"Neither abandoned nor a city" - MrBeast called out by X user over recent video claiming to survive "7 days in an abandoned city"

YouTube's biggest name Jimmy "MrBeast" appears to be under the cosh once again after he was called out for seemingly fabricating one of his recent videos titled "I Survived 7 Days In An Abandoned City." The video was originally uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2024, and subsequently re-uploaded on April 19, 2024 on X.com.

A verified user (@pitdesi) took to his X.com account to share his opinion on the video. According to the research he had done, the "abandoned city" that Jimmy claimed in his video isn't actually that deserted in reality. The user remarked:

"I recognized the “abandoned city” as Kupari Croatia, which is neither abandoned nor a city, it’s just a few abandoned buildings in Dubrovnik."

The user pointed out that the area in question is bustling with bars, hotels, and regular visitors, contrary to Jimmy's portrayal of it as abandoned. There are allegations that Jimmy paid individuals to maintain the appearance of emptiness:

"There is a popular bar a 3 min walk away and a Sheraton 12 mins walk away from where they claim they were running out of food & had to send up a flare to get the helicopter to get them. I googled and it turns out he paid a bunch of money to keep the regular tourists and locals out of it while he was filming."

MrBeast video called into question (Image via X)

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MrBeast's recent survival video faces criticism

Despite MrBeast's widespread popularity and millions of fans worldwide, he hasn't been immune to occasional criticism. The X user who initially raised doubts about the authenticity of the YouTube video followed up with a video of his own, using recordings from Google Street View.

This footage revealed a lot of visitors in the area, contradicting the deserted depiction presented in MrBeast's video. Watch what he has to say here:

In one of the comments on the original video posted by Jimmy, a member of the X community referenced a Croatian news website (dubrovackidnevnik) that reported crew members falling ill during the filming process.

This suggests that the claimed duration of seven consecutive days in the video may not have been entirely accurate:

X community critical of new video by the YouTuber (Image via X)

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Recently, another MrBeast video, titled "Ages 1-100 Decide Who Wins $250,000," garnered attention due to the controversial behavior of one of the contestants featured in the video.