Jimmy Donaldson

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Summary

Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, is a YouTube creator whose videos feature elaborate challenges, large cash prizes, and large-scale charitable projects, including campaigns to plant trees and remove ocean plastic. He has said he no longer shares anti-LGBTQ views he heard growing up and publicly criticized transphobic attacks on his friend and collaborator Ava Kris Tyson. His public record includes these LGBTQ-related statements, but no documented party campaigning or broader identity advocacy. Rolling Stone interview TIME interview