Five contestants competing on a MrBeast-hosted reality competition show have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the YouTube star’s production company and Amazon, claiming they were denied pay, forced to participate in unsafe conditions and subjected to a “culture of misogyny and sexism.”
The lawsuit was filed Monday in a Los Angeles court by participants on the Amazon Prime Video show called “Beast Games,” which was announced in March. It features “over 1,000 contestants, $5,000,000 prize, and many other world records,” the creator MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said at the time.
The 54-page document describes allegations of players being subjected to “unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions” that led to “several” contestants being hospitalized. Plaintiffs said they were fed “sporadically and sparsely” and not given “adequate access to hygienic products or medical care.”
Am I the only one who has always been weirded out by this guy? He gives off a vibe of having a thin veneer of nice guy, but under it is an unhappy guy who hates doing this stuff. Plus, his smile is creepy.
He has the fakest, creepiest smile.
He employs a known rapist in a managerial role… so yeah, weird is an understatement.
I don’t know if he hates it, but it’s definitely tied to something almost compulsive:
Woah that’s ininteresting. He specifically gamed the algorithm to get popular, then probably didnt know exactly what to do at that point. No wonder he comes across as disingenuous.
Yeah, if there’s one thing to give him credit for, it’s how he studied and learned to game the algorithm.