MrBeast responds to accusations of giving away fake money Jimmy \u201cMrBeast\u201d Donaldson is known as the \u201cGood Samaritan\u201d of YouTube, famous for giving away vast amounts of cash in his videos. However, critics are claiming that the star is duping viewers in a significant way. MrBeast uploaded a video on November 23 in which he opened a \u201cfree bank,\u201d where he gave out cash to citizens in need through his \u201cloan department\u201d without requiring them to pay him back. While the YouTuber\u2019s charity was enough to bring two women to tears, critics pointed out a damning flaw in his project, noting that one of the dollar bills featured in the video read \u201cMotion Picture\u201d rather than \u201cThe United States of America\u201d as seen on legal tender. Thus, fans across the net believed the bills to be fake, which MrBeast addressed during an interview with Drama Alert\u2019s Daniel \u201cKEEMSTAR\u201d Keem on November 27. According to Donaldson, the reason he\u2019d chosen to use fake bills was to mitigate potential safety risks for his customers, noting that giving out real cash could lead to danger for everyone involved. \u201cLong story short, if you have hundreds of people in one location, and you\u2019re just handing out tons of money \u2013 if you\u2019re handing out actual, real money, there are safety and security risks,\u201d he explained. \u201cImagine when I give someone $10k, and they walk out the door, and all these other people see that you have $10k. As a responsible person, I can\u2019t do that.\u201d Rather than sending the customers off with fake money, though, the YouTuber claimed that he gave them a check for the amount they\u2019d agreed to once the cameras stopped rolling, admitting that the bills were merely props to prevent possible theft and bodily harm. (Timestamp: 5:36 for mobile readers) That\u2019s not all: MrBeast admitted that the video boasted a \u201cmassive\u201d budget, claiming that he gave out \u201csix figures\u201d worth of money with the project. \u201cIt\u2019s just more security reasons,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe can\u2019t have six figures in actual cash there. \u2026it\u2019s just not responsible.\u201d Despite the speculation, it looks like the internet\u2019s philanthropist has avoided being \u201ccanceled\u201d \u2013 and even managed to carry out his project responsibly, in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MrBeast responds to accusations of giving away fake money Jimmy \u201cMrBeast\u201d Donaldson is known as the \u201cGood Samaritan\u201d of YouTube, famous for giving away vast amounts of cash in his videos. However, critics are claiming that the star is duping viewers in a significant way. MrBeast uploaded a video on November 23 in which he […]<\/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-55838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55838","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=55838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}