MrBeast side kick Chris Tyson was accused of abandoning his two-year-old son after he started hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and has since hit back at critics.
Tyson, 26, who says he uses no pronouns, revealed in early April that he started his “life-saving” HRT two months ago.
He has since faced anti-transgender comments and critics have questioned his fathering abilities, but his friend Mr. Best, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has publicly defended him.
After Youtuber SunnyV2 made a video titled “Why Chris is soon to be a nightmare for @MrBeast,” Donaldson posted on Twitter: “Yeah. This is ridiculous. Chris isn’t ‘my nightmare’, he’s my sweet friend and things are fine.
“All this transphobia is starting to bother me.”
Tyson (right, pictured March 4, 2023), 26, who says he uses no pronouns, revealed that he started his “life-saving” hormone replacement therapy two months ago. He has since faced anti-transgender comments and critics have even questioned his fatherly abilities, but his friend Mr. Best (left), whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has publicly defended him.
The backlash began after Tyson (pictured with his son Tucker in May 2022) changed his Twitter profile picture from one of him and his two-year-old son, Tucker, to a sketch of himself with long hair. A Twitter user named Cody responded to the change, saying, “Chris had a completely healthy nuclear family which has been shown to give kids the best outcomes in life, and many studies back this up.” But Chris chose, keyword chosen, to sacrifice that to fulfill his own selfish fantasy of being a woman.
Tyson, 26, (pictured two weeks ago) revealed how his physical appearance was ‘really starting to change’ after two months of treatment
The backlash began after Tyson changed his Twitter profile picture from one of him and his two-year-old son, Tucker, to a sketch of himself with long hair.
A Twitter user named Cody responded to the photo change, saying, “Chris had a completely healthy nuclear family which has been shown to give children the best outcomes in life, and many studies back this up.”
“But Chris chose, keyword chosen, to sacrifice that to fulfill his own selfish fantasy of being a woman.”
With his accusations, the man published pictures of Tyson, his family, his wife, Katie Tyson, and their son, Tucker.
The man added, “Chris loves his son, I have no doubts. But his selfishness and pervertedness were a top priority. He even shares pictures of his son in girls’ heels.”
‘But this is not grooming properly?’ He even pushes his selfish idol onto his son.
He went on to say that all the Youtuber’s money would not buy him happiness nor his son’s “understanding of why he lost his father and his second mother”.
The YouTuber also demanded to “accept” himself and “take his family back” after claiming that Tyson would “never be a woman”.
Tyson defended the image change and criticized being a father while living as a gender non-conforming person.
“I just don’t want more pictures of Tucker than I have to,” he reasoned, adding last week: “I’m not going to let people talk about how I ‘gave up my baby.’ is the only priority in my life.”
I have his love and support and that’s all I need. I’m doing this for him. If this confuses you, educate yourself. This makes you crazy leaves. basic.’
Despite facing a lot of criticism since revealing his HRT treatment, Tyson said he was “really happy” that his announcement helped people educate themselves about HRT and “how it can and has helped so many people.”
“HRT’s informed consent saved my life and the lives of many others,” the star, who has appeared in dozens of videos alongside YouTube’s biggest star MrBeast, tweeted on April 6. The hurdles that gender non-conforming people must jump through to access life-saving gender-affirming health care in a first-world country is outrageous to me.
The backlash began after Tyson changed his Twitter profile picture from one of him and his two-year-old son, Tucker, to a sketch of himself with long hair.
A Twitter user criticized Tyson for wearing his son shiny silver shoes
Tyson, who came out as bisexual in November 2020, credited Tucker with helping him get through his treatment
“Just let people make informed decisions about their bodies.”
Tyson, who revealed that he had struggled with gender dysphoria for years, said he decided to start HRT two months ago and that being a parent to his son helped his decision to start treatment.
144 million YouTube subscribers, he previously showed his support for his co-star by replying to “Gotchu” with several heart emojis on one of Tyson’s tweets.
Estrogens are usually prescribed to people assigned male at birth because it suppresses testosterone and allows people to better align with their gender identity.
Tyson, has a two-year-old son named Tucker with Katie Tyson, and got married in June 2018.
It is not clear what the status of their relationship is after the YouTuber announced his HRT treatment. Rumors circulated on social media that they had separated, but this was not dealt with by either of them.
Tyson, who revealed that he had suffered from gender dysphoria for years, said he decided to start HRT two months ago. Pictured: Tyson with wife Katie Tyson in 2019
Tyson has a 2-year-old son named Tucker with Katie Tyson, whom he married in June 2018 (pictured together). It is not clear what the status of their relationship is after the YouTuber announced his HRT treatment
Tyson, who came out as bisexual in November 2020, credited Tucker with helping him get through his treatment. The YouTuber tweeted, “If I didn’t have this little lump, I would never have gotten this far.”
It has taught me so much about myself in such a short time. I can’t wait to learn through life together.
The number of transgender people who undergo surgery and hormonal treatments to transition has increased sharply in recent years – particularly in the United States.
Tyson revealed he was going through HRT after a Twitter user shared side-by-side photos of him before and after treatment, while asking “bro happened.”
“HRT, it’s only been two months,” Tyson wrote in response, adding that he had been learning about his gender dysphoria for 21 years after discovering his sister’s dresses in her closet.
