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[–] Vindicator ago  (edited ago)

I would say the adults are definitely exploiting this kid. He's precocious and charismatic, and they all want to make money off of him -- his parents, the pizza guy and Ellen. No doubt pedos love his show. Nor can they resist making adult comments they know he won't understand, for their audiences.

At 7:37, pizza guy asks whether girls have been "Sliding into his DMs, saying 'Hey, Shirley Temple King!'"

The kid says "Yeah, and then they would want to take photos of me."

Pizza guy says "Yeah, I certainly believe it. That's the price of fame. It's fun, though, right?"

IMO "It's" appears to refer to being an internet sensation, not specifically to receiving DMs from girls.

Given the fact this kid is not making any allusions himself and seems oblivious to the darker connotations of what the pizza guy is saying, I'd say he has not been abused. And based on his use of the word "would", it sounds to me like his parents are doing a pretty good job protecting him from "girls sliding into his DMs". It doesn't sound like he understands what type of photos people might want in DMs. Thank God.

As for the pizza reviewer guy, I didn't get a pedo-y vibe from this at all, just a guy whoring for clicks. I looked through some of the comments on the YouTube video and didn't see the typical pedo grooming stuff we saw on some of the toy review videos a few years ago, either.