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Elaine McCallig
Oct 25, 2021
Former Manchester United footballer Paul Scholes has gone viral after his daughter posted a video where he seemingly chews her toenails.
Scholes’ 20-year-old daughter Alicia shared the video with her 68,000 followers on her Instagram story on Saturday.
Writing the caption “true love” over the three-second clip, she filmed her 46-year-old dad appearing to gnaw at her big toe.
The video quickly went viral, with a repost from Football For All on Twitter racking up over two million views.
Naturally, people were baffled by the video.
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Biting nails is popular among parents of young children as an alternative to using metal clippers.
Viewers questioned what was going on, with some throwing out ridiculous suggestions for what the context could be. One Twitter user guessed he may have been using her toenail as a toothpick:
@kel14bt @FootballlForAll There is little food stuck between his teeth, he's trying to get it out with her toe nails— Milito-22 (@Milito-22) 1635031648
Others roasted Scholes with memes and reaction videos.
Twitter is also brimming with puns, with some referring to Scholes as being part of the “class of ninety toe”.
When you see the Paul Scholes video https://t.co/nkR6B0oyTN— Sam Copson (@Sam Copson) 1635015930
Paul Scholes' PR team this evening https://t.co/ZZx9gOzadH— Mike P Williams (@Mike P Williams) 1635018473
@FootballlForAll https://t.co/UMSNV9mgRI— ok (@ok) 1635006809
Paul Scholes :Class of ninety toe— Mark Anderson (@Mark Anderson) 1635012501
@FootballlForAll https://t.co/CBz9A9dFdw— Mercy (@Mercy) 1635006747
I bet Paul Scholes can spit his daughters toenails into the bin from 50 yards away— Toby Tarrant (@Toby Tarrant) 1635074137
"hello this is your captain speaking, we are currently flying over 30,000 feet" Paul Scholes : https://t.co/vtGZIQmAAI— Dan (@Dan) 1635059883
Scholes was trending on Twitter for most of the weekend.
Out of curiosity, some clicked to find out why he was in the news — and instantly regretted it:
Seeing Paul Scholes trending Finding out why https://t.co/ZrljptaCDT— Alexei (@Alexei) 1635028327
Paul Scholes is trending. If you haven't seen why, please don't look. https://t.co/QRFw4Ylxbp— The girl with the gerbil tattoo (@The girl with the gerbil tattoo) 1635065838
Checking out why Paul Scholes is trending 😲 #paulscholes https://t.co/qpo2R4s8aP— Geoff SWFC (@Geoff SWFC) 1635016695
Finally looked at that Paul Scholes thing 😐 https://t.co/nu0j7pUUt1— Husko (@Husko) 1635058769
We’re not entirely sure what was going on in this video, but witnessing such a bizarre ‘Schole’-destroying video certainly started our Sunday off on the wrong foot.
Indy100 has reached out to Paul and Alicia Scholes for comment.