YouTube star Myka Stauffer is facing backlash after admitting she and her husband James have ‘rehomed’ their adopted four-year-old son.
Mike, 32, had told fans that she and James were unaware of Huxley’s “special needs”.
The couple adopted Huxley from China two years ago.
Speaking in an emotional seven-minute long video posted on her official YouTube channel, which boasts 716,000 subscribers Myka and James explained their predicament.
James said: “With international adoptions, there are unknowns and things that are not transparent on files, and once Huxley came home, there was a lot more special needs that we weren’t aware of, and that we were not told.
Myka has rehomed her four year old adopted son (Image: mykastauffer/Instagram)
“So over the last few years, Huxley has been in numerous therapies to try and help him with all of his needs.
“For us, it’s been really hard hearing from the medical professionals, a lot of their feedback, and things that have been upsetting, really upsetting for us, because this is not what we’ve ever wanted to hear.”
The heartbroken father continued: “We’ve never wanted to be in this position.
“And we’ve been trying to get his needs met and help him out as much as possible… We truly love him.”
Breaking down, Myka added: “There’s not an ounce of our body that doesn’t love Huxley with all of our being.
Myka and James posted a ling video explain why they rehomed their son (Image: mykastauffer/YOUTUBE)
“There wasn’t a minute that I didn’t try our hardest and I think what Jim is trying to say is that after multiple assessments, after multiple evaluations, numerous medical professionals have felt that he needed a different fit and that his medical needs, he needed more.
“Do I feel like a failure as a mom? Like, 500 percent. So when you get insidious, hurtful comments, it just makes it hurt worse.
“It’s not about me at all, it’s just this journey, the last couple months have been like the hardest thing I could have ever imagined to going to choosing to do because ultimately, after pouring our guts and our heart into this little boy…”
Despite their long explanation fans have been divided online by the decision to “rehome” Huxley.
Myka says she feels like a bad mum (Image: Myka Stauffer/Youtube)
One viewer raged: “Extremely depressed reading about the influencer who raised funds to adopt a son, made this her ‘brand,’ discovered he has special needs, secretly rehomed him, blocked ppl asking about him (after her followers helped fund the adoption) and put out a video making herself the victim.”
Another added: “I can’t believe you @MykaStauffer.
“Huxley wasn’t a pet, and you brought him into your children’s lives. Then you ripped that from them. You never would’ve done that had he been your biological child. Horrible.”
A third continued: “Imagine adopting a little boy from China who’s an orphan with special needs, taking him away from everything he knows, only to give him up and “rehome” him a few years later.
“Some of these YouTube families are actually shocking. #mykastauffer.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
