After a series of suggestive tweets and a barrage of enthusiasm from fans, people really expected that YouTuber MrBeast was going to fork out the big bucks to get PewDiePie a commercial during last week’s Super Bowl.
MrBeast had been hinting for a while that he’d be paying for a commercial to air during the event in aid of the PDP Vs. T-Series subs war, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.
t’s been suggested that the cost of 30 seconds of Super Bowl screen time would set you back almost $6 million, leading people to speculate that the PDP commercial was just too pricey.
Instead of the advert, MrBeast and co. wore t-shirts to tell the worldwide audience just how to defeat T-Series, making it onto the screen. Several times. Check it out below!
Our shirts are right behind the missed field goal 😭 https://t.co/UX34ZheRAR
— MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) February 4, 2019
People are pretty impressed that MrBeast managed to sneak PDP into the Super Bowl at all, even if he didn’t get a commercial lined up, but MrBeast explained just what happened in a tweet after the event.
When asked by a fan what happened to the commercial, he responded: “My plan was to sell sub to pewdiepie shirts and use the money to buy the commercial (like a 10 second one) but once I started setting the plan into motion I learned that the network might deny the ad and I got scared I’d raise lots of money and get stuck with it.”
My plan was to sell sub to pewdiepie shirts and use the money to buy the commercial (like a 10 second one) but once I started setting the plan into motion I learned that the network might deny the ad and I got scared I’d raise lots of money and get stuck with it. https://t.co/FhxzusXAZ9
— MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) February 4, 2019
They are pretty strict on what they show.
I just didn’t want to raise a million dollars and then not deliver (aka scam people) so I did the next best thing with the shirts. pic.twitter.com/QmBFhTCmuJ
— MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) February 4, 2019
Oh well, maybe next year the Super Bowl will be more prepared to let him do it?
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