That's their MO. Everything we do is your fault, and when it's not, than it's a misunderstanding. Whoopsie!
He's made a career out of this type of gaslighting publicity. The kids are just pawns, who also have had to endure the manipulation and abuse. People are pissed, and they should be. The best thing they could have done was to try and shut up the influencers talking about it. How delusional are they? There really may be some major psychological issues with one, or both, of them. Looking through Anna's old tweets, apparently anyone who knows her well wants nothing to do with her, including family members. And, that was way before they became "famous". I'm guessing that anybody who has had to work with them feels the same way. They're getting their money's worth out of those children now.