Daddyofive
Michael Martin | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Michael Christopher Martin-Danzinger-Ross December 17, 1982 Baltimore, MD |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Martin-Danzinger-Ross (m. 2014) |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 100T |
| Catchphrase(s) | What's Up, Team DO5 |
DaddyOFive was a channel on the video platform YouTube owned by Michael Christopher Martin-Danzinger-Ross, which focused on daily vlogging and prank videos, which were seen as extreme in nature.[1] The channel was created on 13 August 2015,[2] and achieved great success, but has since had all videos removed and stopped producing videos, following claims that the parents were abusing their children in the prank videos.[3]
Initially, the channel had been created by the family in order to share what they thought was their crazy lives.[2] The channel focused on Mike Martin, his wife Heather, and their five children,[3] and the channel's success was mainly attributed to the pranks on family members. The pranks ranged from smashing the children's games consoles to putting the children up for adoption,[4] and the channel gained around 750,000 subscribers and 176 million views.[3]
However, the family became the center of abuse claims following these prank videos, which became gradually more extreme, with YouTube personality Phillip Defranco producing a series of videos sharing his distaste for the content they created,[3] where he focused on a video involving ink being spilled and one of the family’s children being accused of making the mess.[1] Since then, it has been reported that two of the children have been removed from the parents’ custody following the prank videos,[5] and the creators have also issued a public apology for the videos, stating they are "...a loving, close-knit family."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "YouTube pranksters Daddyofive deny child abuse claims - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "DaddyOFive". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cresci, Elena (2017-05-07). "Mean stream: how YouTube prank channel DaddyOFive enraged the internet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ↑ "Mom who won custody of 'abused' DaddyoFive children speaks out". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ↑ "Youtube family who pulled controversial pranks on children lose custody". The Independent. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
External links
- DaddyOFive on Youtube
- DaddyOFive on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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