YouTuber MrBeast has issued an apology after his ‘MrBeast Experience’ at a Las Vegas resort did not live up to the billing.

The event at Resorts World Las Vegas was advertised as an “immersive” and “unforgettable” experience that included exclusive games, a MrBeast-themed menu and mystery bags thought to contain limited edition merch, including one with a $10,000 (£7,550) gift voucher.

Instead, the guests camped out in their hotel rooms waiting days for their bags to arrive. And when they did, the guests were underwhelmed.

“I was told to wait in my room for two days for a package to come, so I legit spent two days in my room for a package to come, and it was a box of chocolates,” Ms Metta said.

Several users said on social media that they received T-shirts in different sizes, which could be purchased for $9 (£7) online.

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    The sad thing is, once he really hit it big, he could have just done good will stuff and kept the money fucking rolling in.

    He didn’t have to do * emotions to all of everything * this.

    He could have hired a PR firm and a capable management staff, still had fun circle jerking his friends but actually be a positive force for society.

    Everybody he has running the show is under educated, incapable, and unashamed of all this.

    With that kind of money he should have a office building full of people working this shit out.

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      18 hours ago

      there’s no way this dude hasn’t hired a PR firm and management consultants. this is just the brand image he has now. remember that this dude used to make videos like counting to a thousand.

      dude got a firm to tell him he’s Willy Wonka and now he has another firm sculpting that image for him behind the scenes. Mr beast and his crew are just the front end operations that can’t manage to stop fucking up on their own right.

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        18 hours ago

        The ghost kitchen venture and the chocolate venture were handled by external companies certainly It was just one of those slap your name on this thing.

        But look deeper into the mismanagement of the events and the videos. Especially the last couple Vegas stints. Any event company would have had the first responders properly lined up and dangers managed. Especially in Vegas they do this kind of shit all the time.

        Every single off the wall of event that he stages is just poorly managed. When people start asking questions and pointing fingers it ends up with him and his actual crew. There aren’t any adults in the room.

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    if you go to these or you let your children go, you deserve to get scammed, which is probably also Donaldson’s point of view. No respect for that guy btw, but I doubt he has little of it for himself either.

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    Oh, just a disappointing LV attraction. I was hoping for some Charlie Sheen level winning here. I could have used a good celebrity melt down this week.

    He let us down AGAIN. SMDH 😔

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    I can’t tell if he’s super stoned in this pic or if he just looks that soulless all the time. However, I lean towards the latter given his circumstances.

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      it’s the latter. Cameras notoriously steal souls, that’s why youtubers can do those ad reads, whereas normal person’s dignity wouldn’t allow one to.

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    Does this weirdo have like one photo where he looks like he’s smiling for real, is he incapable of feeling joy or something. He definately seems like he’s on the spectrum when he talks, don’t know if that’s a contributing factor

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      As I recall, he’s spent the last several years sanding down his whole personality as much as possible so as to become as inoffensive as possible so he can cast the widest possible net for an audience.

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        Yeah, I don’t think this is a spectrum thing. He’s purely a manufactured identity. There’s nothing left behind the mask.

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    Mr Beast is the quintessential example of someone who defines themselves by their unfathomable success, attributing it to their unique work-ethic and dedication, and then collapses under the weight of their impossibly large ego

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      Oh, he 100% is. Not what he says with his words, but what he says with his dead eyes and propped up smile. He’s not chasing a dream, he’s running away from a nightmare of fame that has left him a hollow yet addicted for the high of fame that is no longer achievable. He is a man who shot for the moon and, instead of landing among the stars, found himself stranded on the cold, lifeless rock, drifting along forever, alone, exactly where he said he wanted to be.

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    Thing is this isn’t the first time. He did more challenges with awards but once the video was done he took up and left off. Smiling to the bank with that uncanny valley expression.