Jimmy Donaldson, also known as Mr. Beast, is a man who rose to fame playing video games on the internet and has since used it to build a business empire based on charity stunts, YouTube videos and merch. He is now also a man who, in the course of the titanium Disaster says he was invited to a dive on the ill-fated submersible.
Just a few days later It was confirmed that the Titan imploded on the seabed and all five passengers vaporized instantlyMr. Beast tweeted:
“Earlier this month I was invited to ride on the Titanic submarine, but I said no,” he claims. “Kind of scary I might have been there.” He then shares a screenshot of what appears to be a received iMessage, cropped but clearly reading: “Also, I’m going to the Titanic in a submarine later this month. “The team would love to have you on board,” and another line of text appears that reads “I’m sure you’re most welcome to join too.”
He doesn’t actually reveal on the news who he spoke to or if the trip he was invited on was the very trip that ended in disaster last week. However, it might not have mattered which voyage he embarked on, since the submarine had been there so full of bugs, glitches and fundamental design flaws that experts had warned against such things Years.
Despite his claims, some people are skeptical about the authenticity of the message. As anyone who uses iMessage regularly knows, a message Mr. Beast receives on his own phone shouldn’t be blue. Others, among others, have pointed out this discrepancy The Verges Tom Warren, the tweeted “How did you manage to get a blue message on iMessage? 🤨”, while user @JUNlPER made a more obvious accusation – “Why are you making this up?”, to which Mr. Beast replied: “My friend sent me the screenshot from when he invited me.” I wouldn’t have thought to scroll up and take a screenshot of our old lyrics myself.”
