James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

MrBeast took to social media to share that he had been approached by a number of billionaires who are eager to assist him in making the purchase

MrBeast shared a video on TikTok pleading with the company to let him save the application for millions of its users in the US.

MrBeast is part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.

MrBeast is leading efforts to buy TikTok, teaming up with a group of billionaires to prevent the app from being banned in the U.S.

The YouTube sensation has proposed buying TikTok as a unique solution to stop the social platform from being banned in the U.S.

This time with his claim that he's ready to buy TikTok. With the U.S. ban on the popular social media platform set to take effect on January 19, Donaldson took to X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week to share his bold idea.

MrBeast stated he's willing to buy TikTok so it's not banned in the United States. The YouTuber, real name James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, took to X formerly Twitter to make that declaration on Monday,