The recently surfaced video of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to suck his tongue during a public event in February has sparked controversy and led to many opinions being shared on social media.
Rapper Cardi B is among the voices speaking out about the incident, expressing strong opinions about the need to protect children from predators.
While the Dalai Lama’s office has issued a statement saying that he often playfully teases people he meets, even in public, and regrets the incident, many on social media have criticized the apology for coming only after the video went viral.
The boy involved in the incident is believed to be around 11 years old.
Cardi B took to her Twitter to write, “This world is full of predators.”
“They prey on the innocent. The ones who are most unknowing, our children.
“Predators could be our neighbours, our school teachers, even people with money, power and our churches. Constantly talk with your kids about boundaries and what they shouldn’t allow people to do to them.”
After her Tweet, she later on reposted an apology from the Dalai Lama for his actions, which Cardi captioned, “man I’m telling yall.”
“It was deep in my heart to talk about this cause me & my friend was talkin last night,” Cardi wrote in another tweet. “then the dalai lama thing happen this morning.”
