MrBeast Accused of Faking Videos, Rigging Results & Illegal Lotteries
- MrBeast is facing major controversies. It started with grooming accusations against Ava Kris Tyson, then old clips of MrBeast using racial slurs surfaced. Now, a former employee claims MrBeast rigs his videos and runs fake lotteries.
- DogPack404's video alleges MrBeast fakes his content, rigs challenges, and uses fake contestants. The video includes clips showing supposed CGI effects and scripted scenarios, claiming intentional deception.
- There are also claims about the authenticity of MrBeast's signed merch, misleading health claims for his Feastables brand, and shady marketing tactics. MrBeast hasn't addressed these yet, but the drama is ongoing.
Over the past few weeks, MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson has been surrounded by controversies. This wave of drama started with Ava Kris Tyson who had been accused of grooming minors and even sending inappropriate texts to a 13-year-old. Old clips of MrBeast saying racial slurs and sexual talks also resurfaced but at that time MrBeast was just a 17-year-old kid who didn’t know how much influence he had.
But the Internet didn’t just stop there. In a recent video published by DogPack404, a former MrBeast employee, he accuses him of rigging videos, running fake lotteries, doing false advertisements, and more. DogPack also shows evidence for this behavior and says all this is intentional and not a mistake. You can check out the full video below:
Just as MrBeast is Already Under the Pile
With everything MrBeast has been facing, this video seems to drop just as when this drama is at its peak, coincidence? At the beginning of the video, the creator adds a post clip where he says “I recorded this before the Kris stuff came out” and he was going to make a video on that as well.
To add to that, the hour-long video features several edits which would mean that the video was in the pipeline for 2-3 weeks. After everything started to unfold, the creator must have rushed the process to publish the video as soon as possible so it doesn’t look like a way to grab views. To support this, the video is not monetized and is for educational purposes only.
Faking Videos
DogPack moves on to show how MrBeast apparently “fakes” his videos and then proceeds to show clips of him using CGI. However, explosions, throwing cars, train crashes, digitally elevated heights, and more help add a sense of cinematic flair to his content and can’t be titled as faking videos.
On the contrary, the video shows a clip from one of MrBeast’s videos where they appear to be stranded at sea, which does seem scripted. In the clip, the beds where MrBeast and his friends are supposed to be sleeping, but for a moment, the tent cover blows open, revealing the beds are empty. After a cut, five people magically appear in the tent and are seen coming out.
Rigging Challenges and Planting Contestants
In one of the challenges “100 Boys vs 100 Girls For $500,000,” MrBeast repeatedly calls the contestants random. But some of the contestants on the girls’ side featured Jimmy’s hiring manager, recruiting coordinator, and even his girlfriend.
However, according to a short-term MrBeast employee, MrBeast didn’t have enough girls and that’s why a few members of the crew stepped in to balance the teams. The employee also says that the results of these videos were scripted and that it would be a “PR problem” if the boys won by a lot.
On the subject of fake contestants, DogPack also says that almost none of the contestants are random and most are either employees or friends and family of the people with MrBeast. He adds that most of the contestants are usually “in the industry, media-trained, and built a following“. Rosanna Pansino talks about rigged results in MrBeast’s videos in the H3 Podcast Highlights.
In the Creator Games hide-and-seek video, they had an approximate location of everyone and the winner broke the rules but was not eliminated.
Rosanna Pansino
Exposing Mac Hopkin’s Real Identity
Mac Hopkins is one of the newest editions in the MrBeast crew whom people have been calling the “Old Chris“. However, Mac isn’t just a random guy. Mac Hopkins was formerly affiliated with Airrack — an American YouTuber known for his pranks and challenges. This means that was also media trained, knew how to act on camera, and was already known in the industry.
Before his appearance in the “World’s Most Dangerous Trap” video, DogPack shows that Mac moved from California to Greenville North Carolina where Jimmy lives. Mac did his relocation back in August 2023, two months before the video went live in October 2023. On top of that, Mac allegedly moved to a “Million Dollar Mansion” which included a movie theater and 7 bathrooms.
And that’s not it. Mac Hopkins has previously also appeared in MrBeast’s “Last To Leave Circle Wins $500,000” video. In fact, he turned out to be the first person to leave the circle and proceeded to win a brand-new car. In a video with, Tyler Blanchard, Mac was asked on several occasions what he does for work and his source of income to which he doesn’t give a proper response and dodges the question.
Illegal Lotteries and Fake Signatures
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a lottery consists of three main elements; a valuable prize, random chance, and payment. To run a legal lottery, you must eliminate one of these three factors. According to DogPacks, MrBeast’s lotteries don’t follow these laws and target children to make purchases to get a chance to win a prize.
These “lottery live streams” also had shady practices where they didn’t give the prize in the original time frame and kept changing the rules. One thing to note here is that these live streams date back to when MrBeast hit 40 million subscribers, during a time when “fake giveaways” by subscribing to channels were everywhere on YouTube.
After that DogPack talks about how other members of the crew were using MrBeast’s signature. In one clip, Tyler, a member of MrBeast’s crew, is seen signing “MB,” MrBeast’s signature, on a T-shirt. He then adds his signature and quickly moves the T-shirt out of the frame. This puts into question the authenticity of MrBeast’s signed merch and whether the person behind these signs is him or not.
Are Feastables Really Healthy?
DogPack’s video also shows how MrBeast’s chocolate brand “Feastables” promotes false advertising by calling it “infinitely healthier” than other chocolate brands out there. Back when Festables was introduced the whole “only 5 ingredients” and “no processed ingredients” was true but that’s not the case anymore. When compared to a Hershey’s chocolate bar, Feastables contains more sugar and has 100 more calories.
DogPack also questions some of the advertising tactics for Feastables, including the use of gambling games. However, there is limited evidence to determine whether these games required any payment from customers or if they were simply a marketing strategy to attract more customers by offering free rewards. All of this is no more on the official Feastable’s website anymore.
The Drama Continues
In the last few seconds, DogPack added an old video of MrBeast of what seems like a scripted giveaway. However, MrBeast has already addressed this clip, stating, “The clip was real, and the man did receive the money. However, his original reaction wasn’t good enough to attract viewership“. Since gaining attention for views is crucial for someone starting on YouTube, he asked him to redo his reaction to make it more dramatic and that’s pretty much there is to it.
It appears that DogPack plans to release another part of this video. While many of the claims are based on older content, the video highlights how information on the Internet can be manipulated and fabricated. MrBeast hasn’t officially addressed this video yet but rest assured we will update you as new things pop up.
