Overview

• On July 22, British-African YouTuber Cenzo issued a public apology on X, removed the prank footage and called his actions “ill-timed and irresponsible.”
• ISKCON London published an official statement forgiving those involved, praying for them and condemning the prank as an “undignified act.”
• Devotees maintain a peaceful spiritual protest outside a Soho KFC outlet, chanting “Hare Krishna” to invite staff and passersby to uplift their consciousness.
• The prank clip showed Cenzo eating KFC chicken inside Govinda’s vegetarian restaurant despite assurances of no meat, drawing widespread social media condemnation and a police inquiry.
• The episode has prompted ongoing debate over cross-cultural respect, religious dietary sanctity and the ethical limits of prank content in digital media.