The internet is buzzing about The Holderness Family Controversy after their recent podcast on the most controversial marriage advice broke a record for the most downloads in a day.
The Holderness Family are American internet personalities famed for their Facebook and YouTube channels.
The American internet famed family has over 5 million subscribers and over 1 billion views for creating family-centered parodies, skits, and vlogs.
Penn and Kim Holderness, their daughter Lola, and son Penn Charles make up the Holderness Family, a family of four based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The family rose to prominence in 2013 when they released “XMAS Jammies,” a parody of Will Smith’s “Miami” intended to be their family’s digital Christmas card.
Their XMAS Jammies video went viral overnight on YouTube, garnering 15 million views in one week.
The Holderness Family Controversy
Kim and Penn Holderness, the family, received mixed reviews after the former New York City journalists-turned-online comedians first began their coronavirus lockdown to joke about it to make others smile.
Kim, along with her husband, is behind viral sensations “New Normal in Quarantine” and “Gimme Six Feet (Physical Distancing Remix).”
Holderness Family premiered their podcast Holderness Family Podcast where they discuss personal issues and mental health mixed in with fun topics.(Soure:theholdernessfamily)
The Holderness family wrote their take in the middle of the revelations about alleged sexual misconduct by former N.B.C. anchor Matt Lauer.
In a blog on the couple’s site, Kim Holderness explained that they decided to put the song out now because both she and her husband have been sexually harassed.
Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It, Kim and Penn’s book about improving communication in a marriage, will be released on March 30, 2021.
The Holderness Family Scandal Explained
In 2018, the Holderness Family premiered their podcast Holderness Family Podcast where they discuss personal issues and mental health mixed in with fun topics.
According to B.B.C., The controversy over the 1944 Christmas classic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has led to boycotts from radio stations across the country over concerns that lyrics that once seemed quaint have a more sinister overtone in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
The Holderness family received backlash when Cleveland radio station Star 102 removed the song from its Christmas playlist after a listener complained about the music.
According to the city’s FOX8, a listener called WDOK 102.1 says that the song doesn’t align with the morals of the growing #MeToo movement.
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What Did The Holderness Family Do?
When COVID-19 was released in 2020, the family created viral parodies and skits, including a Hamilton medley about wearing a mask and a Frozen parody called “It’s Vaccination Day,” to show their reactions to obtaining a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
The Holderness family released a new “XMAS Jammies” every holiday season and added over 300 other parodies.
The Holderness Family premiered their podcast Holderness Family Podcast where they discuss personal issues and mental health mixed in with fun topics.(Source: Divergenow)
On broadcast television, the Holderness Family has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, H.L.N., CNN, C.B.S., This Morning, and several times on Right This Minute.
The Holderness Family appeared on UPTV, The Food Network’s The Twelve Foods of Christmas, and The C.W. Anderson Show’s The Greatest Holiday Video Countdown.
Penn Holderness, the Holderness family’s patriarch, worked as a video essayist for A.B.C. and ESPN in New York before returning to North Carolina to anchor the evening news for WNCN-TV.
From 2004 to 2008, His wife, Kim Dean, worked as a television reporter in Florida before joining Inside Edition in New York City.
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