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Netflix’s “The Man With 1,000 Kids” Stuns As Viewers Want To Lock Up Jonathan Jacob Meijer
Netflix’s docuseries The Man With 1,000 Kids, centered on Jonathan Jacob Meijer, the controversial Dutch YouTube personality known for his prolific sperm donations, ignited heated reactions on social media, with many people calling for the notorious donor’s imprisonment.
One X search (formerly known as Twitter) with The Man With 1,000 Kids title, and probers interested in watching the three-episode documentary will instantly get a gist of its tone.
Highlights
- Netflix's docuseries 'The Man With 1,000 Kids' centered on Jonathan Jacob Meijer ignited heated reactions on social media.
- Many viewers called for Jonathan's imprisonment due to his prolific sperm donations and misleading families.
- Jonathan claimed to have fathered hundreds, if not thousands, of children through sperm banks worldwide.
An X user reshared a post that read: “I think all men should start off in jail and prove their way out,” captioning it: “After watching The Man With 1,000 Kids all I can say.”
Someone wrote: “Watching The Man With 1,000 Kids on Netflix & it’s infuriating to know a man is able to be that dangerous with no real consequences, but it’s women’s reproductive rights that are regulated.
“He should be in jail. They all should!”
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Netflix’s docuseries The Man With 1,000 Kids is centered on Jonathan Jacob Meijer
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A person commented: “I’m watching this documentary about this man with 1000 kids and he’s a doner and ohhh my god,,,,,,,,, how is he not in jail.”
“The Man With 1,000 Kids is such a terrifying documentary,” a netizen added. “The generational ripple effect that it could cause is a global concern. Johnathan and Leon need to be in jail.”
A commenter added: “Netflix’s The Man With 1,000 Kids is a truly twisted true crime documentary.”
The docuseries on the controversial Dutch YouTube personality, known for his prolific sperm donations, ignited heated reactions
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Others pointed to the documentary’s underlining racial bias theme, as an observer shared: “Watching The Man With 1,000 Kids and I’m like some of these women dreamt of keeping the Aryan dream alive there’s a white supremacist undertone throughout the documentary and no one is addressing it?? ‘We want to bleach Africa’ PARDON???”
A cybernaut observed: “Started watching The Man With 1,000 Kids on Netflix randomly… ofc it was about white supremacy and eugenics but the documentary failed to focus even a minute on the seriousness of this.
“Instead, the main problem was presented to be just about possible incest???”
Many people called for the notorious donor’s imprisonment
Image credits: Jonathan Jacob Meijer
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A separate individual chimed in: “The Man With 1,000 Kids on Netflix is some sick s**t.”
Premiering on July 3, 2024, the docuseries explored the 43-year-old YouTuber’s claim to have fathered hundreds, if not thousands, of children through sperm banks worldwide.
The feature highlighted allegations that Jonathan misled families about the extent of his donations, leading to concerns about accidental incest and ethical breaches within the fertility industry.
A The Man With 1,000 Kids topic search on X (formerly known as Twitter) provided plenty of backlash
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Over the last week, the biological father of likely 600 children has been criticizing the series as sensationalized and misleading in multiple videos posted to his YouTube channel.
In one of his videos, Jonathan argued: “I did absolutely nothing wrong. This documentary is an attack on my character and a distortion of the truth.”
Nevertheless, The Hague District Court in the Netherlands issued a significant ruling against the prolific sperm donor.
The docuseries explored the 43-year-old YouTuber’s claim to have fathered hundreds, if not thousands, of kids through sperm banks
Image credits: Jonathan Jacob Meijer
Initially, Dutch fertility clinics imposed strict limits of 25 children per donor across 12 families, guidelines intended to safeguard against genetic risks and ensure responsible donor practices.
However, investigations in 2017 revealed that Jonathan had already exceeded these limits by fathering 102 children, with additional undisclosed donations elsewhere.
A judge subsequently concluded that the fertile man had deliberately deceived many parents about his donation practices.
Image credits: Jonathan Jacob Meijer
Additionally, authority ruled that such misinformation influenced their choice of donor and could potentially have harmful psychological consequences for the children, as well as increase the risks of consanguinity within the donor’s extensive genetic network.
Despite his legal challenges, Jonathan has maintained that his motivations for sperm donation were altruistic, saying in one of his videos: “I wanted to help parents who struggled with infertility.
“I never intended for any harm to come from my actions.”
The docuseries continued to draw criticism
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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
The last comment tho. Spot on. I've seen first hand how people equate blonde hair/blue eyes with beauty. It's so reductive. The guy himself believes he's the epitome of attractiveness (he's not)
Diolla 1 year ago
Dutch here. Haven't seen the documentary but I've heard about this idiot. On behalf of the Dutch people, I apologize.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
No need - I already know 95% of the Dutch are super cool. Sadly like every other nation, there can be absolute tossers who ruin it for everyone else.
