(OPINION) A mother vehemently defended a Kentucky high school’s “Man Pageant” in which students were photographed giving lap dances to staff members, including the principal — and also was annoyed that the homecoming event made the news in the first place.
“People don’t know how to keep their mouths shut,” the mom told reporters. Hollie Layne — whose son and his friends participated in the Hazard High School event, according to WLEX-TV — told the station the controversy has been overblown. “It has been taken completely out of context,” Layne told the station.
“There are only photos being shown on the internet, no videos. So, the photos don’t show … the teachers pushing the children off of them.” She added to WLEX that pushing the limits and embarrassing teachers is part of the fun. “If everybody is perfect, then I would say, ‘Yeah, maybe we do need to rethink something,'” Layne added to the station.
“But until somebody can prove that something is going on here other than just homecoming week and teenagers being teenagers, then I will support my kids.” In a clip from WHAS-TV that appears to be part of the same interview with Layne, she added that “none of my children have been hurt, none of the teachers have been hurt. It’s embarrassing to them that this has to happen at their school because people don’t know how to keep their mouths shut.” READ MORE
