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Why MrBeast Almost QUIT YouTube…

7 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "Why MrBeast Almost QUIT YouTube…" created on August 7, 2025, featuring a personal account from MrBeast about a challenging experience at customs that made him question his career choice.

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One of the worst experiences of my life that actually made me want to quit was, you know, I filmed all day internationally, didn't have much sleep, flew back into America, and you have to do customs. The line is just, like, zigzag, super long. I'm like, hoodie up, staring at the ground. No one talked to me. I haven't slept. And it's just like, one little kid looks up, that's Mr. Beast. And then all of a sudden, everyone's just running up and down the lines and asking for photos and tugging on my hoodie and being like, whoa, what's your next video? This is that. And I'm stuck in the middle of the line. It's not like I can go anywhere. I call one of, like, TSA people over. I was like, can I please just, like, go stand over there? Can I just go the pilot lines, anything? And she's like, oh, well, I'm just sit janitor's closet, just hiding from a mob of people for, like, 45 minutes, sleep deprived. And I'm like, is this really what I want?