Family vloggers The Bee Family called out a YouTuber for sexualizing their 15-year-old daughter.- 17-year-old Kilik apologized, saying the comments were made after her brother Roberto "harassed" him.
The Bee Family, formerly known as "Eh Bee Family," has been active on YouTube since 2013 and has almost 9.5 million followers. They typically post family vlogs, lifestyle content, and challenges. Their two teenage children, Gabriela and Roberto, have their own channels, with 1.9 million and 600,000 followers respectively.
Kilik's gaming livestreams date back three years, and he has 34,400 YouTube subscribers.
The video featuring Kilik's lewd comments has been removed, but The Bee Family inserted clips in their video posted January 28, titled "Dear Kilik...She's Only 15." It shows Kilik looking up Gabriela's Instagram account and making sexual comments about her, including referring to her getting "gang banged," while addressing her brother Roberto, a 16-year-old gamer known as MrBee whom he was in a feud with.
"It's so disgusting, it's so degrading, it's so filthy. And imagine, he is directing this at our son, about his sister. So imagine being a 16-year-old boy and you are hearing this spoken about your sister," said Gabriela's mother in the video.
She said she had contacted YouTube to ask for Kilik's channel to be disabled, adding that if he tried to join another platform they would "be there too."
On the same day the Bee Family posted their video, Kilik uploaded a response titled "Dear The Bee Family...The Truth.," where Kilik said he knew his comments were "wrong, very wrong, disrespectful towards your daughter." He described his feud with Gabriela's brother Roberto, accusing him of "hate raiding" his livestream — a practice where
Kilik said the pair interacted on various occasions and had insulted each other's familie . He also accused Roberto of "harassing" him by repeatedly entering his streams, and said the comments were made in "retaliation." He repeatedly apologized for his remarks, which he said he made before he knew Gabriela's age.
On January 30, Kilik posted another video titled "My Apology To Gabriela Bee And My Response To The Bee Family video." He denied that his mention of "gang banging" was a reference to rape, calling the suggestion "crazy," and accused The Bee Family of taking his comments "out of context." He also accused them of spreading "misinformation" for initially stating he was 19.
Kilik went on to apologize to Gabriela further. "I am deeply sorry for saying that," Kilik said. "I hope you are OK."
Kilik said he had received death threats from fans of The Bee Family, and showed purported screenshots of Instagram messages featuring abusive and offensive language. Kilik criticized Gabriela's parents for appearing to mock his appearance in their video, and accused them of "using this for content."
The following day on January 31, The Bee Family posted a video titled "Let me speak," in which Roberto accused Kilik of "starting all this drama on his channel" and Gabriela said she felt "targeted" by Kilik's comments. "Just because I'm a girl, that doesn't give you the floor to objectify me," she said.
Gabriela added, "I never want to cry on social media, but if it takes this to show you what it really does to people, then I will show my true emotions."
Gabriela's mother, who appeared throughout the video, said they were seeking legal counsel.
Neither YouTube, Kilik nor The Bee Family immediately responded to Insider's request for comment.
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