User blog comment:ArtDraw12/Cameos - Elimination Game/@comment-27447405-20160914165841/@comment-11883116-20160914180859

Judging by how there's no reaction from them...
 * They're terrified, but don't have enough money to do anything about it (i.e. sue Chris, pay for some medical treatment for Ezekiel).
 * They're as sadistic as Chris and don't care about him (unlikely).
 * They're so poor they don't even have TV and don't know what happened to their son. Then again, Ezekiel had to find out about TDI somehow and had a camera to audition, so I don't think they're that poor, and they most likely watched TD to see their son competing. Also, the gap between TDWT and TDRI was so long that they must've sent Ezekiel back home (unless Chris kept him for himself like he did with Alejandro).

Yeah, TD's pretty dark at times.