'Joker: Folie à Deux' trailer gets suicide warning on YouTube
YouTube advises viewer discretion with the trailer for “Joker: Folie à Deux,” starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, warning it “may contain suicide or self-harm topics.”
YouTube is advising viewer discretion with the newly dropped trailer for Warner Bros.’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” — warning users that it “may contain suicide or self-harm topics.”
As of Wednesday morning, a new message appeared before the trailer is playable on YouTube: “The following content may contain suicide or self-harm topics. Viewer discretion is advised.”
Before they can watch the “Joker 2” trailer, users must click on a button that says, “I understand and wish to proceed.” The warning label did not initially appear on the trailer when it was released Tuesday evening.
Variety has reached out to YouTube and Warner Bros. for comment.
The scene that may have triggered the content warning: Harley Quinn (played by Lady Gaga) makes a finger-gun gesture then holds it to her temple before pulling the “trigger.”
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