He speculated that the team behind the show may have foreseen a public backlash. The video, which NASA published on Thursday for World Space Week, stirred controversy online as viewers questioned the interactions between Harris and the children.īernardino said the public response had been “eye-opening” and that while “a lot of people love it,” others have been “torching it, and these are just a bunch of kids.” “You’re going to literally see the craters on the moon with your own eyes. “We’re going to learn so much,” Harris tells the participants. In the video, Harris muses on “the idea of exploring the unknown” and takes questions from the children. 'The Vice President’s office did not select the kids who participated in the YouTube Originals special,' a White House official told the Washington Examiner.Ī YouTube spokesperson told the Hill that “compensation was handled the same way as it is for all of our other YouTube Originals shows.” His son Trevor was featured in the show alongside Derrick Brooks II, a child actor, Emily Kim, likewise a child actor, Zhoriel Tapo, a child actor and aspiring journalist who has interviewed former first lady Michelle Obama, and Sydney Schmooke. “All five of them are actors,” Carlo Bernardino told the Washington Examiner.

The Washington Examiner reported Monday that the children cast in the video were actors. The video was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, a Toronto-based media company that specializes in live-action programming, according to its website. Arriving at the Naval Observatory, the children set out to find the tools to build a telescope before learning that they will meet with Harris, who chairs the National Space Council. The nearly 10-minute video shows five children from around the country traveling to Washington, D.C., to learn about the space program. HARRIS HIRES MESSAGING GURUS TO SHORE UP ‘LONG-TERM PLANNING’ “We reached out via not for profit organizations, social media and traditional casting websites, looking for kids who were interested in contributing positively to their communities.” YouTube selected the kids that were featured,” a YouTube spokesperson told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “The casting process for this show was no different from typical unscripted kids shows across other networks and streaming platforms. The children who appeared in Vice President Kamala Harris’s space-themed YouTube Originals show were selected by the video giant and paid, the company said.

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