diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/motherless.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/motherless.py
index 50083bd4a6..3621ff99e7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/motherless.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/motherless.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    int_or_none,
+    str_to_int,
     unified_strdate,
 )
 
@@ -57,30 +57,34 @@ class MotherlessIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
     ]
 
-    def _real_extract(self,url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'id="view-upload-title">\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'title')
-        
-        video_url = self._html_search_regex(r'setup\(\{\s+"file".+: "([^"]+)",', webpage, 'video_url')
+        title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'id="view-upload-title">\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'title')
+        video_url = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'setup\(\{\s+"file".+: "([^"]+)",', webpage, 'video URL')
         age_limit = self._rta_search(webpage)
-
-        view_count = self._html_search_regex(r'<strong>Views</strong>\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'view_count')
+        view_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<strong>Views</strong>\s+([^<]+)<',
+            webpage, 'view count', fatal=False))
+        like_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<strong>Favorited</strong>\s+([^<]+)<',
+            webpage, 'like count', fatal=False))
  
-        upload_date = self._html_search_regex(r'<strong>Uploaded</strong>\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'upload_date')
+        upload_date = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<strong>Uploaded</strong>\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'upload date')
         if 'Ago' in upload_date:
             days = int(re.search(r'([0-9]+)', upload_date).group(1))
             upload_date = (datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=days)).strftime('%Y%m%d')
         else:
             upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
 
-        like_count = self._html_search_regex(r'<strong>Favorited</strong>\s+([^<]+)<', webpage, 'like_count')
-
         comment_count = webpage.count('class="media-comment-contents"')
-        uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(r'"thumb-member-username">\s+<a href="/m/([^"]+)"', webpage, 'uploader_id')
+        uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'"thumb-member-username">\s+<a href="/m/([^"]+)"',
+            webpage, 'uploader_id')
 
         categories = self._html_search_meta('keywords', webpage)
         if categories:
@@ -93,8 +97,8 @@ class MotherlessIE(InfoExtractor):
             'uploader_id': uploader_id,
             'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
             'categories': categories,
-            'view_count': int_or_none(view_count.replace(',', '')),
-            'like_count': int_or_none(like_count.replace(',', '')),
+            'view_count': view_count,
+            'like_count': like_count,
             'comment_count': comment_count,
             'age_limit': age_limit,
             'url': video_url,