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7th October 2015
10:12am BST
The image, posted to the blogger's (who's real name is Mario Lavandeira) Instagram account Monday, is showing himself and little Mario Jr. grinning widely inside a shower cubicle. The feel-good family snap was captioned: "Our family motto is: #fun! We try and incorporate fun into as much of the everyday things we do! #Bathtime."
But as can be expected in the area of widespread wi-fi and keyboard warriors, it didn't take very long for reactions to come pouring in. And not all of the pleasant variety. Some took to social media with comments suggesting the scenario is ‘kinda creepy’ and ‘odd’, prompting Perez to reply to one comment, saying: "I had my bathing suit on, and I didn’t feel the need to clarify that in the caption."
The image debacle was even discussed on ITV's This Morning yesterday, where mother-of-one and journalist Sonia Poulton claimed Hilton to be ignorant to post the picture showing his child in the shower because paedophiles can view it.
She also blasted the celebrity blogger for posting the image because she argued 'who asked the child' for permission.
Host of the popular morning program, Philip Schofield, accused Poulton of being 'hysterical' and said the picture only shows the child's head.
She said: "It's lovely that he's doing that with his child and I don't see anything in that picture that could offend any reasonable human being. If this brings forward a sensible conversation about how we handle this [posting online], he'll have done us a favor."
Hilton, who often post pictures of his two young children to his social media accounts, issued the following comment to DailyMail.com following the program: "Everyone does what they see fit as a parent. Personally, I enjoy putting on my swim trunks and taking a shower with my son as often as possible. I'd rather do that than leave him unattended, which will not happen until he's older and I'm confident he can be safe alone."
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