'Sup you beautiful bastards
Hope you're having a fantastic Monday.
Welcome back to the Philip Defranco Show
and a quick note for today's show..
On today's video, I've removed all advertising
I have rescheduled a sponsor that
was originally scheduled today
and that's because I don't want to talk about
a story today and have it in any way
seem like I'm exploiting the situation
and I know a lot of you ,especially in these more trying times for youtubers,
are going to say no, keep the ads up
but because the situation deals with children and I know that one of the arguments is going to be
"you're trying to exploit my children",
I needed to pull the advertising for this video because the story is far more important
So that's said, Let's jump into it
and so that for a story we're going to talk about today is about a family that has garnered a lot
of negative attention in the past week
and that's a family that's been sharing their lives on the Youtube channel by the name of DaddyOFive
it's a mixture of a family channel and also a prank channel. although, unlike a lot of the family prank channels they'd also prank the kids
but not in like the Jimmy Kimmel , we-ate-all-your- candy-during-Halloween, kind of prank
and the reason they've been receiving all this attention in the past week is they put out a video
called Invisible Ink Prank (Epic Freakout). and the mom on the channel explains the prank
in the beginning, we have invisible ink, we're going to pour it all over one of our son's floors
and then we're going to act like one of our kids did it and that's the prank she
even seem pretty sweet in the beginning.
"Hey guys. So ..."
"... I gotta prank for Cody"
and then once the prank begins the tone changes
[Mom] "Get your fucking ass up here!"
"what the fuck!"
[Dad] "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
"What the fuckkkk!!"
[Cody] " I didn't do that!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?"
"I didn't do that!!"
[Mom] "You tell me what you did!"
"I swear to god I didn't do it!"
(parents yelling) "I didn't do it!"
"... I swear"
[Mom] "How do I know you're fucking lying again?"
[Dad] "you're going to lose your allowance and everything!"
[Cody] "we didn't do it!" [Dad] "Yes you did!"
[Cody] "Stop!" [Dad] "Yes you did!"
[Dad] "it's just a prank brah!" (hahaha)
And so there was a range of anger. Some people saying 'this is outright abusing your children'
others saying this is not abuse but these are asshole parents that are exploiting their children for money
and hurting them emotionally. And it also appears that they have a dedicated audience that are completely fine with this
which is why I expected this video to be one of my most disliked in the past month
now in response to all this outrage, the family made a video called Blocking All The Haters!
it's a twenty-one plus minute video but to summarize it, there's no apology and they say all the hate just coming from bored haters
they say the children aren't and never have been abused...
"...are really pissed off about this video because we're yelling and the kids are crying"
"and everything like that and ... apparently, it's upsetting a lot of people"
"this video, I mean, I-I--" [Kid] "It's just a prank bro"
[Mom] "pretty much sums it up.."
"yeah, well, a lot of people apparently don't get it. A lot of people don't see the humor in it"
"May I have your attention for a minute please"
[Mom] "was anybody traumatized?"
"No!...well.."
"I don't even know what that word means..."
"Yes! I was mom, I was!"
[Dad] "Are you guys ok?" (kids answer yes)
and most of their defense is that people don't understand their family, we're goofy, we mess with each other
the kids chime in. that the only reason people are doing this is because they're jealous
[Dad] "It's not fans, it's haters...there's people out there"
"They're just jealous!"
And the mom flips it on the people that are angry and says that you're actually the problem
"To all you haters- you are the ones that give our children drama"
[Dad] "Exactly!"
"You are the one that causes us problems. You are the one that try to embarrass us..."
"...and embarrass them"
[Girl] "You're the one that's ruining our life!"
Criticisms and concern for your children are not hate. I hope people can understand that.
she also then goes on to explain to the people saying that they're going to call child protective services that they already been investigated
"We been investigated already for the Youtube channel. Nothing was found!"
then the dad tries to compare he does to massive YouTuber RomanAtWood
[Kid] "..Other people do the same thing, But you don't go to their channel"
"Yeah! didn't RomanAtWood do a prank where he prank his girlfriend that he dropped the baby and killed it or something?"
after I break down the situation, I am going to explain why I think that is not an accurate comparison
along with several other points, I want to make. but we'll continue
And one of the kids' chimes in with a "at least you're not beating us"
[Kid] "At least you're not beating us like most parents..."
