MrBeast is known to organize big challenges, give away even bigger prizes and even pushing himself to bring a video idea to life himself. Now he opened up about a challenge that went so wrong he had to cancel it.
MrBeast has filmed himself doing a lot of different challenges over the last few years – most of which were pretty extreme compared to the type of content a lot of other YouTubers post on the platform. But one of these challenges was a lot harder than the rest.
When Entertainment Becomes Scary
In a recent episode of the very popular YouTube show Hot Ones hosted by Sean Evans, a show where celebrities eat really hot chicken wings and try to answer some questions, the host asks MrBeast what challenge he had to push himself for the most. While struggling with the hot wing, MrBeast replies:
On day two on Seven Days on a Deserted Island I woke up after sleeping on the beach, I didn't know sand fleas were a thing and my leg is just covered with thousands of little red dots – I thought I was gonna die.
He then explains that was one of the only times he had to cancel a shoot.
At some point after his first try at completing the challenge, he then returned to give it another shot.
Though it is interesting to see Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson talk about his filming experience from almost an outside perspective on a format that he does not control, the entire episode of Hot Ones received mixed feedback by the community. It seems as though getting bitten by sand fleas might not be the only part where his goal to entertain might hurt him.
People's Issue With The Episode
Hot Ones is a YouTube show that has been running for many years and it is very popular and known. A lot of different people have attempted this challenge so far – Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, Jason Segel, and now MrBeast. But viewers seem to not be super excited about this new guest. It's not like the video isn't performing well: After just 24 hours of posting it it already got close to half a million views. It's more about how people feel about Donaldson's presence on the show.
The comments under the video make the people's problem a little clearer. One reads:
Watching Sean try to extract a genuine human emotion out of a walking algorithm is the real challenge here.
During the whole interview Donaldson seems like he is still performing for the camera, even though he is not in one of his own shoots. It seems a bit paradoxical to think that is an issue that people have, but it also makes sense: People watch content to feel connected, not just entertained.