MrBeast Sparks Outrage With '100 Men Vs Gorilla' Post On Elon Musk's X — PETA Claps Back: 'Try 100 Reasons To Leave Animals...'

Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, has waded into a bizarre online debate over the weekend involving a hypothetical fight between 100 men and one gorilla.

What Happened: On Monday, the 26-year-old YouTube megastar took to Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, and posted a photoshopped image of himself with gorillas, joking, "Need 100 men to test this, any volunteers?"

The animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) quickly rebuked him, responding: "100 men vs. a gorilla? Maybe try 100 reasons to leave animals out of your content instead…"

See Also: MrBeast's Net Worth Hits $1 Billion—But In 2023, He Promised To ‘Give Away' All His Money. What Drives The YouTuber's Philanthropy?

100 men vs. a gorilla? Maybe try 100 reasons to leave animals out of your content instead…

— PETA (@peta) April 28, 2025

The online debate — originally born in Reddit Inc.'s RDDT r/whowouldwin forum in 2020 — resurfaced last week and has since spread across X, TikTok, and Facebook, reported USA Today.

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Why It’s Important: MrBeast currently has an estimated net worth of $1 billion, per Celebrity Net Worth. This valuation includes income from his vast YouTube presence, his snack brand Feastables, merchandise sales, lucrative sponsorships, and a major content deal with Amazon.com.

According to Forbes, Donaldson brought in approximately $85 million in 2024 from content creation and brand deals alone.

He has stated in interviews that his total revenue across all ventures falls between $600 million and $700 million annually, with the majority funneled back into producing content, scaling operations, and expanding his team.

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