Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama apologized after outrage over a video of him kissing a child on the lips and asking him to ‘suck his tongue’. He made an apology to the boy and his family.
The top Buddhist leader said that he often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before the camera.
In a statement issued to the media, the office of the Dalai Lama said: “A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug. His Holiness 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.”
The statement added, “He regrets the incident.”
The video shows that Dalai Lama was kissing a young boy on lips and then touching his foreheads with him.
“Can you suck my tongue?” the top Buddhist leader further said while sticking out his tongue.
Since being circulated on social media, the video triggered a huge backlash and Twitter users call it ‘disgusting’.
