MrBeast responds to backlash after buying homes for his staff Instagram: MrBeastMrBeast has responded to the backlash he received after revealing he\u2019d bought a whole neighbourhood for his staff to live in. Earlier in May 2023, it was revealed that hit YouTuber MrBeast had bought a whole neighbourhood of houses in North Carolina for his staff members to live in. Since the news broke, MrBeast has received a lot of backlash regarding this, with people comparing it to a cult. One person even wrote on Twitter: \u201cthat sounds very culty lol.\u201d One person tweeted about the news and said: \u201cWhat a nice man, surely a CEO buying homes and creating neighborhoods for their employee\u2019s families has no historical relevance or background at all.\u201d MrBeast replied to the tweet and wrote: \u201cOnly I could get canceled for giving people a place to live with no strings attached.. All these company town tweets make no sense, I was just helping some people.\u201d MrBeast bought a neighbourhood just for his staff The neighborhood in question is located in the southeastern suburbs of Greenville, North Carolina, close to where MrBeast grew up. The New York Post reported that the purchase had been done as a way for MrBeast\u2019s staff to have a stress-free accommodation on his budget, while theoretically boosting productivity in reducing commute time. It will be up to each member of staff to choose if they\u2019d like to move in. Despite the generous offer, several people have taken to social media to express their criticism, saying it sounds too much like a cult. For all the latest entertainment news and updates, be sure to check out Dexerto\u2019s full coverage here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MrBeast responds to backlash after buying homes for his staff Instagram: MrBeastMrBeast has responded to the backlash he received after revealing he\u2019d bought a whole neighbourhood for his staff to live in. Earlier in May 2023, it was revealed that hit YouTuber MrBeast had bought a whole neighbourhood of houses in North Carolina for his […]<\/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-55839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55839","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=55839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}