Michael Addington

Michael Robert Addington-Legault III (born March 12, 1982, age 39), or simply Michael Addington, is a Patagonian children's entertainer, educator and activist residing in Eskel, Chubut.

Personal life
Addington was born March 12, 1982 to an Acadian mother and English father in Gallegos, Gueryke. He apparently faced recurring abuse from his visiting uncle. When he was six years old, he would repeatedly be shouted at, and in the worst cases, confined to his room's closet.

At 12, Addington's uncle died of a heroin overdose. Addington later served 2 years of voluntary military service when he turned 18 and enlisted in the Patagonian Army. Addington then retired from the army after serving only 5 years.

Career
Addington found a job as a clown for birthday parties which explained his job as a children's entertainer. He then chose to become a presenter for Red's children's channel Kiddieverse in 2012 after his retirement from clowning and moved to Eskel later on.

Addington now has 5 million subscribers on his official YouTube channel where episodes of his TV series on Red would be uploaded. Some of his most famous shows include:
 * Michael in the Safari
 * Michael and the Dinosaurs
 * Michael: Gaming about History!
 * Michael's Undersea Adventures

Plagiarism controversy
In June 2021, Addington got into a dispute with British children's show host Andy Day over the latter suing him for stealing the concepts from his shows. The dispute started when Patagonian netizens discovered some of Day's shows and then started "cancelling" Addington on the social networking site Twitter.

On July 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Patagonia reviewed the case, and eventually ruled in Day's favor, although Addington respected the ruling.

Trivia

 * Addington is partially Acadian.
 * Addington is also a political activist. He advocates the independence of Hong Kong from China and the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Also, Addington is opposed to any kind of child abuse and mistreatment.
 * Addington has been known to be against pedophilia.