Paul Scholes has admitted he's had 'better weekends', after footage of him biting his daughter's toenails went viral - topped off, of course, by Manchester United's 5-0 defeat against Liverpool yesterday (24 October).
Scholes' daughter Alicia, 20, shared a video on her Instagram Stories yesterday, writing: "True love."
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In the short clip, the former England and Manchester United star can be seen holding one of her feet to his mouth. He then appears to be giving her toenails a quick trim with his teeth.
After being posted at the weekend, the footage has since gone viral and has sparked some strong opinions on social media.
Commenting on the video, one person wrote: "Please let me have the rest of my life without seeing that Paul Scholes video again..."
Another said: "I'm envious of anyone who hasn't seen that Paul Scholes video."
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Someone else added: "Whatever you do, don't check why Paul Scholes is trending right now."
And it turns out some of those messages have also been sent directly to Scholes, 46, who shared a screengrab of one post on his own social media page to give followers a taste of what he's received over the past 24 hours.
A stranger had tagged the footballing star in their Instagram Story, writing: "Drop dead."
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Re-posting the message, Scholes said: "This is one of the nicer comments I've had this weekend.... I've had better ones."
He added an emoji of a monkey covering its eyes.
Scholes - who is also dad to sons Arron and Aiden - didn't explicitly specify why his weekend hadn't been so good, or the nature of the messages he'd been receiving, but the disastrous Manchester United defeat can't have helped.
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After the match, Scholes suggested midfielder Paul Pogba had shown a lack of 'discipline' and had been 'disrespectful' to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his fellow teammates.
Speaking to Premier League Productions, he said: "To say a disappointing day would be a complete understatement.
"I think we all realise it's been difficult, I just think the manager got caught up in the emotion of the comeback [against Atalanta in the Champions League] on Wednesday night.
"We keep going back to that game but you were never going to do that against Liverpool, they have too much quality.
"I don't think it was a lack of effort. I think tactically they were set up in a way where this could happen and unfortunately it did happen.
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"Paul Pogba coming on to the pitch at half-time to try and help the team and maybe get a little respectability about it, tries to stand on the ball, tries to show how strong he is in the middle of the pitch [...] gives the goal away.
"Then later on, gets sent off with a ridiculous tackle. Now you're 5-0 down with 10 men. You'd have to think, if Ole's still a manager there, will we see Pogba again in a United shirt?
"He's caused mayhem over the last couple of years.
"[...] He's had numerous chances, he keeps saying he lacks consistency, but that is just [a lack of] discipline and disrespect for your manager and your team-mates, what he's done today."
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