he has a very “uhm ☝️🤓 acshually” voice

he talks like he’s giving the instructions on a corporate compliance training

The text of him not knowing her birthday was enough for me

He sounds like a narrator but in the most condescending way 😅. A child has every right to feel abandoned. Whether that be missing a soccer game, or not seeing them at all. It’s so weird seeing family affairs on the internet but I guess that’s dr Phil😂

His tone of speaking explains exactly why his daughter hates him. They always tell on themselves

not the dad wearing a bitcoin shirt...

The bitcoin polo also makes me take him less seriously 💀

He says he didn't abandoned them and that he just wasn't living under the same roof... okay but did he visit his kids? Did he have them visit him? Did he call them? Did he actively try to take part in their lives while they were growing up? If the answer to most of these are no then he definitely did abandoned them just to pursue his own career. And him just being financial is like the basics of having kids, doesnt mean he's still not a deadbeat or etc.

His voice is like nails on chalk board. That seems like a punishable offense alone.

Some people should be going to therapy, not tiktok

When I run to the comments to see what everyone is saying while I watch but then I realize this video was posted 2 mins ago.

I don’t think he should’ve put all of the siblings on blast and say their names and what they do and where they all graduated from.

Imagine being hurt by a parent and they do this. She most likely dodged a bullet by his abandonment. Can't even think of a life listening to this Felix villain voiceover.

"Kids are professionals now" that doesnt mean they felt or feel loved by their dad! His response is so pathetic and so sad. If he responded in a remorseful way, if he said once he loves his daughter i would be sympathetic for him, but i cant.

He sounds like he’s narrating an informational school video in the early 90s

Neither of their videos come off as genuine. She doesn’t seem to have real resentment towards him and his video seems scripted.

The tacky bitcoin button up tells me everything I need to know about his character.

Mixed feelings on this. But both Father and daughter have the same annoying toxic energy thinly veiled with comedy. She took it public and he was attacked as planned. I think given that he's entitled to respond publicly. I don't care how accurate the 5 millon is, if it's half that he still financially supported his kids. In the same breath she clearly feels abandoned and money is no substitute for a parent, he should take that very seriously. His weak segue into a breakdance ending was beyond cringe, and smacks of self importance... it gave I strong clue as to why she feels abandoned.

Why is this man talking like that? His voice is seriously grating on my nerves. He's very unlikable. He abandoned his family, including his young children... how did he think that his video response was good? It makes him look petty, immature, and just awful.

The fact that he made a public response video rather than simply having a private conversation with his daughter says a LOT

The text kind of wishing her a happy birthday said enough for me. That, and the public response.

We appreciate how well you articulate your insights. You'll always have our support.

He talks like yanderedev and his video reads similarly. It's making it incredibly hard for me to take his response seriously

Oh my god of course he's in advertising. Also salty messy parents coming unglued on line is a weird fascination for me. Probably because mine spiralled and I so wish they had exposed themselves that way, (they would so have gone there, oh yes they would) but it happened in the 80s. It's giving me vicarious joy (which I feel bad about because their children are going through it, but damn!)

I don't think she should have made a video like that in the first place. Maybe he's kind of a douche but seems she should have just talked to him about it directly instead of humiliating him. He has a right to defend himself... My dad wasn't perfect and neither was my mom, but they did the best they knew how.

Personally I don't believe either of them, both their videos feel unreal

This guy talks like the duck from Don’t hug me I’m scared.

Like father like daughter, I think they just want attention 🥱😒😒

Honest question why is it okay for her to post and expect him not to respond or see it but not for him? Regardless of if it is true or not? They are both adults?

Love that shirt and your eye makeup hair combo is so beautiful on you!!

Honestly, everything on social media is performance art these days.

I have never felt so irrationally angry over someones tone ever in my life LOL. He literally sounds like the goofiest goofball that ever goofballed.

