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The Philip DeFranco Show

PDS 8.19 MrBeast Apologizes After "Torture" Controversy, Taylor Swift Trump AI Endorsement & I'm at the DNC

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0

Sup, you beautiful bastards.

0:02.2

Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.

0:03.8

You daily dive into the news, and we have a lot to talk about.

0:07.0

So, hey, let's just jump into it.

0:12.7

Starting with in requested internet drama update news, let's talk about Mr. Beast.

0:18.2

Right, because for a quick recap, almost two weeks ago,

0:20.0

YouTuber and former Mr. Beast employee Dogpack 404 put out a video interviewing another

0:24.0

former Mr. Beast employee by the name of Jake Weddle. And in that video, Jake detailed his

0:27.4

experience on the set of a Mr. Beast 100 days in solitary confinement video attempt.

0:31.1

Talking about how it was, and in a word, saying it was traumatizing. With two of the big things that he noted being that they never shut the lights off and they made him run a marathon on a treadmill.

0:38.8

And you know, we dug deeper into that interview in a previous video, so you can definitely check that out.

0:42.1

You know, since that last update, one of the big things that people have been waiting for is Mr. Beast himself to respond.

0:46.6

And there, we almost sort of got an update.

0:48.8

Because over the weekend, Jake released a video sharing the personal response that he got from Jimmy regarding his situation. He said, hey, I wanted to reach out and say, I didn't mean to cause you mental stress with

0:57.1

that video and I apologize.

0:58.6

Clearly it had an effect on you.

1:00.2

You mentioned you like to be paid out the rest of the prize money, the other $190,000.

1:05.9

And I'd love to make things right with you.

1:07.4

I have zero expectation of you mentioning me sending you this money publicly or taking down any videos. This is just me wanting to help you out and make sure you're

1:14.7

good. For me, the personal apology, the person-to-person thing, there was no lawyers around,

1:22.6

it wasn't a spectacle, there was no camera in my face. I respected that. That's how I would

1:27.2

have wanted it to go down.

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