Redeem now - An 8-year-old boy with a hearing disability was pranked by two men pretending to work for MrBeast.
- The pranksters told the boy and his dad that if they filled up a Target cart, they could keep the contents.
- Now, MrBeast is trying to find the boy to make it right.
MrBeast is trying to track down an 8-year-old fan after the boy was pranked by two men pretending to work with the YouTube star.
Gabe Lyles and his dad were shopping at a Connecticut Target over the weekend when two men approached them.
They claimed they worked with MrBeast — one of YouTube's biggest stars — and invited the father and son to be in a video for his channel, according to local outlet WFSB.
"They said they wanted to do a fill-a-cart challenge where we would be blindfolded, within 30 seconds whatever we could put within the cart they would pay for," TJ Lyles, the boy's father, told WFSB.
MrBeast's videos often feature challenges where he gives away free stuff, so the pair agreed to it, thinking it was normal, WFSB reported.
TJ told his son, who's a MrBeast megafan, that he must have been chosen because he has a hearing impairment, according to WFSB.
But once blindfolded, TJ and Gabe heard the men running away and realized it was just a prank.
"It broke my heart because I thought my dreams were coming true," Gabe told WFSB.
Now MrBeast is trying to find the boy to make it right. The star responded to a Twitter post about the cruel prank, writing "Give me his info!!"
Within an hour, several people had already responded to MrBeast, linking the father's Facebook profile.
It's not clear what MrBeast intends to do once he gets in contact with Gabe and his dad. His reps didn't immediately respond to our request for comment.
Even before MrBeast's involvement, The Commission for Persons with Disabilities in Gabe's town gave him a $200 gift Target card, which the store matched — letting him finally have his shopping spree, WFSB reported.
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