Know more about Jake Weddle, as days after the MrBeast viral discord chat leak controversy, the writer who previously worked for Jimmy Donaldson, has come forward and opened up about his time with the YouTuber
For the unversed, recently social media platforms, especially X/Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube, has been buzzing with a viral video of a stand-up comedian, who previously worked with MrBeast YouTube channel.
Who is Jake Weddle ex-employee of MrBeast and a part of DogPack404’s video
Jake Weddle is a writer, stand-up comedian, and YouTuber who previously worked for the MrBeast YouTube channel as a writer, director, and sometimes as a cameraman. He first came to the limelight after appearing in the channel in a 2019 video. However, he left the channel in 2020 to pursue his own career.
After quitting the channel in 2020, Jake released a video in the same year, discussing his experience working with the MrBeast crew.
At the time, he explained that he left the channel to pursue his own independent career in stand-up and content creation citing difficulties in catering to MrBeast audience.
Mr Beast company fired Jake Weddle and a co worker he worked with because he wanted him to get paid more & both got fired the next day. #mrbeast #dogpack404 pic.twitter.com/eWFwsnDRpq
— Garrett Fudge (@garrett_fudge) August 8, 2024
In addition, he expressed that he harbored no resentment towards MrBeast or his former colleagues. However, in August 2024, Jake Weddle, once again shared a video opening up about the more in-depth look at his time working with Jimmy.
What Did Jake Weddle Reveal?
In his now viral-video Jake can be seen discussing insights into what Jimmy is really like behind the scenes. He also claimed that he was initially supposed to be a part of the core cast of the videos, alongside Jimmy, Kris Tyson and Chandler, however, this plan was never materialized.
Moreover, in his viral video, he emphasized how frustrated he felt by the lack of screen time and how he struggled with the content and the work environment. He also mentioned that he was supposed to leave the channel earlier than he did, however, he wasn’t “allowed” to do that at the time.
Jake Weddle dropped a video and spoke about MrBeast's thoughts about him and the poor, he used a bunch of overdramatic pauses to emphasise the pain he went through. At the end of the video he used it to shill his patreon 👏 pic.twitter.com/8kot3e1jbt
— Saammuel (@Saammuel) August 10, 2024
Furthermore, he criticized the current state of the MrBeast’s content, describing it as “algorithm-driven, SEO bulls***t,” while accusing the channel of using marketing tactics to “trick” viewers into buying products.
Additionally, he went on to elaborate the limitations that he faced as a writer, while comparing his experience to a punk band writing for Taylor Swift, describing the writing style as “inoffensive, formulaic, approachable.”
He also hinted at receiving a sum of $100,000 as potential “hush money” to keep him from revealing sensitive information about the channel, though he made this claim satirically.
Meanwhile, he referenced a documentary by YouTuber DogPack404 titled “I Worked For MrBeast, He’s A Sociopath,” which included an interview with Weddle.
In another documentary released in July, DogPack404 accused MrBeast of being a fraud and made serious allegations, including that a registered s*x offender was part of the MrBeast crew.
mr beast really hired a sex offender pedo as a manager for mr beast studios, and they all knew about it and even had a nickname for him called “Delaware” because he is not allowed to be close to a “Delaware”
This is looking very fucking bad and now they’re trying to cover it up. pic.twitter.com/gYGe9imeHH
— octopox (@OctopoxYT) August 8, 2024
As of now, MrBeast has not responded to these accusations.