MrBeast vs. Rosanna Pansino Creator Games Controversy

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Overview

MrBeast vs. Rosanna Pansino Creator Games Controversy refers to cooking YouTuber Rosanna Pancino's accusation that fellow YouTuber and content creator MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) edited her out of her top 3 spot in his Creator Games 3 YouTube video and game show (originally posted in December 2021). In late October 2023, Pancino revealed that she had ranked higher than the final video made it appear during an interview with Trisha Paytas, going on to post a series of tweets doubling down on her statements with many subsequently inferring that she was accusing MrBeast of sexism. After leaking messages between her and MrBeast in which he can be seen trying to resolve the matter privately, Pansino suddenly deleted all of her tweets discussing the video and issued an apology to MrBeast two days later.

Background

On December 17th, 2021, MrBeast's YouTube^[1] channel posted a video titled, "$1,000,000 Influencer Tournament!" (also known as "Creator Games 3"). The video showed several content creators competing in an elaborate game of hide-and-seek in an attempt to win $1 million, gathering over 90 million views in roughly two years (seen below).

Rosanna Pansino's 2023 Accusations

On October 27th, 2023, Rosanna Pansino, one of the participants in the aforementioned video, went on Trisha Paytas's podcast^[2] and discussed the Influencer Tournament. Specifically, Pansino said that MrBeast edited the clip to make it appear as though Larray, Logan Paul and Zach King finished in the top 3 slots when in actuality, she believed that Zach, Quackity and herself were in the top 3 slots (seen below, left).

Additionally, Pansino also appeared on the H3 Podcast on October 27th on which she discussed the controversy with the hosts (Ethan and Hila Klein) and guest Pokimane (seen below, right).

That same day, Pansino tweeted a statement on her X / Twitter account including an image of her thoughts on the controversy, notably pointing out that she was "the ONLY FEMALE in the top 3" (since deleted, reuploaded screenshot seen below).

Also on October 27th, the X^[3] account @PopCrave made a post recounting Pansino's statement in Trisha Paytas's podcast, gathering over 70,000 likes in three days (seen below).

Developments

Over the following days, Rosanna Pancino went on to make several posts about the controversy on October 28th, 2023, thanking people for their support and also changed her X bio to read, "Top 3 Hide and Seek World Champion🥉(trained for years with my little nephews)."

On October 28th, Pancino then posted screenshots of a purported conversation between her and MrBeast that took place via DMs. The posts have since been deleted but can be accessed via reupload by @DramaAlert^[4] (seen below).

Rosanna Pancino's Apology

On October 29th, Pancino^[5] made another post apologizing to MrBeast and announcing that she would be deleting all of her posts discussing the Creator Games controversy (seen below). The exact reasons for this apology are unknown, but Pancino stated in the post that "the thousands of death threats I've received today are a contributing factor" in addition to "I do also sincerely hear the feedback from so many of you."

Online Reactions

Initial reactions to Pansino's revelations about MrBeast's video were somewhat mixed, though many were supportive with people noting her typically drama-free content. For example, X users such as @_aidenwatson^[6] and @abireturnz^[7] made posts in support of Pancino on October 27th, 2023, gathering over 20,000 and 40,000 likes each in roughly two days (seen below).

On October 29th, X^[8] user @deamonfingur posted screenshots of posts made and subsequently deleted by Pancino in which she can be seen thanking people for their support. The post gathered over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below).

The controversy also garnered coverage and discussion videos from various YouTube accounts and creators. For example, Tea Spill posted a video to its YouTube channel on October 28th, garnering over 175,000 views in two days (shown below, left). On October 29th, Dolan Dark also uploaded a video about the drama, garnering nearly 30,000 views in 24 hours (shown below, right).