Mr. Beast, (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson), is a wildly popular YouTuber, whose channel has over 300 million subscribers.
He became famous for his goofy videos that involve lots of money and often a lot of work, such as “Protect the Lamborghini, Keep It,” and “I Survived 7 Days in an Abandoned City.” His videos generally star him and a small group of his friends.
Mr. Beast is incredibly popular among tweens and teens, especially boys.
Last year, I reported on Mr. Beast because Chris Tyson, a member of the friend group that appears in the videos, came out as trans and left his wife and son. Tyson’s transition has been linked to pedophilic anime pornography that he was apparently addicted to.
Despite massive pushback, Mr. Beast defended Tyson, allowing him to continue as a member of the Mr. Beast channel.
Recently Tyson, who is now going by the name “Ava Kris Tyson,” is back in the news because of the revelation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor when Tyson was about 20 and the boy was 13.
The messages were across both private and public social media accounts and referenced nude photos, sex, and anime porn.
Mr. Beast responded on X (formally known as Twitter) saying,
“Over the last few days, I’ve become aware of the serious allegations of Ava Tyson’s behavior online, and I am disgusted and opposed to such unacceptable acts.
During that time, I have been focused on hiring an independent third party to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure I have all the facts. That said, I’ve seen enough online and taken immediate action to remove Ava from the company, my channel, and any association with MrBeast. I do not condone or support any of the inappropriate actions.
I will allow the independent investigators the necessary time to conduct a comprehensive investigation and will take any further actions based on their findings.”
Mr. Beast has received a lot of flak from people responding on X saying that they warned him, and that he should have booted Tyson from the channel years ago.
Chris Tyson responded to the allegations on X saying,
“I would like to apologize for any of my past behavior or comments if it hurt or offended anyone. It was not my intent. Seeing recent events we’ve mutually decided it’s best I permanently step away from all things MrBeast and social media to focus on my family and mental health.”
It’s worth noting that Mr. Beast and Tyson contradict each other on what happened – Mr. Beast says he “removed” Tyson from his company and the Mr. Beast channel, and Tyson says that he “stepped away.”
The boy who Tyson was messaging has also responded on X, claiming that Tyson did nothing wrong and just made some edgy jokes. Unfortunately, that is how grooming starts, and it often takes a long time for the victim to realize just how bad it was.
I think it’s important to note that this all started with Chris Tyson’s pedophilic porn addiction. Porn of any kind is incredibly destructive and evil. Porn changes the structure of the consumer’s brain. There is a very clear link between porn and transgenderism, and often when men become transgender, there is a pornography factor.
Scripture talks repeatedly about guarding one’s heart and mind and not giving into the flesh.
This is one example of what happens when we don’t follow God’s word.
I think it’s also important to note that most news stories are referring to Chris Tyson as Ava and using female pronouns for him. MrBeast calls Tyson “Ava” in his response as well. Many of these news stories claim that conservatives love to attack the LGBTQ community through allegations of grooming, despite the proof that appears time and time again that one step on the path of sexual deviancy is never where it ends.
Insisting on playing the pronoun game and treating the exposure of sexual deviancy as a story as big as the deviancy itself only enables this type of behavior.
Parents, if you weren’t convinced to stay away from MrBeast the first time, let this be your encouragement to avoid his channel now.
