‘Entitled’ dad blasted for sending kids to hug mom just before she reaches marathon finish line

He crossed the line by nearly preventing his wife from crossing hers.
A father has been labeled “entitled” online after he reportedly sent his kids out to hug their mom while she was running a race - nearly spoiling her chances of winning.
A video of the appalling act currently boasts over 9 million views on TikTok.
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[@allesasmart]

Why couldn't they have congratulated her after she finished? How odd? They could have gotten hurt!

[@ellaarkin70]

Exactly.

[@AFloridaSon]

I wouldn't say he's toxic, but he's not very bright.

[@revilivaille7861]

I'd say he's toxic, next

[@Slw1111]

He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. It was an attempt to sabotage her.

[@johntherevelator2020]

Did you see how he raised his hand? Yeah that's definitely toxic behavior.

[@greekre]

@@revilivaille7861 are you american?

[@greekre]

@@Slw1111 american?

[@elopez8303]

There was another runner right behind her, if she stopped she would have come in second place. She made the right choice I'd tell that man to have some common sense before having anymore kids 🤦🏻

[@jackdownes1924]

Probs women and male races ?

[@wayfaringmonk6847]

​@jackdownes1924 most races aren't divided like that unless it's at the very elite level. Looks like she got 1st overall

[@MountainsoftheHeart]

Why not stand on the “finished” side of the finish line?

[@kimbermichelle3922]

Dad was wronf, he could have waited those 2 seconds foe them to hug her, you know how long she ran just to stop at the finish line!!! They see their mom everyday!

[@deadeyes4626]

A visual representation of men stopping women from achieving their goals

[@katsybo]

Exactly!!!

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

Fr “remember you’re a mother first and everything else second!”

[@AndrewL31413]

The woman spoke out and said she planned it with her husband.

[@deadeyes4626]

@@AndrewL31413 why? *what an awful family* NYC tho so makes sense

[@AndrewL31413]

@@deadeyes4626 I don’t think she expected to win tbh.

[@Langolin1998]

What a chump. He knew what that could mean for her! And, the other runners

[@ozzy0794]

Don't be so fast in judging. It was his wife who asked him to do this. But she changed her mind on the last second. This happened in Brazil, search before jumping into conclusions!

[@kouleeofficial]

He bet the odds against her

[@balaramkunam7397]

What the organizers are doing?

[@janebeatty9472]

Nah..this wasn’t about him taking care of the kids. This was about sabotaging Mom’s run time and hard work. He can’t stand having his partner outshine him. He wanted her to not beat her previous time or to keep her from having her best time. He’s toxic. I’m not saying he’s one but I would guess he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder or NPD. (I’m married to one) Watch his reaction in the background. He looks down and to the side. His plan derailed. I’ve seen that look so many times. That wasn’t about the kids or for her. It was about him doing something to her. I’m so glad she won in so many ways!

[@brando81]

Thats a little over dramatic lol. I highly doubt he was trying to derail her accomplishment. People are reading waaayyy too much into this. I'm a man, and I know men. Is he an idiot for letting his kids run out there? Absolutely, but thats as far as it goes.

[@Slw1111]

​@brando81 No. Absolutely not. You do not get to give him a pass. We are done with this BS. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. He could have positioned himself and his kids behind the finish line. Instead, he is standing right before it and used his kids to sabotage her and endanger all of the runners near her.

[@johntherevelator2020]

​​@@brando81 if he wished to celebrate then why not let her pass the finish line before sending in the kids? He wanted to steal his wife's spotlight and to make her look like she cared more about winning than the kids... aka, a bad mother, but clearly we can see who the bad parent and spouse is.

[@gorskamakva203]

@@brando81he would have to be brain dead to not know he was leveraging the kids against his wife to make her lose.

[@aleksandra...]

​@@brando81 oh seriously?🤦🏻‍♀️ _women be overreacting_ misogyny, because a man surely can't know how marathon, finishing line, winning and personal records work. 🙄

[@mattb9054]

It looked like sabatage to me, trying to trip her up or distract her, def something going on there

[@staceejaxx1969]

How did that tadpole managed to go up the tube and enter the egg?

[@aspiadas]

It managed to evade small tadpoles running over to greet it as it was about to enter...

[@coldgamekev9890]

He definitely should have waited

[@bmay282]

This is awful. So many men would absolutely lose their ish and rage against a woman if she dared pull something like that. She handled it perfectly.

