YouTuber MrBeast has divided people on social media after sharing a TikTok video in which he claimed to "tip" a waitress a brand-new car.

The most-followed YouTuber in the world with 139 million subscribers - whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson - is known for his extravagant stunts and shared footage of his latest act of kindness.

In a clip posted to the video-sharing platform on March 27, MrBeast appeared to be sitting at a restaurant speaking to his server named Amy - according to a caption on the post.

"What's the biggest tip you've ever gotten?", he asked her, to which Amy revealed to him that it was around $50.

"Has anyone ever tipped a car?", Donaldson continued to ask before he handed the clearly stunned waitress a set of keys to a black Toyota sedan.

The server became skeptical and questioned whether the social media star was serious. At this point, he took her outside and unveiled to her a brand spanking new vehicle that he said was her "brand new car".

However, the car appeared to feature the word "Feastables" written on it - the name of Donaldson's chocolate brand - and the logo for his main YouTube channel also appeared on the car's hood.

Nevertheless, Amy appeared to tear up at the kind gesture and put her hand over her face. The YouTuber then said in response: "Oh wow, I wasn't expecting you to cry."

"I was literally late to work today because the Uber was slow," the waitress remarked as she got into the vehicle with Donaldson. "I'm in such shock right now. I don’t even know how to drive."

The video received a staggering 57.1 million views on the social media platform and was captioned: "Amy’s been getting to work without a car for months, thanks to you we changed that :-)"

Many users flooded the TikTok comment section with praise for the YouTuber and his astonishing tip, with one person penning: "Normal thing for someone like Mr. Beast."

A second user exclaimed: "You are the best!"

A third person added: "This guy just out here just putting faith back in humanity."

However over on Twitter, Mr.Beast faced criticism from people who claimed that the waitress' prize acts as a promotion for his brand and his chocolate line.

One user wrote: "So basically she has to do promotion for his company by driving the car. He also is getting a big tax write-off from this. But she gets a new(ish) car (with detailing [?]) instead of ubering. Oh, she has to pay for gas and insurance too."

Another interjected: "Don't get me wrong this is a nice thing but I wouldn’t love driving around a Feastables branded car. Maybe it was just for the video."

A third commented: "If Mr. Beast offered me a car plastered with his ugly corporate logo I would drive it directly into the side of a police station."

Donaldson has become well-known for his elaborate videos where he gives away large sums of money. Last year, he donated at least $3.2 million - as well as a $2.5 million jet and a private island - in challenge prizes, according to the YouTube videos he posted, per Insider.

His generous acts are often supported but in January, he defended himself against complaints over a controversial clip in which he paid for 1,000 people to have sight-restoring cataract surgery due to worries that patients were turning to a social media star to solve a medical problem.

He responded to the backlash, writing: "Twitter - Rich people should help others with their money. Me - Okay, I'll use my money to help people and I promise to give away all my money before I die. Every single penny. Twitter - MrBeast bad."

The tweet garnered 784.3K likes, with many people and prominent influencers sharing messages of support to YouTuber for his charitable efforts.

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Lockdown has inspired a lot of us to learn or do something new. Whether it's taking up a new hobby, writing that novel you've been thinking about for years, or, as was the case for this 11-year-old girl, transforming a derelict RV into a tiny home.

Lauren Nelson, 11, was inspired by an American Girl doll magazine to transform an old camper van into a gorgeous mini home and has spent two months in lockdown turning that dream into a reality.

Take a look inside the tiny home below: 

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In an interview with local news outlet WKBW, Aimee Nelson, her mother, said: "She showed us a $650 little VW bus that they sell. My husband was like, 'That's ridiculous, you could buy your own camper for that price.'"

Lauren then began to save up in the hope of finding an appropriate camper van, and she finally got lucky when she saw a "For Sale" sign on a neighbor's RV. "She squealed the whole way home," her mom said.

When the 11-year-old approached her neighbor, she discovered that the RV was being sold for $500. She only had $400, but she managed to negotiate the price down.

The pictures below detail the van's impressive before and after and exactly how much the transformation cost.

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"It wasn't very hard. He said '$500,' and I said '$400,' because that was the money I had in my bank account, and he said, 'Sold,'" Lauren recalled.

