What We Know About MrBeast And Thea Booysen's Relationship

YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson is known for continuously building on his success and always being on the lookout for the next new thing. In 2022, he found romance with a fellow streamer. Not long after his last relationship ended, rumors began circulating that MrBeast was seeing someone new: Twitch streamer and YouTuber Thea Booysen, a.k.a. TheaBeasty. These rumors were fueled by the pair repeatedly appearing together at major events, and they were finally confirmed by Booysen herself on social media. Her Instagram account is now full of photos of the pair together, leaving no doubt of their status.

In the time since they went public, both MrBeast and Booysen have opened up a bit in interviews about how they met and their current relationship. They have emphasized that they hit it off right away and are a great match for each other, sharing important interests and values regarding their personal and professional lives. Thea has also notably stood by MrBeast during some particularly rocky times, much to the surprise of some of her fans.

Speaking to the "Flagrant 2" podcast, MrBeast explained that he met Booysen in South Africa while he was on his way to film in Antarctica. When his trip was canceled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Antarctic base, he ended up staying in South Africa for a few days and met his current girlfriend through a mutual friend while out at dinner.

MrBeast said that he was immediately attracted to her, but still had to ask her a series of questions to test their compatibility. He apparently "put her through the ringer" to verify that she had hobbies and a passion for learning. Booysen verified this account on the "Wide Awake" podcast, though she also revealed that MrBeast was able to play it cool amidst all his questioning. At the time, according to Booysen, she thought they were just "having the best conversation ever," and only learned later what MrBeast was up to. The pair impressed each other at this meeting, with both coming away with the feeling that they were a good match. After that, they began talking on social media, which eventually led MrBeast to begin making more trips to South Africa to visit Booysen.

Since getting together, Booysen has said that "it's like... [MrBeast] was written out of a book just for me." For his part, Mr. Beast has expressed gratitude that he's met someone who enjoys learning and self improvement as much as him and that they can share those passions with each other. A date night for the pair could be staying in and reading or watching a documentary and they've passed the long times apart playing Scrabble on their phones with one another.

The fact that they live in different countries in different parts of the world makes getting together a challenge for the couple, but they are currently making it work. It appears that MrBeast has found someone that can match his passion for work and learning, while Booysen has found someone that can keep up with her on an intellectual level. The two certainly appear perfect for each other, and both are working to make it work in the long term.

Right out of the gate, MrBeast and Thea Booysen found themselves in a long distance relationship. After all, the pair only met by chance when a canceled video shoot caused MrBeast to get stuck in South Africa for a few extra days, so they knew what they were getting themselves into from the very beginning. MrBeast spends so much time traveling for his YouTube channel that the couple was always bound to spend some time apart. Their long distance commitment got even more serious a year into their relationship.

Booysen does some of her own content creation work on YouTube and Twitch, but that isn't really her main interest. In 2023, she began pursuing a master's degree in neuropsychology at the University of Edinburgh. Booysen left her home in South Africa and moved all the way to Scotland, but the distance didn't change the logistics of her relationship with MrBeast. Not long after starting the master's program, Booysen made her feelings on the distance known in a post to X (then Twitter), saying, "Long distance sucks." Luckily for the couple, the master's program won't last forever. Their long distance days are definitely numbered.

Whether Booysen is at home in South Africa or at school in Edinburgh, the couple spends most of their time half a world apart. However, it sounds like both Booysen and MrBeast plans to close that distance in the near future. Booysen admitted on a podcast that they've been looking at buying a house together.

Booysen was on an episode of "The Gareth Cliff Show" when she talked about going house-hunting with MrBeast. According to her, they've talked quite a bit about their long-term plans for the future: "I'm going to do my studies here in Scotland," Booysen said, "and the idea is to sort of, I want to say, immigrate." Booysen said that she'll always spend part of her time in South Africa, because that's where her family and many of her friends live, but when she finishes school, she plans on moving in with MrBeast in the United States. The couple has scoped out some possible places to live for when that day finally arrives, but they've still got plenty of time to figure out where to put down their roots.

MrBeast might be the biggest YouTuber in the world, but he's not the only one in this relationship who's putting out content on the web. Thea Booysen is a streamer and content creator all on her own, though she doesn't have quite as many followers as her boyfriend. Booysen's YouTube channel (TheaBeasty), currently boasts over 37,000 subscribers. It would probably be even bigger if Booysen were able to devote more time to her content, but her upload schedule has slowed down significantly since enrolling in the master's program.

Booysen and MrBeast keep their YouTube channels separate for the most part, but there have been a few occasions where one or the other has made a guest appearance in a video. For instance, MrBeast popped over to Booysen's channel to play "Gwent" early into their relationship, while Booysen showed up in MrBeast's "100 Boys vs 100 Girls for $500,000" video. On an episode of the "Wide Awake Podcast," Booysen explained why she avoids being in MrBeast's videos, even though she enjoys working with him. "I'd never ask him to be on a video," Booysen said, "I also don't want it to seem like, you know if I accidentally win, it might look like it was planned." For understandable reasons, the couple tries to keep their relationship mostly off-camera.

Summer 2024 turned out to be a rough time for MrBeast, as the YouTuber and his crew were rocked by one scandal after another. First, his longtime friend and collaborator Ava Tyson faced serious allegations of grooming, sexual assault, and exchanging inappropriate messages with underage fans. The ensuing controversy caused some to start scrutinizing MrBeast more intensely, and the YouTuber was forced to apologize when fans dug up old videos in which he used racist and homophobic slurs. Then news broke that contestants in MrBeast's "Beast Games" TV show were getting injured while shooting, and former MrBeast employees started coming forward with disturbing accusations about other dangerous shoots and general bad behavior from MrBeast himself.

As all this came tumbling out, one concerned fan posted a since-deleted comment on one of Thea Booysen's YouTube videos. According to Dexerto, the commenter urged Booysen to get away from MrBeast, and she responded by defending her boyfriend. "There is so much that is not being said, I wish I could talk more about the situation," she wrote. "Half the things that are said are not true, I wouldn't be with him if they were." Much of the internet might be turning on MrBeast, but it appears Booysen is fully prepared to defend his reputation.

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