Dalai
Lama
Lady
Gaga:
87-year-old
Tibetan
spiritual
leader
Dalai
Lama
courted
a
huge
controversy
earlier
this
week
after
a
video
of
him
kissing
a
minor
boy
on
the
lips
and
asking
him
to
suck
his
tongue
went
viral
on
social
media.
The
Buddhist
leader's
actions
have
triggered
a
row,
with
many
calling
him
a
'predator.'
In
the
controversial
video,
we
see
a
boy
approaching
the
Dalai
Lama
and
asking,
"Can
I
hug
you?" The
Holiness
then
invites
the
child
on
stage,
shows
him
his
cheeks
first,
and
asks
for
a
kiss.
He
then
pulls
the
boy's
chin
closer,
kisses
him
on
the
mouth,
and
says,
"suck
my
tongue."
The
video
has
attracted
harsh
backlash
from
around
the
world.
Though
the
spiritual
leader's
team
has
issued
an
apology,
they
say
the
Dalai
Lama
was
being
playful,
as
he
always
has
been.
Many
still
cannot
forgive
what
the
Nobel
Peace
Prize
winner
has
done.
Amid
the
row,
an
old
video
of
the
Dalai
Lama
tickling
international
singer,
actor,
and
songwriter
Lady
Gaga
has
resurfaced
on
the
internet.
For
the
unaware,
Lady
Gaga
interviewed
Dalai
Lama
back
in
2016,
where
both
spoke
about
kindness
and
compassion
the
world
needs
during
a
conference.
And
now,
a
short
video
clip
from
the
conference
has
gone
viral
following
the
incident
involving
the
spiritual
leader's
kiss
with
a
boy.
Watch
the
video
here.
Newly
surfaced
video
of
the
Dalai
Lama
and
Lady
Gaga
shows
the
spiritual
leader,
who
is
currently
facing
backlash
for
sexually
assaulting
a
young
boy,
tickle
and
touch
Lady
Gaga’s
legs
before
she
places
her
hand
on
his
to
block
him
from
touching
her.
pic.twitter.com/8mRKXsvDdS
Meanwhile,
the
video
focuses
on
the
Dalai
Lama
funnily
tickling
the
pop
star
on
her
knee,
which
promoted
a
laugh
from
the
crowd
and
Gaga
herself.
He
then
goes
again
to
tickle
Gaga,
who
laughs
and
holds
Lama's
hand.
Maybe
she
understood
that
he
was
teasing
her
for
wearing
those
ripped
jeans.
The
video
in
question
is
from
the
2016
United
States
Conference
of
Mayors
conference,
where
Lady
Gaga
posted
on
her
Facebook
that
she
and
the
Dalai
Lama
will
be
discussing
forming
a
world
that
has
compassion.
The
video
shared
on
Twitter
has
been
receiving
several
comments
from
netizens,
with
many
calling
Lama's
touching
of
Gaga
inappropriate.
Some
defended
him,
saying
that
he
was
just
being
playful.
A
netizen
tweeted
that
Dalai
Lama
was
pointing
at
Gaga's
torn
jeans,
so
he
used
a
tickle
getsure.
One
person
commented,
"The
way
she
held
his
hand
tells
you
a
lot." Another
one
said,
"Religion
poisons
everything.
He
quite
literally
thinks
he
is
a
deity.
How's
that
working
out?"
Another
one
defended
Lama's
behaviour
and
wrote,
"Are
you
aware
in
some
part
of
the
world
touching,
teasing
and
laughing
is
considered
normal.
You
need
to
travel
and
learn
more
.
Whatever
you
have
been
taught
so
far
it
hasn't
have
to
be
that
way
.
Every
culture
and
country
is
different
.
Men
holding
hands
is
normal
in
some."