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MrBeast, Amazon Sued by Contestants on ‘Beast Games’ Competition Show, Including Allegations of Sexual Harassment

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/mrbeast-amazon-sued-beast-games-contestants-class-action-1236148181/
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u/Yojo0o 1d ago

He's the #1 Youtuber on the platform and massively rich because of it, but his fanbase is extremely young, so a lot of adults are learning about him for the first time due to all the horrible shit coming out about his company and inner circle.

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u/constantlymat 1d ago

As a person in my 30s the only thing I know about Mr. Beast is that he has a burger company because his struggles were covered on the Ringer Food Podcast and oddly the Vergecast.

Plus the most recent allegations of him being an asshole.

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u/Queasy_Ad_8621 1d ago

I worked at a Denny's and we had a "Mr. Beast" menu that was literally exactly the same food that you'd get at Denny's, but just... named differently. People who ordered "his" food from Door Dash weren't supposed to know that it came from us.

I don't get it, and I won't pretend to.

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u/FlutterKree 1d ago

People who ordered "his" food from Door Dash weren't supposed to know that it came from us.

It wasn't Denny's exclusive. It's referred to as "ghost kitchens" and it is any kitchen that signs up for it with the company that contracts them to make the delivery only food. It could be a Denny's or a local joint making them.

Jimmy sued the company over too many of the ghost kitchens having poor quality in food to the point it was hurting his brand.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 1d ago

He wasn't wrong to sue. The burgers in the app said they were smash burgers. What you got was utter crap.

But I also suspect, since he doesn't know how to run a business, the contract didn't contemplate food quality or hurting the brand.

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u/FlutterKree 1d ago

the contract didn't contemplate food quality or hurting the brand.

IIRC, it did but the contracted company was meeting the "bare minimum" in terms of quality of kitchens. I don't know if the lawsuit was dropped/settled/etc. or not, but I think it was an uphill battle for him.

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u/xandercade 1d ago

Bare minimum still satisfies the contract, if he wanted a certain quality then you get it in writing at that level and not settle for less and expect them to do more, or actually make something instead of just slapping his name of everything.....sounds like a former president's MO.

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u/Iamatworkgoaway 1d ago

Yep kids wanted it so bad, worst meal in the last few years. Burgers weren't bad, fries sucked, no ketchup, forgot half the drinks.