Mom defends emotional hug with son after football game: ‘Just how we are’
She’s not embracing the feedback.
A Utah mother is defending herself after a video of her hugging her 16-year-old son at a football game went viral, with trolls suggesting the pair were inappropriately affectionate.
“I was so proud,” Amber Wright, 38, told TODAY.com last week. “I was a proud mom hugging her kid.
“I never expected it to turn into something where people are like, ‘You’re sexually abusing him! You’re grooming him! I’m calling child protective services,’” she added.
As family, friends and fans rushed the field last month after a win, the single mother ran into her son’s arms. Brixton picked his mother up and held her for several seconds before she jumped down and finished congratulating him by shaking his shoulders. Wright posted the video to Instagram on Aug. 17 as she boasted about her son.
“This boy will forever and always have my entire heart,” she captioned the video. “When I walked up to hug my baby boy after his game, he immediately picked me up and just held me. It may have been 20 seconds, 30 seconds, a minute, I have no idea. But in this moment, time stood completely still.”
“I honestly don’t know what I did to deserve you @brix_wright but I am thankful every second of every single day for you,” she finished.
A Utah mother is defending herself after a video of her hugging her 16-year-old son at a football game went viral, with trolls suggesting the pair were inappropriately affectionate.
“I was so proud,” Amber Wright, 38, told TODAY.com last week. “I was a proud mom hugging her kid.
“I never expected it to turn into something where people are like, ‘You’re sexually abusing him! You’re grooming him! I’m calling child protective services,’” she added.
As family, friends and fans rushed the field last month after a win, the single mother ran into her son’s arms. Brixton picked his mother up and held her for several seconds before she jumped down and finished congratulating him by shaking his shoulders. Wright posted the video to Instagram on Aug. 17 as she boasted about her son.
“This boy will forever and always have my entire heart,” she captioned the video. “When I walked up to hug my baby boy after his game, he immediately picked me up and just held me. It may have been 20 seconds, 30 seconds, a minute, I have no idea. But in this moment, time stood completely still.”
“I honestly don’t know what I did to deserve you @brix_wright but I am thankful every second of every single day for you,” she finished.
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00:00 Mom defends emotional hug with son after football game, just how we are.
00:04 She's not embracing the feedback.
00:07 A Utah mother is defending herself after a video of her hugging her 16-year-old son at a football game went viral,
00:14 with trolls suggesting the pair were inappropriately affectionate.
00:18 "I was so proud," Amber Wright, 38, told Today.com last week.
00:23 "I was a proud mom hugging her kid.
00:27 I never expected it to turn into something where people are like, 'You're sexually abusing him.
00:33 You're grooming him.
00:35 I'm calling Child Protective Services,'" she added.
00:38 As family, friends and fans rushed the field last month after a win, the single mother ran into her son's arms.
00:45 Brixton picked his mother up and held her for several seconds before she jumped down and finished congratulating him by shaking his shoulders.
00:54 Wright posted the video to Instagram on August 17 as she boasted about her son.
00:59 "This boy will forever and always have my entire heart," she captioned the video.
01:04 "When I walked up to hug my baby boy after his game, he immediately picked me up and just held me.
01:11 It may have been 20 seconds, 30 seconds, a minute, I have no idea.
01:16 But in this moment, time stood completely still.
01:21 I honestly don't know what I did to deserve you @brixwright but I am thankful every second of every single day for you," she finished.