YouTube star MrBeast has claimed he was invited to join a submersible trip to the Titanic wreckage but declined.
“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 tweeted on Sunday.
While he did not specify whether the invitation was for the fatal Titan trip that ended in a catastrophic implosion, MrBeast — whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson — shared a portion of a text from someone asking him to join an exploration.
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“Also, I’m going to the Titanic in a submarine late this month,” the individual wrote. “The team would be stoked to have you along.”
CNN has reached out to Donaldson’s representatives for comment.
With more than 162 million current followers, MrBeast has the largest subscriber base of any creator on YouTube. His videos frequently feature stunts, competitions and massive philanthropic efforts.
There is an ongoing investigation into what led to the implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible, which killed all five people aboard on its descent to the wreckage of the Titanic last week.
Those killed were OceantGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, who were British citizens.
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