MrBeast attends the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards at Microsoft Theater on March 04, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images) A social media star alleges he was invited to join the trip on the Titan submersible that imploded but decided not to go.
Mr. Beast, a content creator on YouTube and a philanthropist, posted on Twitter Sunday claiming that he was invited in early June to take the trip, according to People. "I was invited earlier this month to ride the titanic submarine, I said no.
Kind of scary that I could have been on it," he wrote. RELATED: Titan latest: Marine Board Investigation begins over what caused implosionPeople reported that the YouTube star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, wasn’t specific regarding if he was invited to take a trip on the Titan submersible.
Donaldson tweeted a screenshot of a partial message he reportedly had with another person asking him to join the ride, which has caused controversy. "Also, I'm going to the Titanic in a submarine late this month," the person wrote. "The team would be stoked to have you along."An undated photo shows a tourist submersible belonging to OceanGate begins to descent at sea. (Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) According to People, Donaldson shared his decision not to take the trip aboard the vessel a few days after the submersible imploded on its way to tour the Titanic wreckage, killing all five people on board.