When the 11-year-old finally got her hands on the camper, the first step towards its transformation was a deep clean. "It was a process," said her mother. "We brought home a family of mice. So there was a lot of deep cleaning."

However, despite the huge task ahead, Lauren was motivated to put in the hard work required to have a place of her own and pulled it off with the help of her family, friends, and inspiration from HGTV's Tiny House Hunters.

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As these pictures demonstrate, the van's once drab interior now contains an airy, teal-hued working kitchen that's complemented by an all-white base that's got splatterings of color from decorations like pillows, flowers and patterned sheets on the bunk beds.

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Lauren searched Pinterest for frugal design ideas which resulted in the entire renovation, which includes a bedroom and a bathroom, costing just $400.

"I was very motivated with this camper, I really wanted a place where I could hang out, like my own house," Lauren said.

After completing the lockdown transformation, the 11-year-old dubbed her new hangout "Camp Hygge", which is a reference to the Scandinavian concept of coziness, and spends the majority of her time in the camper.

"She now says she's part of the tiny home nation," said her mother.

"If you're looking to have some big plans in the future, you should go out and do it. Make it happen," Lauren said after the family was inundated with people who were inspired to do similar things.

The 11-year-old hopes to pursue a career in home renovation - and judging by her amazing work here, she's more than capable of it!

A scuba-diving YouTuber, who is on an ongoing mission to locate missing people, found the car of two teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 2000 in Tennessee, CNN reports.

On December 1, authorities in White County confirmed that a car that matched the description of the vehicle used by 18-year-old Erin Foster and 17-year-old Jeremy Bechtel was found decades after the two went missing in April 2000.

In an interview with CNN, Jeremy Beau Sides whose YouTube channel is titled Exploring with the Nug, said he learned about the cold case as he searched through a missing persons database.

"When I saw two teens went missing and vanished in a car, that really stood out to me," Sides said. "When I looked at the town where they were last seen, I saw that a big river ran through it. That just told me to go."

Sides, who is a self-described one-man crew and records as well as edits entirely on his own, grabbed his equipment and made his way to Sparta, in White County, Tennessee.

Early on in his search for the missing adolescents, he had little success but in November, his initial video attracted the attention of one of Foster's relatives and through them, White County Sheriff Steve Page.

Page revealed in a statement that he contacted Sides to suggest searching in a different location - along the Calfkiller River.

That is where Sides discovered the vehicle that had been missing for decades.

The YouTuber shared footage of the moment he found the car, in which he is heard saying: "Whoa, oh OK, that's 100% a car in front of my face. I've been looking all day, and I finally found a car."

When Sides contacted the emergency services, the police team "arrived on the scene within minutes to investigate, which led to the confirmed match of the vehicle," authorities said.

The finding was exciting, but "sad because that means two teenagers have passed away," Sides added.

He also told the outlet that he hopes the discovery will help bring some closure and peace to families of the missing teenagers.  "Ultimately, I just want to help," he said.

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MrBeast has responded to the criticism he received after he tipped a waitress a brand new car that was covered in brand deals.

The most-followed YouTuber in the world with 139 million subscribers - whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson - is known for his large-scale acts of kindness.

On March 27, MrBeast took to TikTok to post a video of himself sitting at a restaurant and speaking to his server named Amy.

"What's the biggest tip you've ever gotten?" he asked the waitress, to which she revealed to him that it was around $50. He then asked her if she's ever been tipped a car and proceeded to hand her a set of keys to a black Toyota sedan.

The clearly stunned server was skeptical and questioned whether the social media star was serious. So, he took her outside and unveiled to her a brand spanking new vehicle that he said was hers entirely.

However, the car appeared to feature the word "Feastables" written on it - the name of Donaldson's chocolate brand - and the logo for his main YouTube channel also appeared on the car's hood.

However, Amy became emotional at the heartwarming gesture and put her hand over her face. The YouTuber then said in response: "Oh wow, I wasn't expecting you to cry," to which she remarked: "I'm in such shock right now. I don’t even know how to drive."

