MrBeast hits back at criticism over viral video curing blindness YouTube: FLAGRANTYouTube star MrBeast is hitting back at his critics after receiving blowback for curing blindness for 1,000 people in a viral video. Jimmy \u2018MrBeast\u2019 Donaldson is the most subscribed content creator on YouTube, successfully beating out PewDiePie\u2019s years-long record in 2022. Donaldson\u2019s videos almost always achieve viral status and usually involve some sort of high-stakes challenge, expensive project, or extremely charitable act. His latest act of kindness saw the YouTuber foot the bill for life-changing cataract removal surgery for 1,000 blind people around the world. Throughout the video, MrBeast gave away large amounts of cash (and, of course, Teslas) to strangers, and even made a $100,000 donation to the cause. The video racked up over 49 million views just days after being uploaded \u2014 but quite a few viewers were critical of his philanthropic project, taking issue with the creator for not calling out the injustices of the US healthcare system in the upload. A notable post on Twitter even called MrBeast\u2019s video \u201cdemonic,\u201d while others labeled it \u201ccharity p*rn\u201d and accused him of using people experiencing blindness to get views. Even Twitch streamer Hasan seemed a bit off-put by the video, saying he was \u201cdeeply frustrated\u201d by the United States\u2019 healthcare problems, noting that the people in MrBeast\u2019s video had to rely on a rich person to pay for their life-altering surgery but couldn\u2019t afford it. According to a study from the National Library of Medicine, Small Incision Manual Cataract Surgery costs hospitals less than $16 for materials. However, the average price of cataract surgery in the US can range anywhere from $1,600 to $2,600 \u2014 a huge amount in comparison to the cost of materials. MrBeast addresses healthcare issues after blindness surgery criticism A day after the discourse surrounding his video went viral, MrBeast appeared to address the issue in a Tweet, asking why the government doesn\u2019t pay for such surgeries. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why curable blindness is a thing,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhy don\u2019t governments step in and help? Even if you\u2019re thinking purely from a financial standpoint it\u2019s hard to see how they don\u2019t ROI on taxes from people being able to work again.\u201d That\u2019s not all; a little while later, MrBeast admitted that he was surprised his video performed so well, noting that it\u2019s gained 50 million views in just two days. It wasn\u2019t long before the YouTuber posted a tweet directly calling out his critics. \u201cTwitter \u2013 Rich people should help others with their money,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMe \u2013 Okay, I\u2019ll use my money to help people and I promise to give away all my money before I die. Every single penny. Twitter \u2013 MrBeast bad. Several other high-profile creators responded in support of MrBeast, with names like KSI saying, \u201cTwitter is just full of sad, stupid people.\u201d MrBeast polls fans on US Presidency campaign after blindness video criticism MrBeast had a lot to say the day after his video took the net by storm. He even posted a poll asking users they\u2019d vote for him if he ran for President \u2013 and thus far, the majority voted \u201cyes.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time MrBeast has raised the possibility of a Presidential campaign. In fact, he\u2019s considered it a few times in the past, most recently saying he\u2019d be open to running once he hits 40 years old. \u201cI wanna try to make a ton of money and then just give it all away right before I announce my campaign,\u201d he said in a 2022 interview. \u201cImagine I have 10 billion dollars and I just give it all away, and I\u2019m just like, \u2018I can\u2019t be bought.\u2019 I had it all. Give it all away. That\u2019s pretty powerful.\u201d \u201cAnd then, instead of giving in to lobbyists or agendas, I just like, do whatever\u2019s good for the American people. Sounds like it\u2019d be a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MrBeast hits back at criticism over viral video curing blindness YouTube: FLAGRANTYouTube star MrBeast is hitting back at his critics after receiving blowback for curing blindness for 1,000 people in a viral video. Jimmy \u2018MrBeast\u2019 Donaldson is the most subscribed content creator on YouTube, successfully beating out PewDiePie\u2019s years-long record in 2022. Donaldson\u2019s videos almost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}