To ask your opinion on the ear biting incident at the Snooker Championship?

I saw it , uncensored
I was totally shocked
It was like watching two lovers ,where one was just tolerating what the other was doing
My first and only thought,was
Oh my god that poor child is clearly being abused..
I hope his school are aware of this ,as he is going to need some support going back in on Monday
The people saying it's innocent...reminds me of Jimmy savil amazing how people thought that was innocent

It made me feel
Really uncomfortable watching it. Can't believe some posters don't see an issue here

I agree, if the boy would have laughed, or gone ‘eurgh’ or something, you might think it was a dad mucking about, but he just froze, poor thing. Seeing that reaction made me feel very uncomfortable about the whole thing.

Glad the police are investigating

What a disgusting comment

We should always listen to our gut instincts and mine was screaming foul play. Poor boy 😪

No the dad (if he is the dad) looked shocked to find himself on camera. I'm not sure how you are justifying this extremely weird (at best) behaviour.

The same way it's all these other people's imaginations? The same way it's so imaginary the police are investigating it?

Paul Scholes biting his dds toes, yuk.

I'm sorry, what!? Actually, don't tell me. I don't want to know.

I'm with you. He wasn't bothered. I cannot believe the posts on here. Social media absolutely has so much to answer for.

I will eat my words happily if this is investigated and turns out to be some sordid abusive dynamic. The dad wasn't phased at all when he saw the cameras because he felt he had nothing to hide.

Pearl clutching doesn't even begin to describe ffs

The un pixelated video is awful. I don't know how anyone can watch it and defend that man.

I'm glad it's being looked into by the police.

Defending this kind of behaviour and finding ways to explain it away is how child abuse continues and the predators know this and rely on it.

Really sorry you went through this. I do think, though, that men should not be precluded from these roles, otherwise you'd have to preclude them from teaching roles, particularly in primary school, and all roles working with children.

I've no idea how old you are, but I witnessed and experienced things too as a primary school kid, both male school teachers and police officers in (in a police station, waiting for my friend's father, the Chief of Police). Safeguarding wasn't given much - any - consideration back then. It's taken much more seriously in all walks of life now.

He might be predatory, he might not, the police are investigating, and don’t need keyboard warriors with too much time on their hands and no ability to reason slamming their gavels shouting for him to be hung.

@Workhardcryharder literally nobody has done that though - nor have they joined in with your 'nothing to see here' dismissive bullshit.

Oh, and it takes the same amount of time for me to post disagreeing with you as it does for you to post your nonsense claiming it's totally normal to nuzzle and bite a preteens ear! 🙄

I'm also struggling to see how anyone can defend this!

To me the boy kind of froze and looked uncomfortable when it happened.

I appreciate every family is different and do different things but if I saw anyone (including their father) do this to either of my kids I'd be straight on the phone to the police! It's disturbing and creepy, and I am no pearl clutcher!

I really hope the young boy is ok.

Nope.. sorry. If you’ve genuinley seen that clip properly and you think that’s acceptable or appropriate… I don’t know what to say. I’m hoping you’ve only seen the pixilated version because it’s really not ok what that man was going was seriously not ok.

I feel like if you’ve actually seen the clip, unpixilated, there is literally no way you can find a way to make that innocent behaviour on the adult’s part.

My god that’s fucking weird. What the hell is going on there?!!!!

People have playful relationships with their kids. Some families spend Christmas taking the mick out of each other. Some, believe it or not, find it fun. Not for you to judge just because it’s not your idea of fun

How narrow are the glasses you see through?

He might be predatory, he might not, the police are investigating, and don’t need keyboard warriors with too much time on their hands and no ability to reason slamming their gavels shouting for him to be hung.

He is absolutely NOT a predator from
this alone, we have NO IDEA whether it points to him being a predator. Let someone with more experience/more insight/more resources and quite frankly more emotional maturity to deal with it.

Triggering for me. I had forgotten but my nasty abusive father used to nibble and bite and lick my ears right up until I left home, and he did it a sexual and controlling dominating way. It has just made me feel sick and brought it back for him. I had totally forgotten about it.

Ooh that bad
im glad the police are investigating

I don’t have teenage kids. Probably something my mum would do to be annoying though.

His predatory expression makes me think this wasn't some playful interaction. Made me feel a bit unwell.

I saw the unpixilated version yesterday and was shocked. I’m so glad it’s being looked into. I think you’re a very strange individual if you think this is okay behaviour

I was totally prepared for this to be a mountain out of a molehill... however, I managed to find the uncensored video on YouTube.....it's certainly a weirdly inappropriate and odd thing he does!!! The boy doesn't look concerned by it though, in my opinion, not that that makes it ok.

Very strange.

Embarrassing your child is not a shitty thing to do, that is the relationship many parents have with their child. It can be lovely, bonding and healthy.

How the flip is embarrassing your child a lovely, bonding and healthy thing to do? It's more akin to bullying, IMO.