She started this smoke, leading complete strangers to excoriate her father. Seems spiteful, no matter how much she giggles through her so called trauma. If her dad was truly a deadbeat and she just wanted to get back at him just be honest about it.

She seems pretty angry. So either her mom poisoned her, her dad thinks the amount of time and effort he put in was sufficient while she did not, or someone is not telling the truth. It's impossible to know, but this is a strange thing to watch unfold over the internet. We live in weird times, friends.

Yeah I think they're both cringe lol the daughter is old enough to realize her dad probably didn't just "abandon" her, there was probably some behind the scenes things she didn't understand. I think it's super weird she thought she could put her dad on blast for family drama when, like..... girl you're making yourself look bad

he sounds like bill nye the science guy if he took LSD

The dad is trying to imitate Fox Newscasters and it’s so grating

He sound like the little cartoon guy explaining the dinosaur DNA in Jurassic Park.

Looking up the guy, that's just how he talks on camera. I imagine if me just using google was able to find all his social media and business at least a few tiktokers probably started messaging his company to try to start crap because no one can be normal online. He does seem off, but in a "If I just make this video everyone will get it's just a misunderstanding." He does seem to overshare on his social media too.

Even if he did give the mum money all a child wants is there dad to be there

He talks like a cartoon clown on trial

He speaks like yanderdev 😂

So basically this is over the word “Abandoned”.

Why is he talking like he is selling us a used car on tv

nothing to do with the rest of the video but i've always appreciated ur voice, it's less stressful to listen to and u still get the point across perfectly. 💜

Giulia I love how you speak, yes, quite monotonous, but its VERY comforting to me! It calms me down, one if the reasons I love to watch you. I hope you are doing fine, best wishes

It's the break dancing for me that finally sold me on "he's full of it."

his cartoon voice is nails on a chalk board

The goober face made me choke on my ice cream 🤣🤣

He talks like Larry the cucumber from Veggietales 💀💀

"Was a response necessary?" Well, he does mentions waking up and finding people online calling him names, apparently not under his daughter's video as he seems to imply he had to go and look the video up afterwards, in order to understand what was going on... as far as I get it, he's... semi-famous? So lots of people had apparently tracked down his social media and were flooding him with negative comments.

Just by the sound of his voice, I feel like he's not taking it seriously

I don't know to whom should I feel second hand embarrassment. This guy or the woman who thought it was a good idea to have children with him.

I don’t know. He seems quirky but as a parent I can also imagine how hurtful it would be to be accused of abandoning the family when he’s clearly provided a nice life for 4 kids. I can see this being his way of keeping it light but wanting to clarify that she’s trashing him unfairly. They’re probably both weirdos.

The daughter has a weirdly upbeat tone as well. You can tell they are related.

He’s talking to us like he’s one of the adults on Sesame Street 😒. Does he want a prize for contributing financially? I feel like his response and tone tell me EVERYTHING I need to know about the kind of person he is.

That money talk was crazy. Those were Steve Harvey IRS numbers lol

His tone is annoying like an AI 😅😅

I don't know, man, the comments here be wildin'. SHE talked about him first and to think that people would NOT go to his social media to hate on him is naive at best. He is a very minor public figure, and has the right to defend himself against baseless accusations that were a result of his daughter talking about him without keeping his identity hidden. His daughter is also an adult now, not a child to be coddled. In the end we don't know what went on behind the scenes. Fathers are too often shamed for "abandoning" their children, when they are actually secretly threatened and harrassed by the mothers for leaving their toxic marriage - I come from such a family. On top of that my mother also told lies about my dad and that made me resent him for a long time. It is possible of course the dad here did not give a fuck about his daughter, but it's jsut as likely that hte mother discouraged or manipulated any kind of contact. Both of these people are adults, and neither went about speaking about this situation in a way you'd expect from adult family members, but the dad is NOT in the wrong for defending himself publicly when he gets public hate comments on his profiles.

