The Unexpected and Controversial Rise of MrBeast to YouTube Superstardom

In 2018, Donaldson was embroiled in yet another high-profile scandal. After looking into MrBeast’s online footprints, The Atlantic discovered some very concerning evidence suggesting that MrBeast is, to put it mildly, ignorant when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. They discovered a number of tweets between 2015 and 2017 that made use of homophobic slurs to refer to mundane topics like the Windows update function.

According to an article in The Atlantic, MrBeast appeared to treat homophobic slurs in his videos as “jokes” or to be unaware of their implications. There’s no denying this since you can look up his old videos and listen to the hurtful comments yourself.