MrBeast’s team acknowledges need for ‘improvement’ after contestants didn’t get adequate food, medical care during contest with $5M prize: source

MrBeast’s team is pushing back on the allegations that make his competition reality series “Beast Games” out to be the literal Hunger Games, with a source telling The Post exclusively that they “acknowledge the need for improvement.”

The world’s most popular YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has come under fire again after several “Beast Games” contestants alleged they were deprived of food and medicine while they vied to win a $5 million grand prize. 

Speaking with The New York Times, one contestant said, “We signed up for the show, but we didn’t sign up for not being fed or watered or treated like human beings.” Several contestants described one meal they received as only including a “tiny portion of cold oatmeal, one hard-boiled egg and a few pieces of raw vegetables.” Another person said they saw other contestants vomiting, passing out, and being removed on stretchers. 

Now, MrBeast is speaking out, with a source close to the production of “Beast Games” telling The Post that some of the problems on set came down to a “miscommunication.” 

In a statement given to The Post, a spokesperson for MrBeast’s company said, “The MrBeast promotional video shoot, which included over 2000 participants, was unfortunately complicated by the CrowdStrike incident, extreme weather, and other unexpected logistical and communications issues, which we are currently reviewing, but we are grateful that virtually all of those invited to Toronto for our next production have enthusiastically accepted our invitation.” 

The spokesperson added, “We have communicated directly with 97% of the 2000 people who attended to ask for feedback, have launched a formal review of the process, and have taken steps to ensure that we learn from this experience and we are excited to welcome hundreds of men and women to the world’s largest game show in history.”