Ava Kris Tyson, one of the co-hosts of MrBeast on YouTube, has announced that she is leaving “all things MrBeast” following allegations that she groomed a minor. Tyson denied the allegation and wrote in a post on X that she “didn’t want these allegations to impact the hundreds of people who work at MrBeast, which is why I stepped aside.”
“I would like to apologize for any past behavior or comments if I have hurt or offended anyone. It was not my intention,” Tyson wrote on X. “Seeing recent events, we have mutually decided that it is best to permanently step away from all things MrBeast and social media to focus on my family and mental health.”
Tyson has been friends with MrBeast since the beginning of his career and regularly appears in his videos, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views.
A video allegedly containing evidence of Tyson allegedly engaging in inappropriate conversations with a minor online was uploaded to YouTube in June by a channel called Prism42. In the video, broadcaster Prism claimed that Tyson had a friendship with a 13-year-old boy, who goes by @LavaGS, when she was 20, sharing screenshots on X that allegedly show Tyson making lewd jokes with the minor. Prism also claimed that Lava, at age 16, met with Tyson in an “isolated area.”
Tyson and Lava denied the accusations raised in the video. “I never prepared anyone,” Tyson wrote in X. “The person who is raised on these accusations @LavaGS vocally supported that they are fake.
Lava denied the allegations about X, calling them “massive lies.”
“Ava never did anything wrong and only made a few cheeky jokes. I was never exploited or taken advantage of,” Lava wrote. “This situation alienates children who are actively exploited online every day. I am not a victim of anything claimed in these videos or in any way.”
YouTube drama channel Daniel Keem (aka Keemstar) shared a message from Lava on X that read: “I was NOT groomed by Kris Tyson. I didn’t meet Kris Tyson alone, I met Kris and the MrBeast team with my family in attendance. I had a disagreement with Kris Tyson when she was 13, and bold and inappropriate jokes were made, that’s it.”
Tyson apologized to “anyone [she] hurt by my unacceptable social media posts, past actions, and to those who may feel betrayed by the way I [she] I used to act online.” Since coming out as trans last year, Tyson has faced growing online harassmentand the allegations in the video generated a wave of transphobic attacks this week.
Tyson and Lava could not immediately be reached for comment. As of publication, MrBeast has not released any statement regarding Tyson’s departure.
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