The challenge was banned by TikTok as many participants sustained critical injuries. YouTuber Jeff Wittek suffered a serious eye injury from the hands of Vlog Squad leader David Dobrik as the latter was operating on an excavator. Along with the eye injury, Jeff Wittek also sustained a broken foot and hip and had shattered his skull in nine different places.

Jeff Wittek, who has amassed over 3.14 subscribers on his YouTube channel, went on to release a mini docu-series exploring the aftermath of the serious eye injury.

Ethan Klein slams Jeff Wittek

In Ethan Klein’s podcast episode, he bashed the 31-year-old for still being in touch with David Dobrik, who was responsible for the serious accident. Klein exclaimed:

In the podcast, Ethan Klein went on to call Jeff Wittek an “adrenaline junkie” for participating in the Milk Crate Challenge and also held David Dobrik responsible for Wittek’s participation in the challenge. Klein continued to say:

Aside from Ethan Klein taking to the internet to slam Wittek, other netizens also expressed their disappointment. Under a @defnoodles Instagram post which showed Klein commenting on Wittek, people said:

Another jokingly said:

One Vlog Squad fan supported David Dobrik by saying:

Although Jeff Wittek continues to face backlash online for participating in dangerous stunts, it seems unlikely that he will be stopping any time soon.

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