Even billionaires need handouts sometimes.
MrBeast — who’s worth an estimated $1 billion — claims he’s cash-strapped and asked his mom for money to pay for his upcoming wedding to fellow content creator Thea Booysen.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, addressed his finances on X in response to a post that described him as “the only billionaire under 30 to have not inherited his wealth.”
“I personally have very little money because I reinvest everything (I think this year we’ll spend around a quarter of a billion on content),” the Internet sensation, who boasts over 400 million subscribers, wrote on Sunday, June 1.
“Ironically i’m actually borrowing $ from my mom to pay for my upcoming wedding lol,” he continued in his candid X post, adding, “But sure, on paper the businesses I own are worth a lot.”
MrBeast has his hands in several projects, including the competition series “Beast Games,” which gave its first season winner a whopping $10 million in prize money, and his Feastables chocolate brand.
He recently attacked Trump’s “brutal” tariffs, informing his fans that it would be “way cheaper” to produce his ethically sourced chocolate overseas.
However, he’s also been at the center of several lawsuits, including one that involves his snack brand.
In May, the Mexican government sued the media house behind MrBeast’s popular video titled, “I Explored 2000 Year Old Ancient Temples,” in which he hawked his Feastables outside the Mayan pyramids, calling them a “special Mayan dessert” and “the only Mayan-approved snack on the planet.”
While the government admitted that MrBeast and the company were issued a permit to film at sites including the Mayan pyramid Chichén Itzá near Cancun, it claimed he was not given permission for commercial use.
They claimed the YouTuber violated the terms of an archeological permit and profited from the “heritage that belongs to all Mexicans.”
But he denied those allegations.
“This video … was meant to highlight these treasured Mayan sites in Mexico,” a spokesperson for MrBeast told The Post. “No advertisement material was shot on any archaeological sites overseen by INAH, so it is unfortunate that this has turned into a political issue.”
MrBeast was also sued by five “Beast Games” contestants in September 2024 for alleged “chronic mistreatment,” sexual harassment and more.
In response, a spokesperson for MrBeast’s company exclusively told The Post, “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.
“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.”
The YouTuber and Booysen met in 2022 while he was visiting her home country, South Africa, and have been going strong ever since.
The pair recently teased their upcoming wedding, revealing it won’t be a show for the world to see.
“This will definitely be more family and friends — definitely more private,” MrBeast told People. “I don’t take much vacation because of how hard I work, so I definitely want to make sure that the wedding will be a time to celebrate with her and spend time with friends and family who we really enjoy being with. It will be the ultimate way to take some time away and enjoy things.”
The future MrsBeast also shared that they’re toying with the idea of exchanging vows on an island.
“We’re thinking of doing it somewhere on an island where we’re far away from just about everybody,” she said. “We’re not going to try and have a big, extravagant wedding. It’s going to be nice, but it’s certainly going to be intimate [with] close family and friends.”