The subject of Man With 1,000 Kids is defending himself amid the release of Netflix's new documentary.
In fact, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, who previously admitted to spending as many as 50,000 hours in sperm donation clinics over the past 15 years, denied claims he's fathered up to 1,000 children.
"I don't know where they get this number, I don't know where they base it on," the Dutch content creator shared in a June 2024 YouTube video, noting the more accurate number is around 550. "So, somehow they manage to magically add 450 children to my records."
While the doc, out July 3, alleges Meijer as a scammer who "is accused of travelling the world deceiving mothers into having his babies on a mass scale," according to Netflix's description, Meijer called the project "sensationalizing and misleading."
"I don't know much about it because I didn't participate in it," he added. "It's what they think about me and what others say about me. I was right in not participating for myself, personally, because they first wanted to call it The Fertility Fraudster. That's not a title I can work with."
And although the documentary features interviews with multiple "passionate and aggrieved parents" who felt duped by Meijer, he maintains his intentions were purely to help families in need have children.
"I am more sad that they decided to change the lives of all my children—my donor children," he shared. "It's not about me. It's about the parents and the children."
Meijer previously revealed the motivation behind his unconventional, serial sperm donation over the years.
"It seemed like something very small with a big impact, enormous impact and still the donor is in the background," he explained in a 2023 YouTube video. "He's not getting awards, or fame, or money, and I found that very appealing. These men do something without wanting something in return."
"That, to me," he added, "felt very noble."
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