MrBeast wedding: YouTube star marries Thea Booysen

The marriage gives a personal milestone to a figure who has become one of the most watched people on the internet. Donaldson is the biggest YouTuber in the world, with more than 500 million subscribers, and he built that audience through viral videos, elaborate stunts, and giveaways that hand out large sums of money to strangers. He has also expanded into television as a co-creator of the Prime Video competition series Beast Games, which was inspired by Squid Game and offers contestants a chance at a $5 million prize pot.

Booysen, who is originally from South Africa, has also built a digital following of her own. Her YouTube channel, TheaBeasty, has nearly 140,000 subscribers, and she also streams games on Twitch. In addition, she is a published author. The wedding brings together two online personalities who have each built careers in front of an audience, even as they kept this moment out of the spotlight.

That contrast matters because Donaldson’s public life has also brought criticism. In April, his media company, Beast Industries, was sued by a former employee over allegations of sexual harassment and gender bias in the workplace. He has also faced legal action from contestants in Beast Games over how they were treated, along with claims that some of his giveaways and competitions are staged and pre-planned. For American readers, the takeaway is simple: even the biggest internet stars still face the same pressures of public scrutiny, private life, and accountability.