[@justinabajian1087]

My ex did something similar with my oldest. I grabbed him and ran the last few steps with him in my arms. After one of the the race organizer chastised me, but I scooped up my son so he doesn’t get ran over by anyone else. And I was the one chastised when didn’t do it. After I told my wife how dangerous it was and she friend it around on me and made me feel bad. It wasn’t a marathon, just a 2 mile race that kicks off our towns annual fair, so it didn’t mean as much as as mma marathon, but it was still dangerous. But, not gonna lie, crossing the line with my son in my arms was quite a joyful memory

[@gathrightcrystal]

9 minutes a day. I spend more time than that with by tomato plant

[@dianalord5825]

Just like mothers who think their children should be in parade routes

[@abrahamkline8812]

Not only has the situation, allegedly, been taken out of context, it became an opportunity for people to make assumptions about her "deep seeded fatigue of being a parent" as to why she skirted around the kids.

[@s.o.4339]

Wife: I am moments away from proving to the world and to myself that I can be so much more than a mom and not much else! Husband: ... and I took that personally!

[@bethm203]

The mother responded and said she wanted the kids there and for them to run through the finish line with her. When she realised she would win, she, in that moment, changed her mind to be the first woman to win by dodging her kids when she realised someone was behind her. The man she hugged at the end was her brother. The husband was doing as instructed. This is why people need to stop gossiping about what they thought happened. This only spreads wrong information.

[@neilg1560]

A lot of arm chair psychologists in this section who clearly have zero experience in endurance racing. Crossing the finish line with your kids is a really nice thing many people do, go check the finish line photos of any marathon or triathlon and youll see a great number (men and women) doing this. To train for a race you have to spend a lot of time away from your family and its nice to let your kids bask in the finish line feeling with you and create a memory for them which you hope encourages them to undertake similar feats when they are older or at least encourage them to live a healthy life. She has come out and stated that is what they had agreed to do and why the father brought the kids to the race. It so happened that apparently she was in 1st place, with a time of 1.40 she cannot have been expecting this as in reality this is not a great time. So she didn't want to jeopardise her win, he went to follow through with what they had agreed. He probably understands why she did this, she does also. Maybe we should mind our own business.

[@adamhawkins3000]

He’s dumb. Should’ve been waiting AFTER the finish line

[@roundbutfreakishlysq]

Jealousy, he coulda waited beyond the finish line ☹️☹️

[@elaineabreu282]

He is a pos and so is everyone excusing his behavior

[@jdavis8631]

Facts

[@crypticghost21]

0:35 If that's true, then someone needs to tell him that it's not babysitting. It's called being a father if they're your kids, and that he should definitely take parenting classes, because he clearly doesn't know anything about being a dad.

[@rafaelvargas1011]

Lol, what?

[@Capcoor]

That’s not what he said. Some person online speculated that he said it, with no evidence to back it up.

[@QemeH]

@@CapcoorA lot of the reactions tell much more about the relationship these users have than it does about the relationship of the people depicted. From what they all immediately assume without question it is clear that THEY feel undervalued and unseen and they just project it on this poor woman and her husband - which, in all fairness, is the internet in a nutshell. Still, it is curious that the actual explanation (as per the woman in the video) of an agreed „wanna finish with my kids, it’ll be cute“ Plan getting dumped last minute because she had a narrow chance to win was hardly even considered as a possibility…

[@Slightly_Dappy]

Ok hear me out. It’s a big thing for runners to have their kids finish the race with them. As soon as I saw my mom or dad near the finish line I’d always run next to them as they made it to the finish line. That’s probably all that dad was doing guys. Encouraging the kids to finish the race with her but they are clearly tiny and did not understand the assignment!

[@kimfletter4142]

Mom mother used to tell me how much she sacrificed for me. The therapist told her the example she was setting for her daughter's was a bad one. I still always come in 2nd place. Recently someone pointed out, In first league I am second place. In 5th league I am second place. She taught me to be less.

[@bluesky5384]

A lot of armchair diagnosing going on in the comments. Some people really need a hobby.

[@guilhermecorrea9483]

They had planned the picture with the girls, crossing the finish line. The mother changed her mind during the marsthon because she was not expecting to be first place. It happened in Presidente Prudente, Brazil. They are surprised with the whole thing and would like everybody to grow up.

[@chrisbeatty743]

It was her idea to have the kids cross the finish line with her. They had planned that before the race. The husband was doing what she wanted, she bailed on the idea because she was going to win a race.

[@CMT1981]

I think he’s a narcissist. They can’t handle it when others get the attention so they sabotage them and act dumb or play the victim.

[@lubystkaolamonola529]

Clear child endangerment. Did you see the motorcycle? And Office Tatum made fool out of himself again, after Uvalde. He is more focused on "the context, whose kids are those, who is she, who is he" but not on the actual sabotage of race and safety. Imagine if that was Tour de France. Or the kids bump into the motorcycle. Who would be to blame if someone gets hurt.

