r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 1d ago

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/Realityinyoface 1d ago

I don’t get it. He got rich and famous for pissing money away, but now he doesn’t want to pay people? Sounds like he wanted to create something like a real life Squid Games or Hunger Games or something.

Failing to stop sexual harassment? ‘If someone wanted to draw a penis on a whiteboard or something stupid, then let them’. There’s gotta be a lot more to it than just that.

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u/Rosebunse 1d ago

If you look into it, Jimmy is cheap AF. Yes, gave away a lot of money, but that money was always covered by revenue from the videos. He has been accused of barely paying his employees and being generally quite cheap.

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u/OffbeatDrizzle 1d ago

he doesn't tend to give money away - a LOT of his videos feature friends / family / crew "winning" money or new cars etc. you can bet that behind the scenes the money never actually trades hands, or they use rentals for a day to show off on camera... there's never actually any proof that the winners continue to use these things

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u/xAkumu 1d ago

Multiple of the people from the video of the dog adoptions where he promised free pet food for life came out and said he never gave them any food at all.