Canadian PM Mark Carney the butt of jokes after cheeky Vancouver Pride parade snap goes viral
The straight-laced 60-year-old Liberal Party leader made a surprise appearance at Vancouver Pride this past weekend, mixing it up with the crowd and shaking hands amid a sea of rainbow flags.
3 Canadian PM Mark Carney made a surprise appearance at Vancouver Pride last weekend, appearing with a drag queen along the parade route.
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The crowd cheered as Carney marched about three-quarters of a mile along the parade route, which began outside of BC Place Stadium, before being handed a mic by a drag performer who towered over him.
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Carney said Pride celebrates diversity in a 'very positive way' and represents the 'essence of Canada.'
3 He was mingling with the crowd, including this man in a pink thong.
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While making the rounds at the parade, Reuters snapped a photo of Carney with his arm around a man wearing little more than a pink thong. Carney appears to force a smile as the man's hirsute derrière catches the summer Vancouver air.
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The awkward photo quickly went viral, with many on social media poking fun at Carney.
'Canada summed up in one picture. This is [why] Trump doesn't take [Canada] seriously,' one X user quipped.
3 Photos of the straight-laced ex-central bank chief went viral, with some poking fun at the PM for the cheeky shot.
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A large number of commenters raised doubts the picture was real, some questioning whether it was AI-generated.
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In fact, both Reuters and Associated Press ran a series of the images leading up to the embrace itself.
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