YouTube Parents Who Played Vicious Pranks On Their Kids Lose 2 Of Them

Turns out, it was nothing new. Every single video (bar one) on DO5’s YouTube channel has since been pulled or made private, but YouTuber Philip DeFranco summed it up pretty well before that happened.

“People start digging deeper and deeper into the channel and find more instances of the kids crying or seeming in distress,” he said. “And one of the kids in particular, Cody, being pushed by his dad, punched by his dad, tossed and face-planted by what now turns out to be his step-brother.”

The ensuing media attention has now resulted in the Martins losing custody of two of their children: Cody, 9, and Emma, 12. 

They are now living with their biological mum, Rose Hall, according to a video she posted on Monday night. (Does this entire family live their lives via content?)

“Emma and Cody are with me, I have emergency custody,” she said. “They’re doing good. They’re getting back to their playful selves.”

“While Mike and Heather were on USA Today with whatever spin on the issue of the moment, we were before the court and obtained emergency custody of the kids so that they’d be safe,” said her lawyer, Tim Conlon.

The Martins, meanwhile, claim all of the pranks were staged. Their tearful apology video published last week includes a tearful Heather saying that “we have made some terrible parenting decisions”, which like… no shit, mate.

The obvious conclusion of this story is that YouTubers are bad and should be collectively fired into the sun.

Photo: DaddyOFive / YouTube.