UK YouTuber Apologises For Chicken Prank At ISKCON Restaurant; Devotees Chant ‘Hare Krishna’ Outside KFC

British YouTuber and content creator Cenzo recently made headlines after eating KFC chicken inside Govinda’s, a vegetarian ISKCON restaurant in London. The prank sparked controversy, with many calling it offensive and in poor taste. After a lot of rage online, the YouTuber stepped up to apologise for his distasteful prank.

YouTuber Apologises For Chicken Prank At ISKCON Restaurant In London

Cenzo is a British-African YouTuber with 6,000 subscribers, who recently stirred a controversy by eating KFC chicken inside an ISKCON restaurant, has apologised for his misconduct. In the apology video, he revealed that as part of his prank, he had been targeting vegan restaurants in the area and eating meat inside their premises. Addressing the controversy, he said, “If I had known that the restaurant was with the temple, I would have never filmed that prank and left.”

The power of social media on full display- British influencer Cenzo has issued a public apology to the Hindu community and ISKCON after facing massive backlash for his prank at the temple’s restaurant in London, where he ate chicken.

And to those who told me to, “just ignore it”… pic.twitter.com/XBTMAdxGbO

— Meru (@MeruBhaiya) July 22, 2025

“I stepped over the line and began to eat chicken in a vegan restaurant which was associated with the Hindu community. My actions were ill-timed and irresponsible,” he added. In the video, he also mentioned that he has contacted the restaurant and would revisit them with a sincere apology.

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Chants Of ‘Hare Krishna’ Outside KFC

Despite Cenzo’s apology, he faced a lot of backlash for his disrespectful prank at the ISKCON restaurant. Now, days later, in what people are calling a response to the whole issue, a video shows ISKCON devotees standing at a KFC outlet, chanting ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’. The moment, shared on X by @bhaktSenapati, shows devotees chanting the lord’s name as a response to the man’s act and spreading the message of choosing consciousness over rage.

They come to our restaurants to harass us, & we come to uplift their consciousness. 🙌 Hare Kṛṣṇa pic.twitter.com/7dQm5D42qx

— Senāpati Bhakta (@bhaktSenapati) July 22, 2025

Customers at KFC can be seen joyfully joining the group with hearty smiles and claps. The internet has dubbed this the “coolest revenge” ever. Furthermore, ISKCON also released an official statement addressing the incident. The statement read, “We forgive and sincerely pray for the perpetrators of this undignified act, who, due to ignorance, are probably unaware or simply don’t care about the pain they are causing by making such childish videos.”

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