In the midst of her family’s adoption scandal, a YouTube star Micah Stauffer was drafted for wearing Cartier.
Mika and her husband, James Staufferare the subjects of a new documentary series titled Current information about our family, which debuted on HBO on Wednesday, January 15, after premiering at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The Stauffers, who did not respond to producers’ requests for comment, have become known for their candid family vlogs and brought fans along on their journey to adopt their son Huxley from China. However, viewers turned against the family in 2020 when Micah and James “adopted” their adopted sonwho has been diagnosed with autism.
Before Huxley was given a new forever home, Micah was widely criticized for not seeming to commit to raising the “little boy,” who was 2 at the time of his adoption. While the family tried to take care of his medical needs, Micah and James placed Huxley with a speech therapist.
“We’re going to see another speech therapist,” Myka said in a 2018 YouTube vlog that was featured in episode 3 of the docuseries. “Not the one that’s $500 a month. But we’ll go for the one that’s about $70 for 30 minutes.
Courtesy of Myka Stauffer/Instagram Myka and James Stauffer made a name for their family on YouTube, but everything changed dramatically after they got their adopted son Huxley back. The couple adopted Huxley from China in 2017 when he was 2 years old. Mika and James also share children Kova, Jaka, Radley and Onyx, who are not (…)
Some viewers claimed the comments were hypocritical after noticing Myka was wearing a Cartier bracelet while talking about Huxley’s spending cuts. At the time the video was uploaded, the jewelry was worth about $6,500.
“But you can’t afford $500 a month for a speech therapist?” one critic said in a reaction video.
Social media personality Sophie Rosswho was at the forefront of uncovering the adoption scandal, reflected on the Stauffer family’s “rabbit hole.”
“(Micah) was obviously just living the life of luxury, apparently saying that, you know, she didn’t have the resources to take care of this human being that she had adopted,” Ross said in the document.
Others argue whether Maika and James adopted Huxley just to increase engagement on their YouTube channels. The couple’s popularity skyrocketed from their vulnerable adoption process videos, and Myka landed deals with brands like Fabletics, Huggies, Kroger and more. (The majority of those brands ended their relationship with Stauffers amid the re-housing scandal.)
Fans of the Stauffers began to worry about Huxley after he was noticeably absent from the family’s videos. When the couple initially brought Huxley home in October 2017, Micah said she and James felt confident about the decision, regardless of the challenges they might experience.
“If anything, my child is non-returnable” Mother said in a YouTube video uploaded months before Huxley’s adoption was officially announced.
Micah and James are also parents to children Kova, Jacka, Radley and Onyx, who are not adopted. As Huxley seemed to be phased out of the vlogs, Micah was urged to delete comments about his whereabouts. She and James eventually offered their explanation in a May 2020 video.
“We would never give up on a child with special needs, it’s a personal matter for Huxley, it has nothing to do with him just being autistic,” Mika added as he responded to critics in the comments section, claiming that Huxley ” wants this solution. “
Her story. Myka Stauffer received backlash in May 2020 when she revealed her decision to take in her adopted autistic son, but she was transparent about the process long before the controversy. The YouTube star has been documenting her journey on her channel, sharing details about everything from Huxley’s diagnosis to her desire to adopt more children. (…)
One month later, Us Weekly confirmed an an investigation was launched in Huxley’s welfare after news broke that he had been placed with another family. The case was eventually closed as authorities determined that Huxley was safe and happy with his new adoptive parents.
The Stauffers largely went offline after the scandal, deleting their family YouTube channel. In a June 2020 Instagram post. — her last on the platform — Mika issued a public apology to the adoption community.
“We didn’t adopt a child to make a fortune,” she insisted. “Although we received a small fraction of the money from videos featuring Huxley and his journey, every penny and more went back into his care. Getting Huxley the care and services he needed was very expensive and we made sure he got every service and resource we could find. … We love Huxley and know this was the right decision for him and his future. We pray that Huxley has only the best future in the whole world.
