Dalai Lama Kissing Video: His Holiness wishes to apologise to the boy and his family, says “regrets the incident”, reads Official statement

New Delhi: Days after the video of Dali Lama kissing a minor boy had gone viral on social media, now His Holiness had wished to apologise to the boy and his family, and also to his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused.

Th Offical statement reads that his Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras. However, he e regrets the incident: Official statement.

The video of His Highness kissing a minor boy and then asking him to ‘suck his tongue’ had gone viral on social media evoked furious response from the netizens.

In the video, Dalai Lama can be seen kissing the minor boy on his lips when he leaned in to pay his respects.

After the video was circulated on soocial media, people called Tibetian spiritual leader’s behaviour “disgusting” and “creepy”.

Utterly shocked to see this display by the #DalaiLama. In the past too, he’s had to apologize for his sexist comments. But saying – Now suck my tongue to a small boy is disgusting.
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— Sangita (@Sanginamby) April 9, 2023

The #DalaiLama is a dirty old man, if he does this in public, what does he do in private?
Sick sick world, full of fake & sinister people.
“Suck my tongue “ ?? pic.twitter.com/21yIv5o0UL

— Adam Brooks ?? (@EssexPR) April 10, 2023

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However, this is not the first time when Dalai Lama has faced backlash from social emdia users for his behavior. Earlier, the Dalai Lama had made a remark that if his his successor were to be woman themn she should be attaractive.