{"id":"1792713534827-viral-segment","slug":"mrbeast-s-lion-cage-stunt-scrapped","title":"MrBeast's lion cage stunt scrapped","summary":"In 2022, MrBeast planned an Antarctica survival shoot with Casey Neistat and Logan Paul. After a week of COVID quarantine in Cape Town, the expedition was canceled when a member of the advance team already in Antarctica tested positive. The crew quickly pivoted to a new production in the African bush: a custom steel cage where MrBeast and Logan Paul would spend the night near wild lions. MrBeast, suffering a severe Crohn's disease flare-up, lasted about four hours in the cage before being hospitalized. He later made the Antarctica trip without Neistat, producing \"I Survived 50 Hours In Antarctica.\"\n\nThe Antarctica cancellation was driven by COVID protocols and the medical isolation of the continent — if anyone got sick there, evacuation would be extremely difficult. The lion-cage pivot reflected MrBeast's stated philosophy of hiring people who can \"push through a no\" and immediately re-planning rather than dwelling on failure.\n\nCasey Neistat has described a 2022 MrBeast shoot to Antarctica that was scrapped after someone on the advance team tested positive for COVID, and a pivot to a lion-cage video with Logan Paul that ended early when MrBeast was hospitalized with a Crohn's disease flare-up. The eventual Antarctica video was titled \"I Survived 50 Hours In Antarctica,\" though the canceled 2022 plan is described in some accounts as a 48-hour survival shoot.","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T23:58:54.827Z","channel":{"id":"viral","name":"Oncast Viral","language":"en"},"show":"Main Character","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Casey Neistat has described a 2022 MrBeast shoot to Antarctica that was scrapped after someone on the advance team tested positive for COVID, and a pivot to a lion-cage video with Logan Paul that ended early when MrBeast was hospitalized with a Crohn's disease flare-up. The eventual Antarctica video was titled \"I Survived 50 Hours In Antarctica,\" though the canceled 2022 plan is described in some accounts as a 48-hour survival shoot.\nSource: onlyhappynews.com, svg.com NAMES: MrBeast = Jimmy Donaldson, YouTube's most-subscribed creator. Casey Neistat = American YouTube filmmaker/vlogger and co-founde (https://x.com/BeastNews2026/status/2113271544587702472)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Casey Neistat has described a 2022 MrBeast shoot to Antarctica that was scrapped after someone on the advance team tested positive for COVID, and a pivot to a lion-cage video with Logan Paul that ended early when MrBeast was hospitalized with a Crohn's disease flare-up. The eventual Antarctica video was titled \"I Survived 50 Hours In Antarctica,\" though the canceled 2022 plan is described in some accounts as a 48-hour survival shoot.","sourceName":"onlyhappynews.com, svg.com NAMES: MrBeast = Jimmy Donaldson, YouTube's most-subscribed creator. Casey Neistat = American YouTube filmmaker/vlogger and co-founde","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/BeastNews2026/status/2113271544587702472","claim":"OG YouTuber Casey Neistat just revealed he was a part of two scrapped @MrBeast videos: a 50-hour Antarctica challenge canceled due to COVID, and a video with Jimmy and Logan Paul trapped in a cage surrounded by lions, which ended early because Jimmy had a Chron's disease flare-up","author":"MrBeast Daily Updates (@BeastNews2026)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/BeastNews2026/status/2113271544587702472","name":"onlyhappynews.com, svg.com NAMES: MrBeast = Jimmy Donaldson, YouTube's most-subscribed creator. Casey Neistat = American YouTube filmmaker/vlogger and co-founde","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"MrBeast Daily Updates (@BeastNews2026)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792713534827-viral-segment-mrbeast-s-lion-cage-stunt-scrapped","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/viral","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792713534827-viral-segment-mrbeast-s-lion-cage-stunt-scrapped","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792713534827-viral-segment-mrbeast-s-lion-cage-stunt-scrapped and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Jake","text":"Let's switch gears. There's a Bluesky post about villain bobs going viral."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Villain bobs? Like the haircut?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"Yeah. Elviralor posted 'EVERYBODY CLOCK IN THE VILLAIN BOBS ARE GOING VIRAL.'"},{"host":"Nora","text":"I need to know what a villain bob is. Is this a TikTok thing?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"It's a sharp, blunt bob. Very 'I'm about to fire you and take your office.'"},{"host":"Nora","text":"So it's a haircut with a personality. I respect that."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The post has people clocking in like it's a shift. The internet loves a themed haircut."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I'm not getting one, but I support the movement."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And one more from Bluesky: Crab Man says everything started getting bad when the Viral Rabbi disappeared."},{"host":"Nora","text":"The Viral Rabbi? I have no idea who that is, but I believe it."},{"host":"Jake","text":"No context, just a eulogy for a lost internet figure. That's the Bluesky energy."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Honestly, the internet does feel worse since a lot of niche figures vanished. Maybe the Viral Rabbi was holding it together."},{"host":"Jake","text":"If the Viral Rabbi is listening, come back. We need you."}]}