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"We have a full rescue team on standby with firefighters, EMTs and divers," the YouTube star later shared.
MrBeast addresses backlash over man navigating fiery obstacles to win $500,000: 'We take safety extremely seriously'
"We have a full rescue team on standby with firefighters, EMTs and divers," the YouTube star later shared.
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YouTube star MrBeast is speaking out after his latest video went viral for the wrong reasons.
On Saturday, MrBeast uploaded a video titled "Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?" that featured a man he identified as a stuntman navigating a series of fire-themed "death traps" to secure the cash prize.
The obstacles, which the 27-year-old refers to as "fire traps," include "getting shot out of a cannon into fire, [jumping] through death-defying rings of fire, [and] surviving massive fiery explosions."
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MrBeast 'Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?' challenge video.
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MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, notes in the beginning of the 25-minute video that the competitor, Eric, is a stuntman, but tells viewers "we are gonna push him to the max in this video."
When fans began expressing their concerns about the fire-based setup, MrBeast posted comments to both X and Youtube to address "any concern about the safety of the stuntman contestant" as he attempted to escape the traps — which he ultimately succeeded in doing, securing $350,000.
"I just wanted to mention that we take safety extremely seriously," the content creator wrote in a pinned comment on the original YouTube video. "Every challenge was tested by multiple stuntmen, we have a full rescue team on standby with firefighters, EMTs and divers equipped with an ambulance and fire truck. We also had a pyro team controlling the fires and multiple fire suppression methods on every challenge to ensure we could essentially turn off the fire if there was ever an issue."
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MrBeast 'Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?' challenge.
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He added, "But our stunt coordinator did an amazing job as always, and none of these systems were ever needed. Just wanted to be transparent with you all since I saw some concern!"
On X, he shared a truncated version of the note, writing, "If you're curious obviously we had ventilation for the smoke and a kill switch to cut off the fires. We had professionals test this extensively and the guy in the video as stated is a professional stunt man. I take safety more serious than you could ever imagine."
Despite MrBeast's assurances, fans weren't appeased by a competition they thought to be excessively dangerous.**
"This is just dangerous and seems psychopathic," one user wrote on X. "How far is too far? Is MrBeast just Chris from *Total Drama Island* now?"**
Others compared the popularity of MrBeast's content to a real-life *Squid Game*, the Korean thriller series on Netflix that features down-on-their-luck contestants dodging death for the promise of an enormous cash prize*. *
"Sooooo why do people still defend Mr. Beast again?" another user wrote. "Like bro replicated Squid Games, which was a show that was supposed to represent how poverty can make people do inhuman things for money and he decided to replicate it for s---s and giggles :/ This is clip is icing in the cake."
Another commented, "The Squid Games was a documentary. We were warned about this."
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As one of the most popular content creators on the planet, MrBeast has a number of other business ventures, and last year hosted *Beast Games*, an Amazon series that saw 1,000 people competing in a series of elimination challenges for a $5 million cash prize.
However, last September, the series was named in a lawsuit against Amazon, production company Off One's Base, and MrBeast's company MRB2024, in which five anonymous contestants claimed they'd been "exploited" during filming, allegations MrBeast said had been "blown out of proportion."
The lawsuit is still ongoing.
The first season of *Beast Games* premiered in December 2024 and was renewed for two more seasons in May.**
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