won the Trending Gamer award at The Game Awards 2016. Williams videos range from absurd rants to serious discussions on daily life, such as the ethics of paid promotion on YouTube channels, and his experiences with mental health. Williams based the character on his early life experiences and has said that he wants viewers to hate the character for embodying gamer stereotypes. The Francis character is based on stereotypes of nerdy video game players and often parodies trending video game news, reaction, and culture. It was then that he discovered YouTube and started to create videos, which he said gave his life a meaning. He later moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where his life improved momentarily but soon worsened, and he did not leave his home for seven years while being supported by a friend. Paul High School in Virginia and attended University of Virginia's College at Wise, but did not graduate. Williams had gastric bypass surgery due to morbid obesity on August 1, 2017. He had already been depressed because of his father losing his battle with cancer. Despite this, her death in 2009 while he was in the same hospital as her has been considered the saddest moment of his life.

Williams described his childhood as a 'sad' time period in his life, due to dealing with obesity, lack of friends, and suffering verbal and physical abuse from his mother. His father, Carl Williams (September 2, 2001) was a coal miner, and his mother, Wanda Faye Williams (née Privett) (DecemOctober 8, 2009) was a preschool teacher. Steven Jay Williams (born July 24, 1974), better known by his online alias Boogie2988 or simply Boogie, is an American YouTuber best known for his video rants about video games and nerd culture as a character named Francis.

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