MrBeast Is the Monster That YouTube Created

The recent spate of negative headlines surrounding the YouTube giant MrBeast have possibly put an irrevocable dent in the internet megastar’s image.

Real name Jimmy Donaldson, MrBeast has recently come under fire for a variety of personal and professional issues that have brought him under a far harsher spotlight than he’s used to. With his recent Amazon Video reality series, Beast Games, The New York Times reported that more than a dozen participants had spoken out over unsafe conditions and a lack of access to food and medical care. Prior to that, Donaldson himself was forced to address past “inappropriate language” he had made that veered into straight-up racism. A former collaborator, Ava Kris Tyson, was accused of inappropriate behavior towards minors.

The most damning accusations came from a YouTuber known as DogPack404, who claimed to be a former MrBeast employee. He alleged that various videos produced by the channel were faked, as were various competitions designed to entice new subscribers. Another former employee alleged in one of these videos that they had been manipulated and mistreated for the purposes of a video, which left them with long-term troubles. Theu further lambasted Donaldson for allegedly employing a registered sex offender to appear in some of his videos.

Read more at The Daily Beast.