Dalai Lama under fire after asking young boy to ‘suck his tongue’ in bizarre viral video: ‘Menace to children’

[Michie]

'There’s nothing ‘innocent’ or ‘playful’ about pedophilia,' Indian reporter wrote

The Dalai Lama is under fire after a disturbing video showed him kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to "suck" his tongue, sparking widespread backlash.

In the shocking footage that was reportedly filmed in February, a young boy asks the Tibetan spiritual leader for a hug. The Dalai Lama then invited the young boy on stage, and after the hug, the spiritual leader forcibly lifts the boy’s head from underneath his chin to kiss him on the lips. The pair pressed their foreheads together in a bizarre scene before it got even stranger.

"Suck my tongue," the Dalai Lama then said while sticking out his tongue. The boy appeared uncomfortable and began to fulfill the 87-year-old’s request but didn’t go through with it. Once the video went viral, the Dalai Lama issued a statement apologizing to the boy and his family while also downplaying it as playful teasing.

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Dalai Lama under fire after asking young boy to ‘suck his tongue’ in bizarre viral video: ‘Menace to children’

A bizarre video of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to "suck" his tongue sparks widespread backlash on social media.

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[Wolseley]

I don't see why everybody is so upset about this. It's an old guy wearing a dress asking a little boy for a kiss----isn't that what the "drag queen story hours" are all about?