YouTube star MrBeast acknowledges past ‘inappropriate language’

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, and his reported 700 million-dollar (£546 million) empire have come under new fire in recent weeks.

YouTube star MrBeast, a philanthropic force with nearly unrivalled influence among young audiences, acknowledged on Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early online days, as controversies surrounded him and a former collaborator.