(NewsNation) — MrBeast has defended his decision to trap a man inside a burning building for him to win up to half a million dollars.

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said in an X post that he takes “safety seriously” after his latest stunt video titled “Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?”

In the video, MrBeast puts a stuntman through seven death traps so he can win the money.

The video shows the stuntman, whose name is Eric, tied to a chair inside a burning building with $500,000 in bags placed behind him. Eric is then seen escaping from the chair while grabbing bags of money.

He ended up raking in $250,000 from the challenge, but not before part of his body caught on fire and was ultimately taken out by a fire extinguisher. • FILE - Jimmy Donaldson, the popular YouTube

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