Not everyone was happy that Tana Mongeau won "Creator of the Year" at the 2019 Streamys — not even, it seems, her "husband" Jake Paul. Multiple YouTubers, including Paul, thought the award should have gone to 21-year-old Jimmy Donaldson, known on the platform as MrBeast.
Donaldson successfully raised $20 million for his #TeamTrees initiative to plant 20 million trees through the Arbor Day Foundation, and quickly rose to viral fame for his engaging stunts and challenges on YouTube.
On an episode of "Impaulsive," Logan Paul's podcast, his younger brother said that people who win awards like the Streamys aren't the ones "who should be winning the awards most of the time."
Logan asked Jake if Mongeau "correctly won that award," and Paul said no, and that Donaldson should have.
Mongeau quote-tweeted an article about the "Impaulsive" episode and said she agrees.
"beast did something this year that changed the world & deserved it above anyone," she wrote. "i agree & respect honesty. i'm very lucky to have fans that voted the way they did.. 2020 i strive to support ppl the way they support me."
—Tana Mongeau (@tanamongeau) December 22, 2019
Paul replied to her tweet and wrote that people were taking his quote "way 2 wrong."
"im so f---ing proud of u & I wouldn't even label you as a 'creator,'" Paul replied. "ur a celebrity.. u get paparazzi'd everywhere u go.. u have 2 MTV shows & ur not a typical 'youtube creator.' beast wakes up everyday thinking about youtube [sic]."
Mongeau liked his reply, but she also liked a fan's tweet that criticized Paul's response.
"By constantly telling tana that she didn't deserve it, is going to hurt her," the fan wrote. "It's not like she could've helped winning? Her fans voted for her. So let's just accept it and move on?"
Since winning the award, Mongeau has reiterated in tweets and social media posts that she feels undeserving of it. She even said in her acceptance speech that she never felt like she'd be a "Creator of the Year" and didn't feel like one.
"Creator of the Year" was one of two Streamys that was audience choice. Mongeau was nominated alongside Donaldson, late-night host Lilly Singh, David Dobrik, Emma Chamberlain, and more, but she was the only creator to heavily promote her nomination on Twitter. Her fans voted overwhelmingly for Mongeau, in large part because of the self-promotion.
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