[@mitchgaoseb6600]

She's toxic 😂😂😂

[@josephinefay957]

He would have told the kids before she ran around the corner that you can run with mum to finish lines kids love doing that… he wouldn’t know with a marathon that she would be right next to another runner. I think it is just bad timing.

[@zarlashtkhan3740]

That man is on the verge of divorce and has probably never done a day of parenting in his life

[@aleksisalonen4807]

I really hope you people feel ashamed now that we know what really happened and it was her wish to finish with the kids. She changed her plan because she realized she was gonna win. You were ready to cruzify the dad with this completely ridiculous kitchen psychology you came up with. Wake up and stop this nonsense.

[@issacalleyne8665]

They won't listen, they just wanna be angry

[@DM-nw5lu]

Not really as what remains is: Men often times do sabotage women achieving their career goals and goals in general by using the kids as an excuse. This is still a visual representation of it.. regardless it's actual origin. They could also have easily lied in retrospect to protect the husband as he got blasted so much.

[@issacalleyne8665]

@@DM-nw5lu Thank you for proving my point.

[@bluesky5384]

People who want to be outraged will remain outraged.

[@rebecca4680]

That doesn't change how dangerous this was for the kids! The dad was pushing his kids into oncoming traffic and the other racere or the motorcycle could've easily ran over the kids! This is why you stay BEHIND the line

[@justinstuart3318]

Yes, absolutely appalling behavior that is well deserving of national attention.

[@unknown-fo9rn]

Everyone here is over reacting, you don’t know anything about the guy or if he had bad intentions. I for now only see something that happened in a bad timing, that’s it.

[@ThomSonnyYeah]

What was he actually thinking though?? That she’d stop and throw away the entire race to hug her kids? It was 100% on purpose.

[@pseguin7124]

Did he "let them" or did the kids just run off on thier own?

[@kaydeeruth4180]

Dude you can clearly see him borderline push them into the road

[@pseguin7124]

​@kaydeeruth4180 I have zoomed in the video and watched it in slow motion. Looks like he put them a lil too close to the road ( already a bad move) but also looks like the first girl ran off unexpectedly.

[@theevildeaddy2352]

do you see his hands on the back of the children pressing them forward? would you say this move is commonly understood by humans as a guiding gesture?

[@pseguin7124]

​@theevildeaddy2352 honestly I think the guy is just dumb. Seems like he couldn't decide if how close he wanted them to get. Where they were supposed to be obviously was the best option.

[@dsouthernflyboi]

you wasnt with her shooting in the gym!

[@goodlookingman4489]

His heart is in the right place. His location was not … why would you not wait behind the finish line ?

[@extemporaneous4545]

Was it indeed? If so, why would he deliberately want to trip his wife up? As you said, he had choices as to where to stand. He's encouraging his children to go to her. Seems like he hates his wife, hates her achievements.

[@Hubjeep]

Exactly!!

[@johntherevelator2020]

No, his heart was definitely in the wrong place. If he truly care about celebrating, he could have easily positioned himself on the other side of the finish line as it was only a few feet away. He knew what he was doing. This was his plan to make her look like a bad mother, and it backfired.

[@berrymckockiner5883]

​@@extemporaneous4545🐈💃

[@berrymckockiner5883]

​@@johntherevelator2020projection

[@otbhs3646]

Well we all know who wears the pants in that household

[@Capcoor]

I don’t criticize his actions, just his timing.

[@SimonRileyMILSURP]

Half marathon I’m pretty sure.

[@JSp8]

The most plausible explanation is that theyre not allowed to stand in finishing area and given that it is the uncle and not the father its more reasonable that he invisioned them cheering and running beside her. Or maybe youre all not deranged and if it had been a bear he'd have kept a better handle on them than this evil man did.🙄

[@SirComesalot]

Schizophrenia alert

[@julesknight1511]

Those comments at the end highlight the selfishness of our modern day society - we've become selfish, hedonistic, consumer materialists

[@LadieKadie]

🎯

[@mega11ee77]

Not really. It’s not selfish for women to want to achieve things for themselves. I’m not saying that women should be neglectful of their kids, but they should have freedom outside of their marriage and their family. for the longest time, it was women who were looking after the kids and household while supporting their husbands’ dreams. Why are women suddenly ‘selfish’ and ‘hedonistic’ for doing the same thing men have done for centuries?

