MrBeast claims to have "never made a penny off" Beast Burgers amid criticism for using philanthropy as content

sportskeeda.com:

YouTube star MrBeast has recently claimed that he hasn't made a single penny from his successful Beast Burger chain. The claim comes as a tweet sent to a critic under his latest video about him giving away shoes to underprivileged kids in Africa via his philanthropic channels.

The most recent video, called "Giving 20,000 Shoes To Kids In Africa," uploaded to the Beast Philanthropy channel yesterday, has ruffled some feathers on Twitter.

MrBeast, however, has spoken out against people claiming that he profits from other people's misery and announced that he didn't make money from his successful Beast Burger chain. Instead, he spoke about using the money to invest in ads to keep restaurants afloat during the pandemic:

The full tweet reads:

While most people, especially his fans, have lauded the YouTuber for his philanthropic endeavors, many have been raising questions about the ethics behind making content out of donating life-altering things to the underprivileged. The controversy began in January as people started criticizing the YouTuber for a video titled 1,000 Blind People See For The First Time.

All the trolling aside, people such as HasanAbi and other progressive commentators on the internet have pointed out how MrBeast's videos about giving people eye surgeries and other types of donations fill them with rage.

Not because they necessarily hate what the YouTuber does, but because the act of donating large sums of money to the poor in a bid to make content out of uplifting lives points to a larger problem in society that remains unaddressed.

Of course, there is another side too:

It should be noted that the 20K shoe video has been uploaded to the Beast Philanthropy YouTube channel. Which, according to MrBeast, is run by