In an attempt to defend her boyfriend, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson’s girlfriend may have made him look even worse.
MrBeast has been the subject of intense media scrutiny from YouTubers and the streaming community recently. It started when fans began to wonder if MrBeast knew about Ava Tyson’s questionable behavior while they were working on content together. If they were so close and on the same Discord servers, how could MrBeast not know?
This escalated when a former employee created video essays on YouTube talking about how MrBeast’s challenges were rigged, how he gave out illegal giveaways that often went nowhere, and how he even lied about the healthiness of his candy bars. Then MrBeast was accused of knowingly hiring a registered sex offender to appear in several videos aimed at children.
As the allegations mounted, fans noticed MrBeast deleting comments on his video and doing a lot of damage control. This made him seem more guilty in the eyes of fans, and he allegedly tried to silence the former employee with lawsuits and the like.
However, this did not stop other employees from making even more accusations. Another former employee called MrBeast a “sociopath” for making videos such as “100 Days of Solitary Confinement.” In these videos, participants were actually “tortured” with “war crimes.”
As the controversies continued, some even suggested Thea Booysen quit MrBeast. Booysen is an influencer from South Africa who currently has 37,000 views focusing on harmless activities like playing Disney Lorcana.
On August 10, a viewer commented on one of her videos telling her to “get away from the beast as soon as possible.”
Booysen actually responded: “I appreciate the message. There is so much that is not being said. I wish I could say more about the situation. Half of the things that are being said are not true. If they were, I would not be with him.”
Booysen called MrBeast a “good person” and hoped things would “work out.” For now, she’s staying out of the drama.
Despite her compliments, however, her fans focused on one part: “Half of the things that are said are not true.” Half? Does that mean the other half is true?? The content creator community began to question which allegations were true and which were false.
This could have simply been a misuse of the term if English is not their first language. But it’s safe to say that this statement did not put MrBeast in a good light. If someone close to him says that “half of things” are true, the streaming community will only continue to try to ban the big YouTuber.
