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.
🚨⚽️ | NEW: Paul Scholes’ daughter on Instagram pic.twitter.com/dgZvGWl5lJ
— Football For All (@FootballlForAll) October 23, 2021
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:
There is little food stuck between his teeth, he's trying to get it out with her toe nails
— Milito-22 (@22Milto) October 23, 2021
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 pic.twitter.com/nkR6B0oyTN
— Sam Copson (@Copson333) October 23, 2021
Paul Scholes' PR team this eveningpic.twitter.com/ZZx9gOzadH
— Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) October 23, 2021
— ok (@Dansand23) October 23, 2021
Paul Scholes :Class of ninety toe
— Mark Anderson (@andersonicboom) October 23, 2021
— Mercy (@CFCMercy) October 23, 2021
I bet Paul Scholes can spit his daughters toenails into the bin from 50 yards away
— Toby Tarrant (@tobytarrant) October 24, 2021
"hello this is your captain speaking, we are currently flying over 30,000 feet"
— Dan (@jobbycharlton) October 24, 2021
Paul Scholes : pic.twitter.com/vtGZIQmAAI
Paul Scholes favourite ice cream. pic.twitter.com/9TObYXQASv
— TheWelshZappa (@TheWelshZappa) October 24, 2021
God that Paul Scholes video though pic.twitter.com/ooxfONh4ye
— Em (@IrradiatedMouse) October 23, 2021
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 pic.twitter.com/ZrljptaCDT
— Alexei (@MUFC_redarmy99) October 23, 2021
Paul Scholes is trending. If you haven't seen why, please don't look. pic.twitter.com/QRFw4Ylxbp
— The girl with the gerbil tattoo (@gerbillady) October 24, 2021
Checking out why Paul Scholes is trending 😲 #paulscholes pic.twitter.com/qpo2R4s8aP
— Geoff SWFC (@GeoffSWFC) October 23, 2021
Finally looked at that Paul Scholes thing 😐 pic.twitter.com/nu0j7pUUt1
— Husko (@DankAckroyd) October 24, 2021
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.
