Isla Taylor
MrBeast — if you ever see this, just get f***ed!😠🖕 Hey everyone, I’m Isla. I’m 33, a support worker over in Coventry, and a single mum to my little boy Ethan. He’s eight. I don’t come from money, I don’t own a thing. Not even a partner to split the bills with. Just me and my lad. Rent on our one-bed flat is £950 a month. Once bills and debts are sorted, that’s literally half my monthly wage gone before I even start. Half the time I’m checking if I’ve got enough left for a loaf of bread. I work myself to absolute exhaustion. Early shifts, night shifts, helping people with their daily routines, being the shoulder to cry on when their own families never visit them. I come home so knackered I can barely pull my shoes off. And with it being the middle of summer — that muggy, stifling heat that doesn't clear up at night — my electric bill went through the roof. I literally felt sick just looking at it. Some nights after Ethan was asleep, I’d sit out on our tiny balcony and just cry. Quietly, so he wouldn't hear me. All I wanted was to stop counting every single penny and worrying about the future every five minutes... The thing that broke me was Ethan. He came home from school one day and asked, “Mum, can I go to Friday football club?”, because all his mates go. £245 a term. And I had to say no. Told him maybe next month, and he just went “OK” dead quietly and walked off to his room. I completely lost it that night. The strap on his football boots was literally held together with a bobble, and I couldn't even give him 245 quid. One of the ladies I work with, Debbie, showed me something on her phone on our break. She goes, “Em, how long are you gonna kill yourself for pennies, love?” She’d seen MrBeast — you all know him, the massive YouTuber who gives away millions — talking about this app called Beast Games. She decided to give it a go and hit a couple of bonuses. Showed me the screenshots of the money landing in her bank straight away via Faster Payments.