[@whiplash6548]

If i was 26 miles in and about to place first i prolly wouldnt hug jesus

[@julesknight1511]

@@mega11ee77 really? "Freedom outside of their marriage"? Don't have any kids or get married if you need such 'freedom' just stay single and self centered

[@johntherevelator2020]

​@@whiplash6548 I'm pretty sure Jesus would have been on the other side of the finish line.

[@TheWorldisSoDivided]

Amen

[@Vgamer311]

The people who complain about parental burnout and say the solution is not not spend time with their kids are horrible people who should never have had kids in the first place. Being a parent takes tremendous personal sacrifice (to do it well) and for at least the next 15~20 years or so are basically entirely dedicated to your children. If you dont want to make that sacrifice, thats totally respectable. Whats not respectable is having kids anyway just to proceed to neglect them. (No, im not saying the mom was being neglectful by finishing the race, i’m talking specifically about the people in the on-screen comments proving they dont deserve kids)

[@sigma_curry]

He should be arrested for that.

[@KarenSmith-zq4yi]

Nah he is just very dumb

[@frodobaggins6270]

Moms using tiktok? How old are these people? 16? Get off your phone and spend time with your children. Or better yet, DONT HAVE KIDS IF YOU DONT WANT TO DEAL WITH THEM!

[@suzanne1430]

But...they have to have the phone in their hand to take a picture of everything they see...also..they need to let the world know where they're going and what they're eating....ugh

[@nikkinonames5265]

Oh shut up

[@anacc3257]

Grown women also use social media and the internet, yes

[@frodobaggins6270]

@@nikkinonames5265 You sound very enlightened.

[@frodobaggins6270]

@@anacc3257 Tiktok is for children. If you're grown and you're on that app, please don't have children.

[@unidentifiedslidingobject]

At least she wasn't racing a car.....would his face have been red! 👽🔰🤙🏼

[@toodreammy]

Isn't there 2 wars going on right now?

[@danidynamite2]

There are always wars going on. People are still allowed to run races and point out misogynist husbands during them.

[@annmarieknapp]

Glad she chose herself and won!!! He stinks!!!

[@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay]

Someone is going to have to explain to me how and why this is a story or even controversial.

[@justinabajian1087]

Wow. Just wow. He has a deep seated hatred for his wife, and women at large. That much is obvious. He wanted the kids to trip her and injure her so she becomes disabled because he can’t stomach seeing a woman happy. No, he knew exactly what he was doing. He deeply hates his wife, his daughters, and women at large. How you didn’t take this away from the video is troubling. You need to check your privilege and think of others for once. You may say, it’s not that serious, it’s just some race. True, it really wasn’t that serious and no one in America knew about or cared about this woman or this race. And that’s why he thought he could get away with it. If you’re a woman, I’d highly recommend getting some mace and getting yourself into a female led martial arts dojo. Not dis male led dojos, but you are not to be trusted anymore. Enough is enough.

[@joey.99]

​@@justinabajian1087you're saying all of this over a 10 second clip. The context is that she planned to run across the finish line with her kids, but she changed her mind at the last second when she realized she was in 1st place

[@KateBluebird]

Maybe he was genuinely proud of her and wanted the kids to be part of the finish line moment, but he is simply a bit dumb...

[@Jan-zh6wn]

I imagine her training regime. All the months, days, hours on the road preparing. Leading up to this event. Supported by her partner and her children, doing what she loves. She sidestepped her little ones without missing a step. Pure love.

[@whiplash6548]

Its not hard to step behind the finish line. To not sabotage your eife doing something she worked hard for

[@T-bit]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@cindyjofaithful4469]

If your kids stress 57 percent of us .....for Pete's sakes don't keep having more!

[@jmack619]

Ny post. Newsworthy ?? Cancel my subscription

[@eduardocruz4341]

That is NY Post is called a rag...lol

[@MKF30]

All NY papers are rags lol 😅

[@penguinpie5056]

i don't know. he seems to be holding on to them as he stumbles forward at 0:01 as they move into the track and the kids are clearly stepping forward as they see their mom. I think he could have done a better job of keeping hold of them at that critical moment but other than that I think people might be a little harsh and prejudiced in their assessment of the situation. Kids don't think or know better before they act sometimes and I think parents should be very aware of that.

[@cosaosa2855]

I've watched many marathons and triathalons. It's not uncommon for the competitors to carry their young kids for the last 20 yards across the finish line. Had the kids blocked other competitors, then I'd say he was way out of line. Effecting other's completion times is messed up. Qualification for bigger races is at stake.

[@Angiedelren]

The 2nd guy was right behind her, she would’ve lost, this dad had to wait with the kids after the arrival line. If it was him he would’ve been angry. Think about how the mom felt, women also have dreams.

