Many thought cringe-inducing behavior from parents on social media had run its course from meme-worthy to hackneyed as a source of humor. But Jeremy Bieber, father of pop star Justin, took a shot at reviving the form on Friday, by tweeting in support of his son’s recently leaked nude vacation photographs, making his pride in the singer’s penis clear by asking his son “what do you feed that thing”, and later referring to it as “a beaut”.
@justinbieber what do you feed that thing. #proud daddy ☺️
— Jeremy Bieber (@JeremyBieber) October 9, 2015
@justinbieber he's a beaut. pic.twitter.com/fnlKp5ozyT
— Jeremy Bieber (@JeremyBieber) October 9, 2015
Prior to today, Jeremy Bieber has been best known for looking like he steals all of his outfits from the wardrobe trailer on the Entourage movie set and allegedly tossing a dog off a second-floor balcony. So maybe, in the Bieber family, this is by comparison a tame non-issue.
But Jeremy Bieber’s tweets have put him in the company of a number of parents who have made inappropriate comments on their children’s bodies or sexuality in public.
Donald Trump: ‘If I weren’t, ya know, her father ... ’
Donald Trump has repeatedly made his appreciation for daughter Ivanka’s figure known, telling the co-hosts of The View in 2006 that he would possibly date her if she weren’t his daughter, and repeating the sentiment last month in a profile in Rolling Stone magazine. The leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination mused: “If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father ... ”
Trump mercifully trailed off without completing his thought, and maybe it’s unfair to assume that he meant something lewd. Perhaps he was going to end the sentence “I’d be a rich man today!” or “I’d build a wall around her to keep any passing Mexicans at a safe distance!” Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. Much of Trump’s presidential campaign, after all, has in fact revolved around people giving the bizarre and inappropriate things that come out of his mouth the benefit of the doubt, so we’re used to it.
Joe Simpson: ‘You can’t cover those suckers up!’
Close behind Trump follows Joe Simpson, former minister turned manager of daughter Jessica Simpson, who has also eagerly and repeatedly gone on the record regarding his daughter’s body. In 2004, Joe told GQ that, “Jessica never tries to be sexy … She just is sexy. If you put her in a T-shirt or you put her in a bustier, she’s sexy in both. She’s got double Ds! You can’t cover those suckers up!”
Alexander Carter-Silk: ‘Yeee gods she is hot!’
And let’s not forget Alexander Carter-Silk, who sounds like the snooty villain in a Rodney Dangerfield movie and found himself under scrutiny for commenting on the physical attractiveness of a female colleague on Linkedin, and then more so when it came to light that he’d posted “Whilst I should not encourage lascivious comments about my daughter, Yeee gods she is hot!” on his daughter’s Facebook page.
Imagine that, a post by your father on your Facebook page where his usage of the word “Whilst” is the least horrifying part.
Hulk Hogan: pause for thought
Disgraced wrestling star Hulk Hogan might reign above them all, however. In 2008, Hulk was criticized after a picture of him rubbing suntan lotion on daughter Brooke’s upper thighs was released, he then made matters worse in 2013 by posting a picture of her legs to his instagram account. And lost in Hogan’s recent racist-comment scandal is that the offensive remarks were made in regards to his daughter’s sex life, during the filming of the Hulkamaniac’s own sex tape.
Yes, Hogan paused during sex to reflect on his daughter’s love life – perhaps only the simple act of a distracted and concerned parent. Like Jeremy Bieber.
