00:00MrBeast just apologized after a clip from 2017 resurfaced of the YouTuber making racist
00:06and homophobic comments.
00:09Popular YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has been caught in a storm
00:14of controversy these past few weeks.
00:16It started with Donaldson firing his longtime friend and collaborator Ava Tyson after her
00:21alleged inappropriate conversations with a minor resurfaced.
00:25MrBeast took to XtoShare he hired an independent third party to investigate the allegations,
00:30and went on to write,
00:31"'That said, I've seen enough online and taken immediate action to remove Ava from
00:35the company, my channel, and any association with MrBeast.
00:39I do not condone or support any of the inappropriate actions."
00:43But MrBeast is also caught in controversy over his latest game show, Beast Games, after
00:49fellow YouTuber Rosanna Pansino began collecting alleged testimonials from contestants.
00:55What is going on here is beyond disgusting and extremely dangerous.
01:00So I'm going to read to you her message.
01:02"'I was a contestant until the end.
01:05I also didn't accept their hush money.
01:08People were having seizures because they were not getting medication.
01:12Men started realizing that they could take out the women without being eliminated.
01:17Guys started tackling and hitting women.
01:20Water was scarce and kept running out as well.
01:22I had to sit with a bloody pad for two days before I could get undergarments and my reusable
01:28pads because I'm allergic to regular pads."
01:31To hear more allegations made against Beast Games, you can find Rosanna Pansino on TikTok
01:36and YouTube, where she explains the claims in greater detail.
01:40But now there's a new controversy swirling around MrBeast, as Rosanna Pansino recently
01:45shared a clip from 2017 that shows Donaldson using a homophobic slur and responding to
01:51a comment about selling a black person for $400, to which Donaldson allegedly replies,
01:56"'Uh, the most I'd pay is like $300.
01:59Sorry, $400 is just out of my price range for that type of stuff.'"
02:03A spokesperson for MrBeast responded to the controversy in a statement, which reads,
02:07"'When Jimmy was a teenager, he acted like many kids and used inappropriate language
02:12while trying to be funny.
02:13Over the years, he has repeatedly apologized and has learned that increasing influence
02:17comes with increased responsibility to be more aware and more sensitive to the power
02:22of language."
02:23The statement continues, "'After making some bad jokes and other mistakes when he
02:27was younger, as an adult he has focused on engaging with the MrBeast community to work
02:31together on making a positive impact around the world.'"
02:34The spokesperson went on to claim that later in the resurfaced clip, Donaldson did attempt
02:39to quell the racist jokes in the chat.
02:41Many fans were unfazed by MrBeast's resurfaced comments, attributing them to the different
02:46online culture of 2017, while others were disturbed and upset by the recent controversy.
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