Foul-mouthed parents slammed for cruel prank that leaves their son in floods of tears
Online prankster DaddyOFive is accused of abusing lad Cody in video gag
A MUM and dad have been slammed online over a cruel prank which saw them swearing at their young son and reducing him to tears.
The prankster parents poured fake ink all over their bedroom carpet and then turned on little Cody with a foul-mouthed rant, blaming him for the mess.
The six minute video, uploaded by YouTuber 'DadOFive' Mike Martin, shows the boy’s mum screaming: “Get your f***ing a*** up here!”
She goes on: “What the f*** did you do?! What the f***!” She then accuses him of "f***ing lying again."
Dad then joins in, shouting: “What the hell is that?” as the hysterical child goes into meltdown.
He frantically screams: “I didn’t do that!” breaking down in tears.
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He pleads: “I swear to God I didn’t do that! Mum and Dad, I didn’t do that! I swear!”
The dad then turns on another son and reduces him to tears.
The Invisible Ink Prank video has racked up more than 300,000 views since being shared last week.
But viewers slammed the stunt as “child abuse” and called the parents “scum”.
One wrote: “You two are absolute pieces of human garbage and sad excuses for parents.”
Another said: “Just when I thought prank channels couldn’t get any worse, the daddyofive channel has hit a new low. Essentially just child abuse for profit.”
One user added: “You don't deserve to be parents. Sick.”
Edward Jackson wrote: “You should be held accountable for your well-documented child abuse.”
Several people offered to adopt Cody and the DaddyOFive Facebook page was littered with comments blasting the couple.
Dad Mike eventually tried to answer his “haters” with a video reply.
He said: “I’m getting all kinds of hate right now on all my social media.
“A lot of people are really p***ed off about this video because we’re yelling and the kids are crying and everything like that and apparently its upsetting a lot of people...A lot of people apparently don’t get it…A lot of people don’t see the humour in it.”
He went on to explain that Cody and his other children were completely fine with the prank.
His partner asks the kids: “Was anybody traumatized?”
The children reply “No” but then Cody adds: “I don’t even know what that word means, but no.”
Past pranks pulled by DaddyOFive have included smashing Cody’s Xbox into pieces — before giving him a new one — and telling him that he was being put up for adoption.
After the ink prank, a somewhat repentant Mike posted an apology on his Facebook page.
He wrote: “We deeply apologise for your feelings of concern.
“We DO NOT condone child abuse in any way, shape or form.
“As many of our friends and family will tell you we are a loving, close knit family and all enjoy making YouTube videos together.”
In a less controversial gag a husband recently fooled his wife into thinking her toddler son had shaved his own head.