MrBeast responds to YouTuber Morgz copying his viral video ideas MrBeast, Morgz – YouTubeJimmy \u2018MrBeast\u2019 Donaldson is one of YouTube\u2019s most popular content creators, best known for giving out insane amounts of cash or orchestrating impossible challenges \u2013 but his viral videos aren\u2019t safe from copycats. MrBeast was made aware of one such copycat channel thanks to a Tweet from Chandler Hallow, a member of his crew, who uploaded a screenshot of YouTuber \u2018Morgz\u2019s\u2019 videos as compared to those of MrBeast. Morgz\u2019s videos appeared to exact copies of MrBeast\u2019s own content, containing such challenges as \u201cI spent 24 hours in slime\u201d and \u201cI put 100 million orbeez in my mom\u2019s backyard.\u201d Hmmmm\u2026:thinking_face:@MrBeastYT pic.twitter.com\/8OpP16tCXa \u2014 Chandler Hallow (@Challow212) May 16, 2019 A quick look at Morgz\u2019s YouTube channel shows even more apparent dupes of MrBeast\u2019s videos, including content titled \u201cspending 24 hours in an insane asylum\u201d and \u201c24 hours to escape prison.\u201d While Chandler himself was rather dubious as to the copycat\u2019s intentions, MrBeast had a fairly measured response to the situation. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBwSufNse8VMBvQM_rCSvgQ\/videos\u201cImitation is the sincerest form of flattery,\u201d he wrote of the issue, appearing to take Morgz\u2019s stolen video ideas in stride. However, other YouTubers weren\u2019t as nonplussed by Morgz\u2019s videos, with the likes of FaZe co-owner Ricky Banks calling MrBeast\u2019s response \u201ctoo nice.\u201d Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. https:\/\/t.co\/vdhnoLFrO2 \u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) May 16, 2019 MrBeast went on to claim that it would be \u201chypocritical\u201d of him to call out Morgz for using his video ideas, claiming that he, too, gets inspiration from other YouTube channels. \u201cTrue, but not everything I do is original either,\u201d MrBeast explained. \u201cTons of people copy me everyday, but it would be hypocritical if I were to get mad at them.\u201d True but not everything I do is original either. Tons of people copy me everyday but it would be hypocritical if I were to get mad at them. \u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) May 16, 2019 Morgz\u2019s channel is filled with other such eye-grabbing content, such as world record-breaking challenges or over-the-top prank videos, with wacky thumbnails to match. While Morgz has yet to officially respond to the callout, he celebrated reaching 1.5 billion video views on his channel not long after Chandler\u2019s screenshot was posted \u2013 prompting an outpouring of criticism from fans of MrBeast. And 2\/3 of the views are from stolen ideas good job pic.twitter.com\/DzV40ljw9r \u2014 CJM_ (@CadenMiller2k19) May 16, 2019 Lookathisdood, stealing content and then saying that there are 3 billion people in the world lmaooo \u2014 BoyleafStudios (@BoyleafStudios) May 16, 2019 \u201cAnd 2\/3 of the views are from stolen ideas, good job,\u201d one commenter wrote. \u201cCopycat,\u201d another replied. \u201cStealing MrBeast\u2019s videos.\u201d MrBeast, while known for his outrageous content, made waves across the internet after promoting PewDiePie in his war against T-Series in late 2018, buying out billboards across his city in an attempt to advertise the YouTube king\u2019s channel. While MrBeast boasts over 18 million YouTube subscribers, his job isn\u2019t all sunshine and roses; the YouTuber admitted that he had a unique predicament concerning his 2018 taxes, thanks to his generous giveaway videos, which see a major lead over his copycat competitor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MrBeast responds to YouTuber Morgz copying his viral video ideas MrBeast, Morgz – YouTubeJimmy \u2018MrBeast\u2019 Donaldson is one of YouTube\u2019s most popular content creators, best known for giving out insane amounts of cash or orchestrating impossible challenges \u2013 but his viral videos aren\u2019t safe from copycats. MrBeast was made aware of one such copycat channel […]<\/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-55843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55843","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=55843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}