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The world's biggest YouTuber MrBeast has hit back at critics who slammed him for paying to cure 1,000 people's blindness.
Jimmy Donaldson, a 24-year-old with 131million subscribers, released a video Saturday documenting his philanthropy which has already amassed a staggering 70million views.
The clip shows sufferers with severe cataracts being able to see again after the surgery paid for by the millionaire, with the help of a the non-profit eye care organization, See.
But some online said the video was 'demonic', showing how sufferers could only receive the surgery by becoming online content for a rich YouTuber instead of getting the necessary treatment from the government.
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The world's biggest YouTuber MrBeast has hit back at critics who slammed him for paying to cure 1,000 people's blindness
One Twitter post retweeted thousands of times read: 'There is something so demonic about this and I can't even article what it is.'
Another said: 'What's grotesque about it is that such a life changing treatment exists and the only way these people can access it is be becoming "content".'
Streamer Hasan Piker was one of the video's most high profile critics, saying: 'I watch this video and I’m filled with rage that we shut off access to a 10-minute procedure because we paywalled it and decided that only some people can get it.
'It’s so insanely frustrating that it’s up to one YouTube guy to decide to make content out of it, that people who are too poor just can’t f***ing see.'
Some also claimed MrBeast, who was YouTube's highest-earning creator in 2021, earning an estimated $54million that year alone, was exploiting the sufferers to gain more fame and accrue more wealth for himself.
Some online said the video was 'demonic', showing how sufferers could only receive the surgery by becoming online content
But the YouTuber hit back, saying: 'Twitter - Rich people should help others with their money.
'Me - Okay, I’ll use my money to help people and I promise to give away all my money before I die. Every single penny.
'Twitter - MrBeast bad.'
He also added: 'I don’t understand why curable blindness is a thing. Why don’t governments step in and help?
'Even if you’re thinking purely from a financial standpoint it’s hard to see how they don’t roi on taxes from people being able to work again.'
Donaldson is known for his outlandish stunts which include videos of him being buried alive for 50 hours, and another where the last person to take their hand off a private jet gets to keep the plane.
In addition to being YouTube's most subscribed individual, he is also one of the website's highest earners.
In his latest video, he also gave away $10,000 to a number of cataracts patients, bought one a Tesla, and even donated $50,000 to another's college fund. He also donated $100,000 to See.
The YouTuber hit back, saying he intends to give away every penny of his huge fortune before he dies
Jimmy Donaldson, a 24-year-old known is better known by his internet moniker MrBeast
The second person MrBeast provided the surgery for. He helped with the curing of 998 more
According to the nonprofit MyVision.org, cataract surgery costs an average of $3,500 per eye.
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