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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has parents debating the intentions behind two kisses he shared with his 11-year-old son.


In an episode of his Facebook documentary series, “Tom vs. Time,” Tom can be seen kissing his son twice during a massage. Jack Brady enters the room, asking his dad a question, and Tom responds by asking his son for a kiss.

“Oh, hello. I was wondering if I could check my fantasy team,” Jack asks in the scene.

“What do I get?” Tom replies.

Jack then kisses his father on the lips. Tom is unsatisfied and asks for another one.

“That was like a peck,” Tom says.


Many are saying the second kiss was “disturbing,” and “uncomfortably long,” according to a report by WCBS New York.

Reporter Elise Finch asked New Yorkers on the street how they felt about the kiss. The reaction was mixed, but most were not OK with it.

“I think, at a certain age, it’s like: OK you can kiss them on the cheek; you can give ‘em a hug,” said Harlem mother, Emily Hernandez. “But not in the mouth — and not for that long.”

“Too long, like, romantic long,” said Parrish Watson of Parkchester.

However, another father said it was no big deal.

“I kiss my son on his lips. I have since day one,” said Kurt Czaplinski of Hempstead. “I would have no problem with my son kissing me like that.”

Parenting expert Lyss Stern doesn’t see anything wrong with the showing of affection between father and son.

“If you kiss your kids too much, it’s the wrong thing. If you kiss your kids too little, it’s the wrong thing. If you hug too much — people need to back off and stop parent-shaming,” said Lyss.

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