MrBeast isn’t in the bidding race for TikTok—yet

MrBeast lights up the spire at SUMMIT One Vanderbilt (Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — isn't in the TikTok bidding race just yet, according to a representative for the YouTube star.

Donaldson stirred interest in a Jan. 13 post on X saying he’d “buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned.” The next day, Donaldson added, “Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off.”