'Tone deaf' YouTuber accused of 'begging' for donations after streaming channel ban over McLaren car crash

The YouTuber who crashed his McLaren on a live-stream while supposedly being on his phone has been blasted by social media users after 'begging' for donations online.

Jack Doherty, 21, has been the talk of the town since his dramatic collision with a railing on a busy highway in Miami, Florida, on Sunday (6 October), as footage of the shocking incident subsequently went viral.

While behind the wheel of his high-powered £150,000 supercar, the content creator was live-streaming his journey on Kick - but he has now been given the boot from the platform due to his reckless behaviour.

In the alarming video, Doherty was seen driving down the highway in the pouring rain while appearing to use his phone, when he suddenly lost control of the car and veered into some railings.

His pal Michael David, who was sat in the front seat, appeared to be bleeding from the face when he emerged from the wreckage - but the YouTuber shockingly thrust a camera towards him and told him to 'film'.

Needless to say, people aren't pleased with Doherty's approach to driving, or how he handled the crash.

The Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) announced it has launched an investigation into the incident, while the social media star has been sharing updates on other platforms about the aftermath of it.

But Doherty has been branded 'tone deaf' after uploading a shirtless picture of him stood next to the wreckage of his McLaren on the side of the highway - as, surely, an Instagram thirst trap should have been the last thing on his mind.

And he's now managed to aggravate people even more, after turning to TikTok to seemingly make a few quid following his ban from Kick.

Social media users have been speculating that Doherty might be seriously concerned about where his career will go from here after he hopped on a TikTok live and urged people to send him gifts, likes and donations.

In footage which is currently sweeping X, the young YouTuber can be heard saying: "Everyone double-tap the screen, we’re almost at a million likes guys, let’s see how fast we can hit it!

"[TikTok user] thank you for the galaxy, bro. I just followed you back. Guys, let’s see how fast you can hit my galaxy [target] – I’m going to follow everyone back once we hit it. Appreciate y'all."

Despite claiming he was grateful for the support, Doherty couldn't help but sneak a humble brag in there when the topic of his car crash was brought up after one person asked him how it all happened.

The live-streamer responded: "I literally hydroplaned. I’m in a McLaren in the pouring rain, what do you expect? You guys have never drove [sic] a McLaren."

But people thought that kind of comment was a bit rich coming from a 21-year-old who appeared to be a bit too keen when encouraging people to send him cash on TikTok.

One said: "Begging for money and then saying 'you guys never drove a McLaren' is crazy lmao."

Another wrote: "Biggest fall off of all time."

A third added: "Someone is in damage control mode, would love him to do a manual job for a year at minimum wage.

"Might do the guy some good and build character."

A fourth added: "'You guys have never drove a McLaren,’ is so tone deaf while you’re asking for donations."

And a fifth wrote: "Bro got perma banned on kick and this is his last resort?? LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."

Jack Doherty is currently on TikTok Live begging for gifts after crashing his McLaren and getting banned on KICK 😭 pic.twitter.com/sNOf1kuTx0

— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) October 7, 2024

Doherty's older brother Michael, 22, has since spoken out about the controversy too, claiming that the YouTuber was not distracted by live-streaming or his phone prior to losing control of the car.

He told the Daily Mail his younger sibling was on his phone 'about a minute or two prior' and instead blamed the crash on him going over a 'puddle'.

Michael said: "What really happened was that he hit a pocket of water, and McLarens are pretty notorious for spinning out. He hydroplaned into the barrier and kind of over corrected, which is someone's first instinct.

"When you hydroplane, you want to correct the other way, and that caused him to spin out."