--- title: "Mr. Beast Claims He Almost Went on the Doomed Sub" description: "MrBeast claims that a friend invited him to join the doomed trip down to tour the Titanic wreckage, but the way he explained it is confusing." date: "2023-06-26" modified: "2023-06-26" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/mr-beast-titanic-submarine" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "influencers" - "submarine" - "the digest" - "titanic" --- # Mr. Beast Claims He Almost Went on the Doomed Sub ![MrBeast claims that a friend invited him to join the doomed trip down to tour the Titanic wreckage, but the way he explained it is confusing.]() *\Image: Noam Galai/Getty\* ## Get Wrecked Uber-famous YouTube influencer MrBeast claims that a friend invited him to join the doomed trip down to tour the Titanic wreckage — but the way he explained it has us scratching our heads. Over the weekend, the 25-year-old influencer whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson tweeted that he "was invited earlier this month" and "said no" when asked if he wanted to take the plunge in the Titan submersible, which was on a quest to check out the Titanic wreckage off the coast of Newfoundland [when it appears to have fatally imploded](). "Kind of scary that I could have been on it," he mused. In the post, a blue text box shows a text message that does, indeed, appear to be an invite onto OceanGate's Titan submersible vessel. "Also, I’m going to the Titanic in a submarine late this month," the text, purportedly sent from MrBeast's unnamed friend, reads. "The team would be stoked to have you along." https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1672952297163218946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1672952297163218946%7Ctwgr%5Efa4852f5a92df205165871916140c61a44d22c9a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fembed%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1672952297163218946autosize%3D1 ## Submersible Blues Anyone who uses an iPhone will recognize the black background and blue text messages as trademarks of the iMessage interface on Apple's phones — and that the blue text boxes generally indicate that you, or whoever took a screenshot, are the message sender. Were that the case, it would mean that MrBeast typed out a text to make it *look like* he'd been invited, took a screenshot, and then posted it as if it were real. The eagle-eyed users of Twitter also, of course, [noticed this discrepancy]() — and the [ever-resourceful YouTuber]() had a response for that, too. "My friend sent me the screenshot of when he invited me," [MrBeast replied](). "Didn’t think to scroll up and screenshot our old texts myself." Beyond the incredulity of this explanation — why didn't he just [take and post screenshots of his own message](), thread rather than ask a friend to do so? — there are other outstanding questions as well, including who the influencer's friend could be and where one or both of them would have fit on the tiny Titan submersible, which was at capacity with the five men already on there. Following his line of reasoning, it's possible MrBeast could have been invited to join a different OceanGate tour of the Titanic wreckage than the one that ultimately ended in disaster and death, but given the blue text box of it all, we're not sure it's worth extrapolating that deep at all. **More on the submersible tragedy:** [*A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()