YouTube on Thursday removed the trigger warning it previously affixed to the trailer for the forthcoming "Joker: Folie à Deux" a day earlier though it's not entirely clear why.
The nearly two-and-a-half-minute teaser for the Warner Bros' musical film dropped Tuesday, showing the return of actor Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck — a mentally unwell street clown who becomes the Joker — meeting his female counterpart and lover, Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga) at Gotham's Arkham Asylum. As of Wednesday morning, prior to viewing the trailer, viewers were presented with a discretionary message, warning that the clip "may contain suicide or self-harm topics," per NBC. Viewers were then prompted to click a message reading, “I understand and wish to proceed.”
