Matt & Abby Howard From TikTok Speak Out About Leaving Their Children on Cruise Ship
TikTokers Matt Howard and Abby Howard Face Backlash for Leaving Toddlers in Cruise Ship Cabin
Matt Howard and Abby Howard are setting the record straight.
The married TikTokers raised eyebrows when they shared that while on a cruise with their sons Griffin, 2, and August, 13 months, they left the boys in their stateroom while they went to dinner.
After receiving backlash from across the web, Matt, 26, and Abby, 25, explained that their boys were never alone.
“We usually would not be making a video like this,” Matt said in a post shared on their joint TikTok Sept. 16, “but there is information circulating about us that is completely untrue.”
He explained that the two “take our role as parents extremely seriously, and we love our children more than anything in the entire world, and we’re very protective of our kids.”
According to Matt, he and Abby—who have been married since 2019—were on a seven-night cruise with Abby’s extended family, when Abby posted an Instagram Story that said the couple had gone to dinner and were monitoring their children in their cabin via FaceTime.