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When a father posted a video of his young daughter twerking in front of him on Instagram, users lost it. Now, he is apologizing.
Steevy Franch responded via an exclusive statement shared with The Shade Room. The father apologized and clarified the video was posted “out of humor.”
“First and foremost, I want to apologize to the people who my video offended,” Franch wrote. “I understand why people would mistake my video as inappropriate, and I don’t blame them at all from the outside looking in. Again, I apologize and did not mean any harm to my child.”
“As a new parent, I failed a teaching moment,” Franch wrote. “I should’ve given her an understanding of what she was doing and the guidance of the actions that took place. It came as a shock to me because she’s never done that before, and as a parent, I will take full accountability. Parents are allowed to make mistakes.”
Franch posted this video on Instagram with the caption, “I’m speechless – did she spin?”
In the short clip, his daughter Diorah Belle attempts to do body rolls and waistline wines while looking back at her father a few times while dancing.
Franch encourages her dance moves with smiles, laughter, and loud cheering in the video.
The viral video received some controversial feedback and comments.
According to The Shade Room, both Steevy and Diorah’s mother, listed as Katoumia on Instagram, responded to the comments on the viral post.
“When I post my music, y’all never comment like that,” Steevy wrote in the comment section under the post. “And y’all willing to talk sh*t just cause I’m having fun with my one and only daughter…That’s all y’all do. Pray on people’s downfall. Y’all need to stfu.”
“This is my daughter, and that’s her father,” Katoumia wrote in the same space. “Save this trash talk for someone else. Y’all alway ready to tell somebody how to raise their kid except y’all own smh.”
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His words did not stop the comments as users called the twerk video “inappropriate,” “uncomfortable,” and even “perverted.”