Fury has erupted online after a gay country singer posted a video appearing to poke fun at his baby, who was seemingly crying out for his mother.
In the Instagram Reel, posted Wednesday, Grammy-winning artist Shane McAnally hoists his baby and asked if he wanted his “dada” or “papa.” Those prompts came after the singer-songwriter told the crying infant, “There is no mama.”
“Who do you want?” McAnally asked. “Dada or papa? … No mama. Do you want dada or pop? Who do you want? Dada or pop?”
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At that point, it appeared the baby began crying once again, requesting his mother. In response, McAnally said, “There is no mama. I’m so sorry.”
The recording artist and his partner, Michael Baum, laugh, again telling the baby he has “two choices,” neither of whom are a mother. McAnally captioned the Reel, “Who’s gonna tell him?”
Of course, it’s unlikely the baby knows the word for mother, especially given he seemingly has no routine experience with a mother. But it does highlight what many commenters described as “unnatural.”
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