The TikTok received a staggering 68.1 million views on the social media platform and was captioned: "Amy’s been getting to work without a car for months, thanks to you we changed that :-)"

Despite the lovely action, MrBeast was slammed by viewers who accused him of turning Amy's present into an advertisement, with one person writing: "Just saying, if you're gonna give someone a used car, make sure you take off any extra things off of it so it doesn't looking I'm driving a giant ad. He could have at least gotten it repainted."

Another user said: "Cmon the fact he gave her a car that’s a giant, ugly advertisement for his products is ridiculous."

A third commented: "There's a f***ing Feastables ad slapped on it, so I'd be mad. doesn't seem like it's from the bottom of a charitable heart if it still comes down to selling your brand!"

Eventually, the YouTube star responded to the backlash on social media by sharing an unseen clip from that same day.

In the video, MrBeast tells Amy: "Enjoy the car! You can get rid of the logo too," but she responded: "It's kinda cool! It's kinda giving a little bit, isn't it?"

Happy with her response, Donaldson claps his hands together and says: "All right! I agree," with the clip concluding with the waitress telling him: "I think I'm gonna keep it."

However, the world's most followed YouTuber assured viewers in the caption that he "ended up taking the logo off anyways".

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The internet is a funny old place and it doesn't get much weirder than Craigslist. The website, which allows people to post adverts for a variety of different things - whether it be jobs, spare rooms, adult personals or selling cars, is a breeding ground for weirdos - as one unlucky seller found out.

Taking to the website, one man called Tyler was looking to sell his classic mini and put it up for sale on Craiglist. The car collector was hoping to find a good home for his car, which he wasn't willing to let go on the cheap. However, one man who appeared in his texts to make an offer couldn't get his head around the fact that the price was firm. What followed, was a bizarre exchange that featured racism, misspelt texts and scenes of an extremely strange nature, check it out below.

After messaging Tyler saying that he is willing to offer $12,000 for the mini, Tyler issue a diplomatic response in which he said people tend to view the cars before they purchase them.

"I think we're too far apart to come to a deal that would make sense for either of us. Most people tend to look at the car first before making an offer, just friendly advice for any other cars you might be looking at. Thanks"

However, the bidder seemed to find the response insulting and instantly went on the attack - adding in a bit of racism for good measure.

"Friendly advice -----> I can't imagine you are selling a lemon and asking for $14 thousand. And to when I buy a car I bring a lunch bag full of 100 dollar bills pay for it and go but 14 for a mini you better throw in a Chinese girl that gives me a massage with happy ending."

Staying polite, Tyler wished the bidder well with his search, but he wasn't taking no for an answer. He came back and offered up $12,500 for the car - which Tyler informed him was "not happening."

Then, the bidder went on a bizarre - almost unreadable - rant in which he accused Tyler of being a Republican and took issue with people driving foreign cars:

"I do t know why you this car is worth 14 thousand. And you probably believe in a America first and believe republicans have all the and how.

"wrong everyone else is. It's a dirty British car not a rare mustang. It a British car not a rare dodge you see you old guy drive a a Chinese car and p"

"ut a. Trump sticker on it at the end of the day you guys are the problem of this great nation we have to wait until you all die be for it once a gain a g

"reat nation I can't a ford a foreign can that's why I buy American car and I am proud of but you probably drive a Lexus to the supermarket."

As a result of the constant messaging, Tyler then informed the man that he wanted $15,000 for the car. Again, this brought about another rant.

"Ask more for a foreign car interesting thing when I travel around the world people don't drive American cars there to proud of there own brands ask $60 thousand. America First"

After Tyler suggested that the bidder sounds like he doesn't even like Mini's, the bidder sais he will invest the money into America (?) and leave Tyler to have their car - calling him an "old fart" for good measure.

Tyler then lets the bidder know that he is, in fact, 25 and that this is the third mini he has sold. The bidder then appears to claim that he is 12 and says that Tyler has sold his cars to "idiots."

"Yes and I 12 Every country has there idiots and there geniuses. What can I tell you . You have luck with the idiots."

I mean, if you're trying to negotiate the price on anything, whether it's a loaf of bread or a car, maybe don't descend into a racist rant. In fact, don't be racist at any time whatsoever.