Stephanie Seymour's Son, 17, Defends Their Shocking Beach PDA
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There's nothing quite like the bond between a mother and her son -- especially when it involves supermodel Stephanie Seymour and 17-year-old Peter Brant II.
The two raised eyebrows on January 7 when a bikini-clad Seymour, 42, was photographed canoodling with her son during a vacation in St. Barth's -- but Brant insists the "pictures have been taken completely out of context."
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"My mother and I are very close as she is with all her children. She often hugs and kisses me and my siblings in a manner that is intimate. Any mother in the world does the same," Brant tells Gawker. "That day on the beach we walked around with each other completely aware of the presence of photographers there."
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When the site first published the controversial photos, they asked the question: "How close is too close when it comes to mothers and sons?" But according to Brant -- who describes himself as a designer, art collector, socialite and model on his Facebook fan page -- there's nothing incestuous about their behavior.
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"We have nothing to hide and with that in mind I would like to say that I am openly gay," Brant says. "At my age my mother and I are almost like friends and I feel open to talk to her about anything (and yes, our relationship may be different because of my sexuality)."
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I think that people are perverts and want to make something out of this. I kiss my kids all the time full on with mouth closed. I guess now I'm a child molester. Unless photos that are damning as Soon Yi and Woody Allen's disgusting behavior, everyone should back the hell off. No one gives, and they should,a crap about what Roman Polanski did to a thirteen year old, but we're all gonna come at a nice moment between mother and son. What? Is she not allowed to where beach where around her children. If I had her body at her age, I would stay close to nude all the time and not give three craps to the wind who had anything to say about it.
This isn't parent-child intimacy - and it's no wonder he's got same-sex attraction issues, if every time he visualizes a woman he sees his nearly naked mother touching and kissing him... yeesh... It doesn't matter if HE thinks it's normal. It's like having Stockholm Syndrome - the victim "likes" the perpetrator, and "likes" what they're doing - but they're just brainwashed.
First glance looks damning but I think the photog captured just the precise moment that made it look so bad. He was in the middle of a blink, not closing his eyes to enjoy kissing his mom. He's kissing her on the cheek and she's got the typical pursed mom lips going on. I kiss my own mom right on the lips. As far as his hand being on her tit... well, I have a pic of my 5 year old son on santa's lap with santa's hand on his crotch. It wasn't actually there, his hand was probably about a foot away! Just the angle of the photo made it look that way.
Question, would this pose be ok if it were a father & his 17 yr old daughter? Lips touching, eyes closed kiss with her being close to his private regions? I totally understand parent/child bonding, but I also understand how important it is to teach children about body safety, boundaries & how to appropriately transition from childhood into adolescence, then adulthood. The bonding which took place at 7 is going to be different at age 17. If Stephanie had a history of good judgement, I could possibly let this go, but read her personal bio. Very disturbing, makes me wonder how she can become an outstanding Mom, giving her historical background.
Perception is a funny thing. So are pictures that are taken at the not so best moment. People are too quick to judge, but that's the norm...sadly.
Inappropriate for who? You should all mind your own damn business. I think not using a washcloth in the shower is gross, does that give me the right to go out and criticize everyone who doesn't think like I do?
EEEWWWWW! This is soooo weird! He has his hand on her tit and his tongue practically down her throat and he says that all mothers are intimate with their children...well my mom and I have not been that intimate since I stopped breastfeeding at 1! This is just GROSS!!
It's okay to peck your mom on the lips, but feeling her up is totally inappropriate. Look at his right hand.
I've seen Mothers do this all the time with their "grown" sons and while in part it may be harmless at the same time it does look incestuous. Mother's and sons and mother's and daughters are different. There have been many cases of mothers sleeping with their sons.
Omg, people, this is a Mother showing affection to her Son, I do the same with my 21 year old Son...Minds outta the gutter please!!!!
My son is 34 I still give him a kiss on the lips so did his father up until the day his dad passed away The night before my youngest son died in a car accdent last thing I did was give him a good -night kiss on the lips he was 30 ........only dirty minds think dirty thoughts
So I guess noone has every accidentally grazed a boob when hugging someone?! He's not 'grabbing' her boob, he's grabbing HER to hug her. I hope my sons and I have a close relationship when they are teenagers. We don't kiss on the lips now (theyre 7&8) bc I feel awkward doing that, but we kiss on the cheek and hug. Theres been plenty of times we've hugged and they accidentally touch a boob. Not a big deal! Now as far as Mark's comment, if there is a picture of him humping her, thats a little weird!
people should really stop being malicious. specially people who doesn't know the bond between mother and child. shame on you judgmental hypocrites. i totally agree with your comment soledad ortega. :)
His waist is smaller than hers.
And what about pics on the same day showing him dry humping is mother from behind? is this another "camera angle mistake" they are clearly doing something more than just simple mom son closeness, seriously come on...
This is inappropriate, but how can you expect her to have boundaries or teach them to her kids. Isn't she the who's had a string adultery affairs? This pic is certainly not the parent child norm.
Get a room you two lol
Canoodling? really US Weekly. Could you get any more ridiculous
She should have shoved him away and said, "Don't hug me! I'm wearing a swimming suit!" Give me a break. They are walk-hugging, which is very difficult to do without awkwardness. As for his hand on her boob, that happened because he's gay. Let me explain. When I was in my 20s I was very petite and dainty. A coworker put his arm around my shoulder and his fingertips hit me in the nipple. I screamed out of surprise and he jerked his hand away. He was very embarrassed and explained that his wife is a large woman and he's used to a bigger reach when he puts his arm around her and because I was small his conditioned reach had failed to take the difference into account and that's why he hit my boob. So back to the picture, Stephanie is clearly smaller than a man and doesn't have the broad shoulders that her gay son is probably used to embracing, so that would explain how his hand landed where it did. It's really no big deal and I think most mothers would trade a brooding, moody 17-year-old son who's ashamed to be seen with his parents for one who isn't afraid to show her that he loves her, even if he accidentally touches her boob in the process.