It would be smart not to mess with one of the most beloved gay men on the internet — especially if you’re a controversial figure yourself. MrBeast learned that the hard way after he shared a since-deleted post on X, calling out Rolling Stone (it’s unclear whether he was being serious or facetious) about his placement on their annual list of most influential creators.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson and is at number seven on the list, took a screenshot of comedian Caleb Hearon’s number six spot on the list and wrote, “According to this list, a guy with 1 million followers is more influential than me. What did I do to piss off the Rolling Stones?”
Immediately after the post was uploaded, Donaldson—the YouTuber with the most subscribers in the world—was met with a barrage of responses that defending the comedian. One of Donaldson’s most vocal critics, YouTuber Rosanna Pansino responded to his post and wrote, “MrBeast’s mask slipping this much in less than a year has been fascinating to watch. Sorry Jimmy, Caleb has something you’ll never have: A personalty.”
Donaldson’s post was very unpopular on X, so much so that he ended up deleting it and walking back his statement saying, “Ngl after this I watched some of his stuff and it’s actually good. I deleted the tweet I don’t want the smoke from the shooters, spare me plz.”
His response is a reference to an appearance Hearon did on Drew Afualo’s podcast The Comment Section, where he joked about his fervent fanbase of nonbinary baristas. During the episode, he told a story about a comment he once received on a video and how the commenter was in the wrong territory leaving a negative comment on his video. “There are hundreds of thousands of mentally ill baristas that are ready to mobilize whenever I say the word.”
But in the time that Donaldson deleted his tweet, Hearon screenshot it and posted it to Instagram, thanking Rolling Stone for adding him to the list. His comments section then became flooded with replies from his famous friends who were laughing at the whole ordeal. Ayo Edebiri jokingly referred to Donaldson’s over-the-top videos and said, “Not you about to get sent to a remote island for 100 days.” Afualo left a comment saying, “you when you get ranked higher than a grifter off of children’s joy,” referring the criticism MrBeast has received for the type of content he makes and his audience being mostly children.
On X, people used this criticism against MrBeast and expressed the issues they felt with his videos. “Caleb Hearon has become an absolute juggernaut in comedy, his podcast is huge, he’s in multiple movies and will undoubtedly become a bigger actor,” one person wrote on X. “You make slop content for [nine] year olds. You don’t ‘influence’ anyone.”
Hearon later posted a photo to his Instagram story with a screenshot of Donaldson’s post, admitting Hearon is funny, and wrote, “I am in peace talks with MrBeast.”
This article originally appeared on Out: MrBeast drags Caleb Hearon for creators ranking—it totally backfires
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