Logan Paul‘s recent podcast episode with SteveWillDoIt has exposed the WWE star’s desperate attempt to portray himself as a dominant “alpha male” figure, but the strategy backfired spectacularly. What was clearly designed as a content trap to humiliate his guest instead revealed Paul’s own insecurities and manipulative tactics.
The setup was transparent from the start. Despite knowing about Steve’s well-documented struggles with alcohol, Logan and co-host Mike Majlak handed him an entire bottle of tequila within the first fifteen minutes of recording. They even provided Prime as a chaser to help it go down easier.
Once Steve was sufficiently intoxicated, they began prodding and baiting him, hoping to capture viral moments of erratic behavior. When Steve inevitably acted drunk, Logan and Mike feigned surprise and disgust, with Logan claiming he would have slapped him if they weren’t recording.
Paul stated: “I can’t believe he hasn’t gotten hit. I’m just shocked no one’s beat the s**t out of him. If we weren’t on this podcast, I’d slap him up like the second time he said something.”
This manufactured confrontation was Logan’s attempt to assert dominance and appear tough—the classic alpha male posturing he craves. Logan wants desperately to be seen as a hardened, Navy SEAL-type figure, despite his actual occupations being theatrical wrestling and podcasting. His need for scripted toughness is so pronounced that he literally writes his WWE wrestling lines on his hands to sound somewhat entertaining on the mic.
The power dynamic Logan tried to establish became even more apparent through his relentless “pocket-watching”—repeatedly questioning how Steve makes his money. Logan pressed this point at least ten times throughout the episode, clearly intending to imply that Steve was lying about his wealth. This interrogation tactic was designed to make Steve appear defensive and inferior, with Logan positioning himself as the skeptical authority figure exposing a fraud.
However, Steve eventually caught on to the disrespect and began dishing it back—particularly when calling out Mr. Beast for being “fake” off camera. This struck a nerve with Logan, whose lunchly partnership with Mr. Beast represents significant income.
Steve stated: “For seven years, I’ve been giving away so much money…. I think I’m the number one person like in the space that has given money away off camera.”
Paul retorted by saying: “Not more than Mr. Beast. You’re giving away money off camera?”
Steve sticks to his words, saying: “More than anybody.”
Logan’s paper-thin skin became evident as he defensively insisted that Mr. Beast “cares about people,” despite Steve’s valid point that Beast ghosted him immediately after his channel was terminated.
Logan’s attempt to paint himself as the mature, reasonable authority figure crumbled as he became increasingly agitated.
His co-host Mike Majlak’s patronizing question—”How are you doing?”—directed at a clearly intoxicated Steve, was designed to position themselves as the responsible adults in the room.
The episode’s title, “Steve Will Do It Crashes Out on Mr. Beast and Logan Paul,” further demonstrates their strategy to frame Steve as the problem while absolving themselves of responsibility for deliberately getting their guest drunk on camera. Logan later tried to spin the narrative, claiming Steve was “spiraling out of control” due to heavy drinking, conveniently omitting that his team provided and encouraged the consumption of that alcohol.
This entire debacle mirrors Logan’s previous failed attempts at viral content, including the obvious setup with Tana Mongeau pretending to mock his controversial Japan video while Logan fake-cried. They’re desperately trying to recreate the Bobby Lee episode where George Janko rage-quit, but their manufactured drama falls flat.
Ultimately, Logan Paul’s alpha male performance exposed exactly the opposite of what he intended. Rather than appearing dominant and in control, he came across as an insecure manipulator who needs to intoxicate and belittle guests to feel superior.