YouTube megastar MrBeast is currently having a flourishing ride in the community. His newest video, “1,000 Blind People See For The First Time,” was an immense success for the YouTuber. However, some critical comments questioned the authenticity of the video. But a patient cured through the YouTuber’s feats has put in great words.
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has been known to lavishly gift strangers through challenges to fulfill the entertainment quotient in his videos. He is also known for his philanthropic deeds. His last video, where he paid for the treatment of 1,000 blind people, sets an example. And one of the people shown in the video has come forward to share his experience.
A patient from a recent video of MrBeast voice praising and assuring words for his heroic deed
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The media organization Insider shared an interview with Jeffrey Yaple, one of the patients featured in the video. Yaple is a 64-year-old man from Jacksonville, Florida, who had cataracts for two years and had sight issues since he was 15. He signed up for “Vision is Priceless,” a Florida-based initiative. This initiative’s president Dr. Jeffrey Levenson had collaborated with MrBeast. Thus, Yaple got the news of his eye surgery being paid for by MrBeast.
Yaple agreed not to have known anything about MrBeast before the surgery. Recalling his meeting with Jimmy, he said, “I shook his hand twice and thanked him out of gratitude, but I also chatted to him like he was a regular guy because I didn’t realize how big of a deal he was at the time. Maybe if I’d had watched some of his videos beforehand, I would have been more starstruck, but he was just like another kid to me. “
Yaple shared his experience after the surgery by saying, “After my surgery was done, and they took the bandages off, my brain was overloaded with information. The whites of my eyes were really white and the blues were really blue. Now, every day I wake up, and I can see my brand new TV. It’s a great feeling, to see again.” Therefore, one can absorb that MrBeast’s heroic deed was, in fact, a meaningful one for the people.
Yaple supports Jimmy amid the hate received on the internet
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Yaple was able to see the video in January and even caught his reaction to being able to see his watch after the surgery. He was also aware of the ‘heat’ that Jimmy had been getting regarding the video. Addressing this issue, he said, “I personally don’t think he was doing this for publicity. Everything he does is going to generate publicity because he’s so famous, but I’m pretty sure this was from the heart.”
He admitted that MrBeast’s efforts inspired him to help people in need. He was overwhelmed by Jimmy’s efforts as he could now support his family and is looking forward to driving soon.
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Thus, this was the experience of a patient who recovered through MrBeast’s feat. What was your response to the video of MrBeast? Do tell us in the comments below.
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