Whole thing feels fake to me, I honestly don't trust stuff on tiktok it's a easy way to gain attention if you come up with something crazy

Michael Knowles actually lambasted the dad recently. He said that the man prioritized chasing money and chasing tail over actually being there to raise his daughter. Paying bills doesn't remove you from the deadbeat category, as money is only a fraction of what a child needs to be well adjusted. They need both parents to be emotionally there for them, divorced or not. You can't just throw money at them and call that 'good enough.'

His tone is one that delivered a stellar "im not mad, just disappointed" i like...... guarantee it.

I hate hearing about divorce and money when If u dont see your kids and dont know if its actually their bday thats sad. Sending court ordered money isnt the same as being there for the kids.

Him smiling watching her video talking about him and openly saying it’s trauma….how can you find joy in your child saying you traumatized them? He’s in love with himself, all he saw was him getting famous for dancing.

"I love my daughter... [checks script] ...Maddie"

Bro hit the road to break it down 😂

My dad lived in the same apartment as me and my mom post their divorce. I still felt abandoned by him.

Deep down he knows he peaked in high school school

Maybe Maddie’s mom was not spending that money in the correct way perhaps…having Maddie believe her dad was not financially supporting the family??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

i totally understand what you mean about his voice… the way he talks gives off the same vibes as a 2012-2016 era tumblr incel… [shivers]

Seems like she's a victim of parental alienation thanks to her Mom especially if he paid as much as he clamed plus the medical bills. She claims they were abandoned and left destitute-kinda wild

“i can not escape this video” i knew it was tiktok im so glad i don’t have tiktok. i can have the option on here to fill myself in on the drama without necessarily being bombarded with no choice

But seriously what is with the Tucker Carlson accent?

I cannot handle the way hes reading this. It sounds like hes trying to enthusiastically explain something to a group of children and makes it seem even less consequential. Super infuriating.

Her "timeline" was sent to her from hell.

This video and hit piece against the dad didn’t age well. There are now verifiable receipts that the girl’s mother tried to destroy the dad and he was genuinely (trying) to be there for the kids. The girl is an attention seeker, the dad is quirky but doesn’t mean he’s in the wrong, and the mother is vile.

Is weird watching two people communicate this way and not talking to each other Why not reach out in private? Why did that dad post this to the Internet and not reach out personally The dancing at the end doesn't help. This is such a weird situation And his tone is so strange

A child should never have to build the bridge to connect to a parent. The parent should have already built it, and traveled it to the child continuously. Children do not ask to be here. As parents, it is our responsibility to make them feel like they are supposed to be and are loved and wanted. No amount of money will ever replace human connection, especially that of a child and parent, and just because they're doing well now, doesn't mean they deserved to emotionally struggle to get to that place.

He abandoned his family to Pursue an amateur breakdancing career? I think that’s really all that needs to be said. Honestly, as a kid who had a very tumultuous divorce happen during my formative years, it’s totally possible that both parents are a piece of work. It kind of seems to me like the whole family is? I don’t know. I wouldn’t be airing this dirty laundry on the Internet but also I’m a jerk who’s watching it😂 but I did just become a parent almost 2 years ago so I can say that it seems absolutely bizarre to me to not be aware that your children feel this way and feel blindsided as he seemed to act. But then again, my dad had no idea why didn’t speak to him for years lol so I can see all angles of the situation being true. Also, it was the way he listed off his children’s accomplishments as if he was responsible that got me. Go off b boy daddy😂

A lack of context is often a serious issue but theres guys like this who just weaponize the word to escape any blame

Love the blonde on you, this was highly entertaining, I love your snark about the singsong way he spoke 😂

