MrBeast is responding to fiery criticism over his latest stunt.
The YouTuber (real name Jimmy Donaldson ) spoke out after posting a video titled " Would You Risk Dying For $500,000? " on Sept. 27, which showed a man navigating a series of what MrBeast described as fire-based "death traps" for a chance to win $500,000.
Among the many challenges the player faced included being locked inside of a burning building, jumping through rings of fire and being shot out of a cannon.
"In case there’s any concern about the safety of the stuntman contestant, I just wanted to mention that we take safety extremely seriously," MrBeast wrote in a comment under the YouTube video. "Every challenge was tested by multiple stuntmen, we have a full rescue team on standby with firefighters, EMTs and diver