And so ultimately that's where the situation is right now. Now it kinda work backwards
One: at least you don't beat us like other parents. That is a pretty low bar to set
also as someone that was abused in their childhood, there are multiple ways to abuse your kid
there's mentally and there's physically.
also, the RomanAtWoods comparison, most people who watch this channel for a long time know that I'm not a massive fan
although that had more to do with faking pranks and either he or his MCN at the time flagging my video and trying to get it removed.
but at RomanAtWood defense, he doesn't really mess with his kids like this
most pranks are just on other adults and then whether what's real or not - you can debate that separately.
I don't want to get side tracked with that
and to the notion that everyone that's angry about this they're just haters, that's silly.
the more I dove into this channel's history the more concerned I became.
once again with it being a prank channel, there's a lot of times where you don't know what's real (or) is it fake.
but a lot of reactions from the kids seemed legitimate.
its the monetization of acting like your home was broken into, dressing on of your kids like an intruder and having dad put them down the stairs with a gun
"...get the fuck outta my house!"
they do mess with the kids, a lot of the time it seems directed towards one specific kid and that is Cody
In the family video where they defended themselves, they said the kids get to decide if the video goes up.
they also acknowledge that they have so much cool stuff thanks to having a Youtube channel
so by getting stuff they incentivize to allow the parents to upload these videos
even though the little kid, Cody, is very obviously not a fan of this
[Dad] "I don't think you're moving"
[Dad] "What is even happening?"
[Cody] "I can't move!"
[Cody] "Stop blaming me for something I didn't do! I hate it when you all do this"
"Stop!"
(groaning)
"I hate you!"
[Mom] "No, take a joke"
[Cody] "I don't want to see your faces!"
[Mom raises voice] "Take a joke! you're the only one in the house that can't take a joke and gotta act like a butthole!"
[Dad] "It's just a prank brah"
"it's just a prank"
"So you all made me go through all this - just for a stupid prank?!"
[Dad] "yeah"
"I'm tired of this"
[Dad] " You wanna go outside and play?"
"NO"
[Kid] "I do."
[Dad] "You wanna go outside and play?-"
[Cody] "I want everybody to leave me alone- I just want to be left alone so I can calm down"
There's more yelling at Cody, the dad seems to egg the kids on for better content, which sometimes results in Cody getting hit.
and if we look past the screaming and cursing at the kids there's also the physical element
not just between some of the kids which people would say 'oh you know, that's just families'
In a video they called Tablet Destruction Prank, at one point dad pushes Cody that sends him face first into a bookshelf
and then we see later in the video that his pillow is covered with blood.
his bloody nose was not only because dad decided to make this video but because he pushed him
although the father's defense was that it wasn't actually blood. It was red ink-
and his nose isn't bleeding - but that's a scab?
which even if I gave him benefit of doubt you still pushed your kid face first into a shelf
even if the kid didn't bleed a lot of people argue that it still count
he makes it clear time and time again, that he does not want to be filmed
and to that , dad says...
"Go and take the camera with you"
[Dad] "No!"
[Dad] "I gotta vlog my life ... you know that."
That's insane to me. And if you look into the comments, not only are there people cheering it on, they're asking 'does Cody have anger issues?'
If your life involve your family messing with you constantly. Constantly making you the butt of jokes, you'd probably get a little defensive too
they poke and prod and mess with this kid and then they yell at him for being angry
blame him for being angry but they're the ones instigating it for money.
and I have to say untimely i'm disgusted by this. I don't know what the next step is
I wanted to turn out that all of this is fake. This kid doesn't actually have to deal with this in his everyday life.
Now is this child abused? I will leave that up to Child Protective Services.
If they really been called and Child Protective Services said, you know, they did nothing wrong...
the pushing, the hitting, the screaming, the putting the kids in this situation, egging them on
If they saw that...
They've seen all the screaming, the other things that I would personally label emotional abuse
That is a CPS issue and if they're already investigating, hopefully they've seen that footage.
And to the argument that kids are saying 'we were fine with this, we're okay, we're not being abused'
once again, someone who is abused emotionally and physically as a child, you don't want to turn on your parent.
There's also a chance that these kids don't realize that they shouldn't be treated like this
we already know the low bar of what they consider abuse
"at least you're not beating us like most parents"
[Cody] "I said just go and take the camera with you" [Dad] "No!"
Plus if they keep going along with what Mom and Dad are doing then they keep getting cool stuff.
they're incentivized. But with that said , I would love to know your opinion here.
Are people over reacting or is this a serious issue.
And I ask this question because if you watched me for awhile you know when it comes to stories about kids potentially being abused , I am very biased.
I try to explain this story as evenly as possible in the beginning but it's impossible for me to hide the fact that if you treat a child like this , I hate you.
and well the kids themselves either really or publicly will say that they don't think they're being abused I am personally concerned for these kids
But I need to know... I need to know what other people think because stories like this do make me emotional.
