MrBeast defends the trapping man in a fire building to have the chance to earn $ 500,000

MrBeast, the largest youtuber in the world, defended his last cascade video – “would you like to die for $ 500,000 (£ 372,000)” – which shows that a professional stuntman escapes a flamboyant building while collecting bags of money.

The burning show triggered Fury because some online suggested that it was dangerously irresponsible and could put viewers who could copy the clip at risk.

In response to criticism, MrBeast – The real name Jimmy Donaldson – said: “I take security more seriously than you could imagine.”

Donaldson has more than 440 million subscribers on YouTube and is its best paid creator. Its commercial companies also include fast food and an Amazon TV GashiW, Beast Games.

The video, published for the first time on YouTube, currently has more than 45 million views. In this document, Eric, the competitor, takes seven “death traps”, including being shot a cannon in a fire, “surviving” massive explosions, as well as escaping from what seems to be a model of a small house.

The dramatic but very produced scenes of the video prompted online conviction, social media users calling the dystopian and “humiliating” calling.

But some stressed that it was unlikely that Eric was ever in real danger, with at least another describing it as “a stroke of public relations”.

Eric finally met the challenges with a transport of $ 350,000 (£ 260,000).

Reacting to the reaction, MrBeast said: “It exploded, if you are curious, obviously, we had a ventilation for smoke and a killing switch to cut the fires.

“We had a lot of professionals and the guy in the video as indicated is a professional stuntman. I take the security more seriously than you could imagine,” he said on the X social media platform on Monday.

A pinned comment on the original YouTube video added: “We also had a PYRO team (fire effects) controlling fires and methods of deleting several fires on each challenge to make sure that we could essentially deactivate the fire if there was a problem.

“But our stuntman coordinator has done an incredible job as always, and none of these systems has never been necessary. I just wanted to be transparent with all of you since I saw a certain concern!”