I feel like people are projecting a lot on this guy. I mean, don't act like his daughter accused him when she was actually talking about the weirdness of what amounted to her childhood trauma being so strongly celebrated online. She used him as an example and probably didn't verify that he really didn't pay medical bills because this wasn't meant to be the point. She may have a great relationship with him today - she didn't say otherwise. And he didn't accuse her of lying but only felt it important to tell his online accusers how much he really financially contributed - which is understandable. Especially if money was all he really contributed, then it would be important for him that people know that he did at least that well. And both stories don't really clash except for that one detail about payments she may have been misinformed about. Besides that, she says his leaving was traumatic to her and he says that he tried to soften the blow to his best ability. Both can be true at the same time. Real events are more complex than the jokes we weave based on them. And that's actually the point: Being abandoned by one's father is traumatic but it's also common and doesn't really catch people's interest. If some detail makes it funny, people care but treat it like there's no darkness behind the joke. What really happened and the pain that the real story included, it's either fully ignored or if it has some special gimmick turned into a joke - but those jokes aren't really funny. Still, we laugh like it's a punchline when she adds after speaking about her dad abandoning her that he went on to become a very old but famous breakdancer. There is a lot of depth in that statement. It holds up a mirror and shows people something about themselves they dislike - so they project that on the assumed deadbeat dad and him defending his reputation only creates more distrust towards him. Because if he isn't the bad guy, only the audience remains as potential bad guys. One could argue that laughing about the childhood trauma of this woman and her three siblings only because there is some absurd novelty to the details of the traumatizing events does make us bad guys. And if we accept that the dad is not evil but that evil dwells inside our own hearts, well, it's not pleasant and most people therefore try to avoid it.

2:19 - Dad's tone is irritating. 8:53 - you've never been married/divorced apparently. Mom has custody, mom determines access. Don't quit your day job.

I feel like both of their videos are very sincere. The daughter is obviously pissed off, and the dad feels like he’s been lied on. I think with that knowledge, the mom is the instigator. He says he was 70% at fault for the divorce, so the mom could have been mad enough at him that she was willing to exaggerate things to the daughter. As far as them both coming online and making videos? That’s just thirst for attention and feeding into their cortisol levels 🤣

Hope you’re well! Love your commentary 💖

also near the end of the actual saga, he made another response video and a good 90% of it was "the woke therapists and teacher and teaching girls to hate men! they have all this mental health crap in their head! this woke feminist agenda is ruining us! see teenage girls will be dramatic and rude, but teenage boys are chill!" most of these are things he actually said at the top of my head, so.. insantly don't take this man serious at all if he's gonna derail so badly and get off topic to spew this kinda stuff.

I’m sorry but his voice is annoying TF out of me too 😭

His video response is just ☠️☠️☠️

Dad's cracked out of his mind it seems.

NOT THE BREAKDANCING DAD I had an awful feeling it was gonna be about this video when I clicked

Ok I'll say it....EGOTISTICAL 😂

Idk about this man but damn don’t you get tired of just standing doing these lol hahah

It's called "sing song" if people take a speech class it's driven out of you.

My dad kept the house together and we hardly saw him. The man worked all the time with his own business. Its called sacrifices.

My broke ass can’t comprehend $18,000 in child support every month

He sounds like an infomercial

Oldest brother got a degree in pshychology... I can see why! This guy has a lot of narcissistic tendencies. He probably wants to find out what's up with dad's behaviour, and also help others with parents etc. like him. Also, being narcissistic and having NPD is two different things. Calling him narcissistic is not diagnosing him. Just like everyone can experience anxiety and say they're anxious, without having an actual anxiety disorder. 😅 The fact that he shows of his break dancing in a video like thus says everything, tbh.

Is it possible that he made the response because he went to his daughter and said what is this take it down and she refused because it was making her a lot of money or getting her a lot of clout? We don't know anything about the dad but we also don't know anything about the daughter. Just as much as you want to claim he could be seeking attention, you can say the same thing about her.

If this man applied this kinda effort into being a decent father, we probably wouldn’t be here today.

I watched this immediately after watching Abba and Preach's video on it.... I got whiplash...😂 I think the conclusion might be that none of us truly have any idea what is going on, only those involved will ever truly know