An American YouTuber named Tyler Oliveira is currently facing major backlash and embroiled in controversy for filming a video in India
The popular content creator shared a teaser clip titled “Inside India’s Poop-Throwing Festival,” which quickly drew massive criticism.
Who is Tyler Oliveira, Us YouTuber who attended India’s cow-dung throwing festival
Tyler Oliveira went to India as a tourist to film the poop war and Indians are now calling for his arrest.
Monkeys fling poop by the way too. 💩 pic.twitter.com/ARz82q92oH
— Bruce (@bruce_barrett) October 25, 2025
I Survived India’s Poop-Throwing Festival… pic.twitter.com/1zW4QocArh
— Tyler Oliveira (@tyleraloevera) October 25, 2025
Oliveira framed the whole experience as a bizarre cultural experience, but many netizens have since slammed it as disrespectful and ignorant.
US YouTuber Tyler Oliveira facing backlash
American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira is currently facing intense backlash after he sparked outrage for allegedly mocking a sacred tradition. Tyler captured the clip during the ‘Gorehabba’ festival, a unique Hindu ritual in Karnataka’s Gumatapura village. The clip shows villagers flinging dried cow dung at each other, which is part of a ritual believed to bring blessings and purification after Diwali. However, Oliveira presented the whole event as a gross spectacle, even wearing a hazmat suit covered in brown stains in one post, while joking:
Happy Diwali! Yes, I went to India’s poop throwing festival. It was the s—tiest experience of my life. I will never go back.”
Reactions from netizens
As the incident went viral, netizens posted all kinds of comments, with one user stating:
You can record poop in Western countries”
One Indian user wrote:
Why do you come to India, film a sacred festival, and then cry like a loser? You can record poop in Western countries—California has plenty on the streets.”
Another user stated:
Good—focus on making AI poop videos while Indians file patents, lead in academia, and build startups.”
Some accused Oliveira of using AI to fabricate scenes, to which he replied:
This is 100% real. I can’t wait to show you the 30-minute version.”
Tyler Oliveira biography and age
Tyler Oliveira is a popular American YouTuber and content creator who was born in 1999. He is currently 25 years old, and he is known for his daring and often controversial videos. According to his bio on X, it reads: “Man with a camera asking people questions with a small microphone.”
Profession and career
Tyler Oliveira mainly built his career on stunt-based and street-interview content. He is known for exploring unusual topics, and has often been embroiled in all kinds of controversies. Just earlier this year, he stirred a major controversy after claiming that he contracted multiple Salmonella strains in India despite dining only at five-star hotels, calling the country’s hygiene “a serious issue.”