[@hueginvieny7959]

​@@Angiedelrenhe slowed down and clapped clearly thinking it was a nice moment. This is all because women hate men now especially men who have children because all sudden if a woman is married and has kids the man must of forced it and took away her independence. Don't make bs reason for your outrage say what it really is.

[@lubystkaolamonola529]

He was endangering them by pushing them on busy traffic road. When girl in pink ran to that woman he did not react. Even if she was just inched from moving motorcycle.

[@extemporaneous4545]

Wasn't she trying to better her time? Carrying kids wouldn't have fit in with that.

[@berrymckockiner5883]

​@@AngiedelrenfemseI

[@materascal3630]

I would argue that is her egocentric behavior a problem rather then him or kids. We live in society where "me" goes first instead of "us". This guy has done nothing wrong except supporting his wife nor only on the race day but also in preparations for that race. She did not even look back to her kids after finishing, as a parent I found this much more disturbing.

[@richardlionheart9371]

every generation gets worse in modern times. now millenials are raising kids and gen z after that.

[@danivi4435]

DIVORCE THAT MAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@corydemeray7594]

Whoever cares to comment on this is lame..like look at the world. And this is what concerns you. Well done. Your all a lil too entitled. Hope all your kids enjoy the future..

[@Sucker_MC]

The irony here is as thick as peanut butter.

[@Meowjohnson]

If you don’t wanna have your kids involved in everything you do in life why are you even a parent.. I think this dad is 💯 a fool for letting his kids on to a race course but come on you all be making this into so much more than it really is and tbh it’s showing just how many mothers and fathers out there who shouldn’t have kids

[@ritam4926]

Wow you people all butthurt just because dad did something unusual. Get a life and stop assuming making problems out of nothing.

[@berrymckockiner5883]

FemseIs in the comments projecting 😂😂😂

[@scarlette7373]

that's really sweet actually

[@gfarious5389]

These comments are disgusting. Everyone attributing malice to the father and saying the mother deserves to out herself first. Parents should be parents first. No exceptions. Should the father have done that? No. But stop saying he was selfish or just wanted to be rid of his children.

[@raymondvaldez4101]

It was super selfish and done on purpose. Haha those kids can wait.

[@gfarious5389]

@@raymondvaldez4101 How do you know it was selfish? Has the mother and father come out and said it was done out of pure selfishness? Maybe, just maybe, they talked about it before and the mom wanted to cross the finish line with her children but once the time came she was just too tired and knew if she slowed for even a second she wouldn't win?

[@hueginvieny7959]

​@raymondvaldez4101 the guy behind her slowed down and and started clapping. Clearly every one thought it was going to be a nice moment. To me it's crazy how people are determined thr father had ill will over a video

[@anacc3257]

Why didn't the father and the kids just stand behind the finish line and hug her when she actually won? Seems like he doesn't know how these competitions work.

[@gfarious5389]

@@anacc3257 did you read all of my comment? I said he should have waited, but him not waiting doesn't automatically mean he was selfish.

[@Smokeybuhda]

The dad always chooses his kids. Their mom runs around them to get to the finish line. Hahahah when she divorces him and ends up alone we will all laugh collectively.

[@4riversgd]

Ridiculous. No need to make a 'movement' behind the dad trying to get the children to enjoy their mom's victory.

[@user-lj9pb9io8n]

STOP SPREADING HATE .. 💖JESUS said that Hating someone is the same as Murdering .. This Article is Spreading Hate 😢

[@lilyw.719]

That's BS nonsense, a completely false equivalency. SHAME on U for trying to prevent society from policing norms of acceptable behavior. Sit down, shet up.

[@richardlionheart9371]

dont yell at us hater

[@lubystkaolamonola529]

More like awareness. Do not sabotage your partner big dreams. Do not endanger your kids. Take proper care of your kids.

[@elaineabreu282]

@lubystkaolamonola529 big men can't take their lil feelings being bruised.

[@ARTOFWAR2008]

Should read selfish Mother doesn't love her kids and has a side piece.

[@raewarren3313]

You’re not serious.

[@ARTOFWAR2008]

@@raewarren3313 Stevie Wonder could see this.

[@theevildeaddy2352]

this is the scenario and reaction he tried to create by pushing the kids into the track and making the mother choose between something she trained for for weeks and maybe months and hugging her kids, something she can might as well do after she finishes. he used the kids as pawns in his game and even put them in danger by guiding them into a race track where heavy adults are running. abusing kids the physical and emotional wellbeing of kids to humiliate and sabotage women is not even a new low for misogynists like you, since you've done this for ages. no sruprise at all.

[@locochang6533]

Motherhood is the greatest role a woman can have