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Are you willing to die for Mr. Beast?

That is the question that many are now asking, including major outlets like the New York Times, as his Beast game show is getting hit with controversy after controversy from seemingly every direction.

Right, so like we talked about when it was announced, his reality competition is an Amazon show where a thousand contestants are competing to win $5 million. I mean, we're talking about the biggest competition series ever,

with the largest prize pot ever. But despite how little we officially know about the competition,

it's getting a massive spotlight right now in the wake of that whole Ava Chris Tyson controversy.

You know, that was when you had YouTuber Rosanna Pansino posting a series of video saying people involved on the show had reached out to her about safety concerns on the set

of the first round in Las Vegas. So the messages that I have received from contestants on the show

are pretty much all telling a similar story. And I find them to be very disturbing. These people

are genuinely upset about how things are going. They're

scared for not only their own safety, but the safety of their friends who are still competing.

They aren't doing this out of spite. They're doing this because they are afraid for themselves

and for their friends. And in that video, she goes on to read a statement from someone who she says

is a confirmed contestant of the Beast Games.

And that person claiming that there were people who didn't receive their required medication

during filming.

And saying some even had seizures because of it.

But that statement going on to say that the contestants weren't given nearly enough food,

claiming that they were given roughly 400 calorie meals every 12 hours,

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