MrBeast is building 100 wells in Africa (52 of them in Kenya) and while he is getting a ton of praise for the deed he is facing some backlash.
According to COMPLEX the YouTube personality hopped took to Twitter on Friday to tease the project.
“We’ve spent over 8 months working on tomorrow’s video and it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done!” he wrote.
On Saturday, MrBeast dropped the video, which features his team traveling across Africa in an effort to provide fresh water for those without access.
The clip sees the YouTuber bringing water to a hospital in Zimbabwe and a school in Kenya, in addition to other sites in Uganda, Somalia and Cameroon.
We built 100 wells in Africa, Go Watch 😀
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) November 4, 2023
It didn’t take long before MrBeast’s latest endeavor resulted in controversy, as social media trolls blasted the YouTuber for being disingenuous.
MrBeast addressed the backlash in a tweet, saying he thinks he’s “gonna get canceled” over the video.
“I already know I’m gonna get canceled because I uploaded a video helping people, and to be 100% clear, I don’t care,” he wrote. “I’m always going to use my channel to help people and try to inspire my audience to do the same.”
I already know I’m gonna get canceled because I uploaded a video helping people, and to be 100% clear, I don’t care. I’m always going to use my channel to help people and try to inspire my audience to do the same ?❤️
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) November 4, 2023
Twitter reaction:
Mr Beast 100 wells is disrespect to Africans
– He described the entire Africa as a village with its people living in huts
– He projected that all Africans lack good drinking water
– Wells in 2023 is offensive; why not boreholes or pipe-borne water?
– Africans do not need water… pic.twitter.com/X8k12kvdp3— Albert Nat Hyde (@BongoIdeas) November 5, 2023
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If you analyse the videos below critically, you will deduce that Mr Beast sees himself as a messiah to Africa who’s solving a 100-year-old problem which never existed in the first place.
— Albert Nat Hyde (@BongoIdeas) November 5, 2023
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Not even a single news station in Kenya reported this, can u imagine!
Karen Nyamu. Pork. Mr Beast. BREAKING NEWS. Moses Kuria. Wizkid. #CynthiaNwadiora . Sauti Sol. Eastleigh. Shame. Babu Owino. Kenyans. Githurai. pic.twitter.com/sYXmOCGsr3
— Mwalimu???? (@chiefoll) November 5, 2023
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It’s crazy that Mr. Beast built 100 wells, gave out bike and computer and also built a bridge in Africa to help them and theirs people out here tryna cancel him. ?♂️ pic.twitter.com/ECowmJOgW2
— Big Shak (@B00KERJR) November 5, 2023
