A video circulating on Twitter in April 2023, shows His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the XIVth Dalai Lama, kissing a child on the lips and then asking him to “suck my tongue” at an event in northern India.
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In the video, the young boy can be seen approaching the Nobel Peace Prize winner before asking, “Can I hug you?”
The spiritual leader then invites the boy on stage and points to his cheek and says, “First here,” prompting the boy to give him a hug and a kiss.
The Dalai Lama then points to his lips, and says: “Then I think finally here also.” He then pulls the boy’s chin and kisses him on the mouth. “And suck my tongue,” he says after a few seconds, poking his tongue out.
🤢 This is an alarming scene! The Dalai Lama, who has had ties to NXIVM in the past, caught on camera trying to make advances to an Indian boy.
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You can clearly see the boy's body language as he yanks back the first time, then throws his head upward as the Dalai-Lama says "SUCK… pic.twitter.com/CorBr8tiDz
— NΛTLY DΞNISΞ (@NatlyDenise_) April 9, 2023
The video had over 1 million views on Twitter. Since the video went viral, the Dalai Lama issued a statement to apologize for the incident.
In a statement Monday, April 10, 2023, the office of the Dalai Lama said he “wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,” adding he “regrets” the incident.
“His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras,” the statement said.
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