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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago
On an inconsequential note, this article didn't have to say the exact same thing over and over again. I guess they have a word quota. It could have been 2 paragraphs. I'd really like to know more in depth about the calls for illegality and what, if anything, can be done about it.
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
So I guess no one is gonna talk about this guy just at home fapping all day?
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
If he were fapping at home, that wouldn’t be a problem. No one would know about it. He instead fapped at sperm banks so that people’d use his sperm to make far, FAR too many babies, some of whom are likely to grow up, meet each other, and wanna bone. Do you see the difference now? Fapping at home: no problem. Fapping into a donation cup hundreds of times? BIG problem.
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Marie Guan 1 year ago (edited)
Why the poop is this a whole article on Bored Panda? They could have made one of those articles like, "50 something somethings" and posted it as one paragraph. Like, who the turds wants to read a whole article about a supposedly racist Netflix show featuring a random dude that illegally has a bajillion kids?! (No offence to the people who do)
Gerald Douglas 1 year ago
I am saddened more by the sole focus on race and the bleaching of Africa. Another massive issue is that this appeared to be targeting lesbian couples more than hetro couples. The lack of acknowledgement in a real manner is troubling for the documentary as well as for the clinics themselves. There is also the disturbing aspect of CraigsList for babies sites and feeding off of the desperation of these familial units. I"m also shocked that nothing has happened to these sperm bros as they've dubbed. Maybe the earlier commenters were right to focus on the racial component as there'd be hell to pay if these serial donors looked different.
BrunoVI 1 year ago
I did not see the show. I do not know who the Hell this guy is. For all I know, he could be breeding an army of Arians to take over the planet. But when one person writes, "once I saw what he looked like, I knew exactly what was going on" I can't help but wonder why what he looked like had any bearing.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
“he could be breeding an army of Arians to take over the planet… I can't help but wonder why what he looked like had any bearing.” You’re funny! 😆 (Unless you’re serious, in which case you’re sad. Aryans look like the guy; that’s why his looks are brought up.)
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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
The last comment tho. Spot on. I've seen first hand how people equate blonde hair/blue eyes with beauty. It's so reductive. The guy himself believes he's the epitome of attractiveness (he's not)
Diolla 1 year ago
Dutch here. Haven't seen the documentary but I've heard about this idiot. On behalf of the Dutch people, I apologize.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
No need - I already know 95% of the Dutch are super cool. Sadly like every other nation, there can be absolute tossers who ruin it for everyone else.
Load More Replies... ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 1 year ago
On an inconsequential note, this article didn't have to say the exact same thing over and over again. I guess they have a word quota. It could have been 2 paragraphs. I'd really like to know more in depth about the calls for illegality and what, if anything, can be done about it.
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
So I guess no one is gonna talk about this guy just at home fapping all day?
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
If he were fapping at home, that wouldn’t be a problem. No one would know about it. He instead fapped at sperm banks so that people’d use his sperm to make far, FAR too many babies, some of whom are likely to grow up, meet each other, and wanna bone. Do you see the difference now? Fapping at home: no problem. Fapping into a donation cup hundreds of times? BIG problem.
Load More Replies... Marie Guan 1 year ago (edited)
Why the poop is this a whole article on Bored Panda? They could have made one of those articles like, "50 something somethings" and posted it as one paragraph. Like, who the turds wants to read a whole article about a supposedly racist Netflix show featuring a random dude that illegally has a bajillion kids?! (No offence to the people who do)
Gerald Douglas 1 year ago
I am saddened more by the sole focus on race and the bleaching of Africa. Another massive issue is that this appeared to be targeting lesbian couples more than hetro couples. The lack of acknowledgement in a real manner is troubling for the documentary as well as for the clinics themselves. There is also the disturbing aspect of CraigsList for babies sites and feeding off of the desperation of these familial units. I"m also shocked that nothing has happened to these sperm bros as they've dubbed. Maybe the earlier commenters were right to focus on the racial component as there'd be hell to pay if these serial donors looked different.
BrunoVI 1 year ago
I did not see the show. I do not know who the Hell this guy is. For all I know, he could be breeding an army of Arians to take over the planet. But when one person writes, "once I saw what he looked like, I knew exactly what was going on" I can't help but wonder why what he looked like had any bearing.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
“he could be breeding an army of Arians to take over the planet… I can't help but wonder why what he looked like had any bearing.” You’re funny! 😆 (Unless you’re serious, in which case you’re sad. Aryans look like the guy; that’s why his looks are brought up.)
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