Author: G. Li, Megaphone Editor-in-chief

This is a continuation of Part 2 of this series.

“I Worked for MrBeast, He’s a Sociopath”

Thumbnail from Dogpack404’s “I Worked for MrBeast, He’s a Sociopath”

In this second video, DogPack404 focuses on covering Jake Weddle, a former MrBeast employee, and his experience working for MrBeast. This video in particular reveals quite a lot about the practices and work culture in MrBeast’s company.

Jake Weddle starts off with describing how he got fired. He had wanted a salary more proportional to the work he was doing, so, along with another guy, he had walked into the writer’s room and asked for a higher pay. In return, Weddle and the other man were promptly fired the next day. In proposing a higher pay, Jake Weddle had mentioned the fact that despite him being a 20-year-old with no kids, the other guy, a black guy with a child, was paid less than him, a caucasian. In the video, Weddle expresses his regrets in his part in having the other guy fired, as he was content with not saying anything, but decided to support Weddle, getting himself fired. 

In one of the most serious statements against MrBeast’s character, Jake Weddle describes the mental and physical torment he had to experience while being the sole participant in a solitary confinement video challenge with MrBeast, detailing conditions that go against international laws made to prevent brutality against prisoners of war. Namely, the fact that the crew refused to turn extremely bright lights off when it was time to sleep, under the flimsy excuse of “needing time lapse shots”. Despite Weddle’s pleas to just turn off the lights, he was ignored, and the lights were left constantly on, leaving Weddle unable to tell between night and day, and giving him insomnia issues, causing the insomnia he still has to this day.  

Image from Dogpack404’s “I Worked for MrBeast, He’s a Sociopath”, image of Jake Weddle in the solitary confinement set

Although it may be argued that Weddle was technically able to leave, this is perspective that lacks an understanding of the situation at hand. Weddle had already been trapped for many days, so he may have wanted to persist through even this constant light so the previous days he spent suffering wouldn’t be in vain. He would have been under extreme pressure to stay and continue the challenge because much was at stake – others had already invested both time and money building the set, setting up the challenge, monitoring and editing, etc – Weddle definitely would have felt incredible pressure to keep going just for the sake of the others involved in the situation. Additionally, even if he was able to leave, putting another person through something that is “technically not a war crime”, not not paint MrBeast in the best light. Not to mention, at the time, Weddle was in need of some money, so he agreed to doing this solitary confinement video. 

Further adding to the claims of torture, during the solitary confinement, a huge note is the sensory attack Weddle was forced to be under— the set had just been painted, the hot tub had no filtration system, and the ice cream machine started to smell bad after a few days. Adding all of these factors together already creates an incredibly unpleasant environment to stay in for just one day – Weddle still had weeks to go. 

Even after all of this, Jimmy said to Weddle “can you say to the camera how thankful you are that now you can pay back your student loans”. These words speak for themselves. 

However, what broke Weddle’s resolve to finish, was being forced to run a marathon as a sub-challenge in the video. As prior mentioned, Weddle was under immense pressure to complete the challenges presented to him by MrBeast. So, although he had no training whatsoever in running a marathon, he began to run at 12 PM, only finishing at 3 AM. Even with those who train to run marathons, they struggle, so expecting Weddle to run a marathon with no training, on little to no sleep, and the befuddlement of the mind with solitary confinement, it is unfathomable that running a marathon was even an idea for a challenge in the first place. After the marathon, Weddle was left broken and tired, physically and mentally, and was forced to be unable to complete the challenge. In the end, he did not get the $300,000 promised, and only got about $100,000. The conditions Weddle was under are highly inhumane, and is a viable reason to question the ethics behind all of MrBeast’s videos. 

Image from Dogpack404’s “I Worked for MrBeast, He’s a Sociopath”, Jake Weddle speaking about his experience in the solitary confinement video

The final part of this video addresses a MrBeast employee nicknamed “Delaware”, a registered sex offender whose crimes MrBeast and his team knew about but covered up. This is evident by the mask that “Delaware” always wears when he’s in a video. It is alleged that “Delaware’s” victim was a minor from ages 1-11, which makes the whole situation worse, as MrBeast’s target demographic itself is children. This cover-up situation corroborates the thought that MrBeast may have known about the terrible actions of one of his closest friends, Ava Kris Tyson, and allowed these events to happen. 

In total, many of the allegations brought up by DogPack404’s first two videos are quite serious, and bring MrBeast and his company’s character into question. However, it should be kept in mind that all of the discussed allegations are alleged, and may or may not be true. In future articles we will discuss more about other accusations held against MrBeast not discussed in this article, and some of the responses from MrBeast’s team or from those who support MrBeast addressing these allegations.