Contestants on MrBeast Amazon show claim unsafe conditions during filming

The beginning of August is not a good one for Jimmy Donaldson, aka “MrBeast,” as several of the participants in his upcoming Amazon MGM Studios game show beast gamesaccusing the YouTube star of unsafe filming conditions that bordered on negligence.

In a compelling report New York Times, several contestants spoke to the media about gross mismanagement of the show’s production. The allegations include statements about a lack of food, inadequate medical care and that contestants suffered physical harm during performance tasks.

Reality show first round filming The contest was held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, with nearly 2,000 entrants competing for the $5 million grand prize. During filming, contestants eat, sleep and live in the stadium and must hand over food, clothing and (oddly enough) medications to staff.

Meals are described as small, with staff serving participants cold oatmeal, raw vegetables and hard-boiled eggs. The only other type of food provided to the contestants was MrBeast brand Feastable chocolate bars. Medications given to staff were difficult to retrieve in a timely manner, with one participant claiming not to need insulin for several days. When another contestant told staff they needed to eat with their medication, they claim staff were dismissive and reluctantly gave them “half a banana.”

Several complaints received New York Times That included being sleep-deprived due to having to shoot at night, and having to sleep on the turf of a sun-drenched Las Vegas stadium during the day. Women attending the event also claimed sexism led some to not wear underwear during menstruation because menstruation was said to be “not a medical emergency”.

The report clearly stated that the anonymous contestant felt that the production team was underprepared for the number of people attending the event. In fact, some felt misled from the start, as many were told the initial number of entries would be closer to 1,000. But according to Donaldson’s introductory video, the YouTube star claims he always intended to have 2,000, but cut that to half for the actual show.

“MrBeast’s promotional video shoot, which involved over 2,000 participants, was unfortunately further complicated by the CrowdStrike incident, extreme weather, and other unexpected logistical and communications issues we are currently reviewing,” MrBeast’s one representative said. New York Times. “But we are grateful that nearly everyone invited to Toronto to see our next production enthusiastically accepted our invitation.”

Mashable reached out to a representative for MrBeast and we will update if we hear back.