Flavio Mendoza (49) surprised on social networks sharing a video with his son, Dionysius (5), which generated a lot of controversy among users and earned him receive strong criticism.
On his Instagram account, where he has more than one and a half million followers, the dancer and choreographer has published images in which he can see the dangerous stunt what his son did.
In the video of the post you can see that Flavio is in front of his huge swimming pool, standing on a wall, several meters from the water. In the distance there is his son, who encourages him to dive into the pool.
Flavio tells him to come closer: “Let me get out of here? No, come and jump with me”.
Without hesitation, Dionysius runs to meet his father. Flavio warns him that from then on he won’t go crazy, but the boy tells him that he is ready.
“Are you crazy? NO! “Daddy’s playing, he can’t even get out of here”Mendoza exclaims seeing the child’s excitement. “Yes, I want!” replies Dionysius.
“Oh God, why did I give him the idea? Should I shoot? “Like Charly,” he laments, referring to Charly García’s famous moment more than two decades ago, when he dived into a swimming pool from the ninth floor of a hotel located in the city of Mendoza.
“I’m about to finish the season, I see I’m hurt”attacked the artist.
Next, Dionysius approaches and, laughing, the mediator takes him in his arms and throws him into the water.
Flavio Mendoza and the swimming pool scene with his son Dionisio. instagram“Genius! “Genius of geniuses!” his father shouts as the boy is in the water.
“Last hours of the year 2023, just thank you and I hope that 2024 gives us health, work, union and lots of happiness. I wish it with all my heart and with all my soul”, wrote the dancer and choreographer on the sidelines of the publication which has collected more than 44 thousand likes and hundreds of comments in which many They criticized his attitude especially because there were steps in the pool right where the boy jumped.
“Bad idea, because the child watches if at a certain point he gets up there on his own and wants to jump”, “How crazy to show it and give ideas to his followers”, “How dangerous it is”“Nooo there are steps, be careful”, “A great stupidity to throw the child from there. A grace that can be very risky”, were some of the messages they left to the media in their publication on Instagram.
Flavio Mendoza with his son Dionisio. Photo: Movilpress. Archive.“Flavio, I’m a father and without bad vibes, bad idea, children copy their parents and absentmindedly see if he climbs alone… I hope you won’t take my comment the wrong way but it didn’t bring me any thanks…”, another user said.
“It scared me… But I appreciate the fact that parents give security to their children. When you grow up with love and freedom, the little ones understand perfectly,” wrote a follower.
Naturally, many defended the artist and highlighted his work as the father of Dionysius.
“People! The father grew up in a circus, hanging on everything that flies in the sky, the child is raised like that too!!! He has been pirouetting since he was practically born… let’s not project our fears onto others!!!! ”, commented one woman.
Source: Clarin
