YouTube star turned WWE heel Logan Paul claims that Egypt barred him from entering the country — and would even ban MrBeast from filming in the pyramids if he came along.
On February 8, 2025, Jimmy ‘MrBeast‘ Donaldson uploaded one of his biggest videos yet, where he and his buddies explored the Egyptian pyramids for 100 hours.
The YouTuber teased the massive project previously, saying that he and his crew had gotten unrestricted access to some tombs and rooms that “no one’s seen publicly.”
Fellow internet celebrity Logan Paul wanted to be involved, too… but MrBeast gave him some bad news.
Egypt banned Logan Paul from entering to film MrBeast video
As fans will know, MrBeast’s pyramid video did not feature Paul, who said he was keen on getting to visit Egypt and see the pyramids for himself. He’s also been featured in several of Donaldson’s past videos, and was under the impression that he’d be able to join.
However, Paul claimed that the Egyptian government wouldn’t let him in to film, as told in a vlog on February 19.
“MrBeast just uploaded a new video exploring the pyramids or something, and I love the pyramids, so I was like, ‘Jimmy, can I come?’ And he’s like, ‘For sure, dude,’” Logan began.
“And then a week later he calls me and he’s like, ‘Dude, unfortunately, the Egyptian government said that you can’t come, otherwise we can’t come.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, what?’
“I know I piss people off, but the Egyptian government? I’ve never even been to Egypt! Why can’t I come to the pyramids, Jimmy? And he said, ‘I don’t know, the government specifically said you are the only person who cannot come on this trip.’”
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While Logan joked that the video was “tanking” anyway, it’s since garnered over 125 million views in the week since it was posted, marking just one of many accomplishments for MrBeast’s career as of late.
In fact, the most-subscribed YouTuber of all time just wrapped up his Beast Games reality show on Amazon Prime — a project that broke multiple world records and made him work as hard as a “professional athlete” to complete.
Egypt isn’t the only country Logan Paul has had trouble with; although the YouTuber infamously earned worldwide backlash for his actions in Japan’s Aokigahara Forest in 2017, he claims the government hasn’t banned him from visiting.