And then lets talk about the insane situation out of Cleveland this weekend
You may have already seen it in the news, or you saw me talking about it yesterday mainly because I was trying to make sure people were careful...
get home , get to a safe space, lock the door cause police were searching for a man who live streamed saying that he killed 12, 13+ people
A man who also uploaded a video of him just finding a person walking on the street and shooting them in the head.
and while in his live-stream in the video he uploaded, he said he killed 15 people. Police as of right now only confirmed one.
Now in stories like this, I often don't show the face of the person behind the crime but because there is an active manhunt for this person
police will most likely need help to get this man. This is Steve Stephens.
He's the man who shot and killed Robert Godwin Sr. 74 year old man who was just walking home
Now there is video of this happening still online
I will 100% NOT link this and I also ask people please stop sharing this video..
You know who did it, there's no one contesting this, there's no one trying to stop the police from getting this guy.
If you watch the video you're not a horrible person but just please do not share- this is the worst moment in a family's life.
please show this man and his family at least that respect.
Now as far as why Steve Stephens said that he did this.. he said that he did this because his mom and his ex wouldn't talk to him
Even saying to Godwin Sr. before he pulled the trigger that she's the reason this is about to happen to you
Now updates to this story that happened yesterday. At a press conference this morning, The Cleveland police chief said that they do not know where he is..
and while police chief Calvin Williams did confirm that police did make contact with Stephens once via cellphone
their attempt to get Stephens to turn himself in was unsuccessful
also when asked if there was any validity to the people sharing the story that his cellphone had been pinged in Pennsylvania,
Williams respond 'We don't know where's he at'
So once again, whether you're in Cleveland or really he could be anywhere at this point.
This is the last known vehicle that he was in.
This is what he looks like right now.
If you seem him please understand that he is dangerous. Call police and get to a safe place.
also quick side-notes to this story. If you see a GoFund Me for Mr.Godwin and his family, They have asked to DO NOT contribute.
Chief Williams who is speaking on behalf of the family said that they saw that a lot of people have made Go Fund Me(s) and some of them were fake.
and they urge people to not contribute to the fundraising at this time.
Also this story has brought up the conversations you'd expect and also some new ones.
Ones you'd expect : people are arguing about gun control, background checks, mental health and relation to guns.
but then there's a lot of discussion about social media's involvement in crime like this.
We're living in time now where the barrier for entry to live-stream or share what you do is at a all time low.
and so there's a lot of cool stuff but we're seeing more and more stories of people killing themselves on live-streams.
or perpetrating crimes on live-streams or doing it and uploading it. And to that point that's why we are talking about this story
and also we have this new in-your-face nature of viral crimes.While only one person has been killed he claim that he killed far more
this was in no way the only shooting crime
Over Easter weekend, just in Philadelphia, 20 were shot 4 were killed.
In Chicago over 40 shot, 2 killed.
And not many people are talking about that especially in a specific individual nature
we're talking about this because its so horrific. it is so outlandish and it does spark up the conversation. If people start doing this more and more
are we going to have more and more of a copy cat problem..
No, I'm not taking the leap that some others are in there blaming Facebook or their blaming Instagram for this because how are they responsible?
Police had the evidence, Facebook said they were working with police
but I just do believe that stories like this are going to be our new normal.
And the last thing I want to say to both people and news agencies is can we at least try to be reasonable
I was flipping through the news networks yesterday
and I stumbled across CNN seemingly setting up the base of an argument
that it's entertainment and video games to blame
"Ah, there is a albumin of this that makes it look like a video game"
"Because if you think about video games- first person shooters. People in a game, they have their controller , their gun is in front of them"
"and they're firing. That is how a lot of young people experience weapons. They experience guns"
"as video games. unfortunately, a video like this has that same perspective and it is so real."
I understand that information comes in at a pretty slow pace and you have to fill in time but how does -
even if you're not saying that they're going to make the argument. How does comparing a man being shot in the face point
blank. what benefit to the conversation do we provide by comparing it to a video game
It sounds like you're trying to either fill time or plant the seeds for a ridiculous blame game
Can we at least arrest or kill the guy responsible for this crime before we start pushing agendas
Can we do that? because that would be so refreshing.
And I think the final note I want to end this story on is you never know what's gonna happen in life.
Love who you got, while you got em as much as you can because one day you might not
you never know what's gonna happen in this increasingly crazy and unforgiving world
And that's the note I want to end it on
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