Elon Musk and MrBeast have a complicated friendship — and it may be beginning to turn sour

MrBeast and Elon Musk's friendship may be souring.Icon Sportswire, Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Getty Images

• The world's richest man and YouTube's biggest star have a long-standing friendship.
• Elon Musk and Jimmy Donaldson, AKA MrBeast, have quipped back and forth on social media for years.

Elon Musk and YouTube's biggest star, MrBeast, have had a long-standing friendship based on back-and-forth quips on social media.

But their relationship may be beginning to sour, judging by Musk's notorious dislike for his critics.

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has more than 220 million subscribers on YouTube.

The 25-year-old is known for his philanthropy, social experiments, and various entrepreneurial ventures.

So it's no surprise he and the world's richest man hit it off.

However, in recent months, Donaldson has not shied away from questioning Musk's attempts to draw big creators to X, formerly Twitter, and criticizing some of the billionaire's more rash decisions.

The move may mean the two aren't buddies for much longer.