New Dad Publicly Humiliated in Front of Wife at SeaWorld: 'Embarrassed'

An hilarious video is going viral online, showing a new dad getting publicly shamed by a man dressed as a mime at SeaWorld in Florida.

The clip, filmed at the Orlando resort, shows a group of people walking past a pool, possibly to find their seats or an exit.

Someone by the name of Ernest recorded the clip from the bleachers, and shared it to his TikTok account, @fiestascondjnova, at the end of last month, where it has amassed more than 14 million views.

Amid the stragglers are a woman carrying a backpack on one arm and a baby on the other, as she walks with a man, trailing behind.

A man dressed as a mime, who works at the resort, stops her and gestures towards the man, seemingly asking if they're together.

As the man responds with a 'yes,' the mime hilariously taks the backpack from the mom and hands it to the man, who had previously been carrying nothing.

There's rounds of applause and cheers from the audience after the mime calls out the dad, and as the pair walk off the worker jokingly mouths "call me" to the woman while making a phone gesture with his hands.

Ernest captioned the video: "I was on vacation at SeaWorld in Orlando Florida and this happened."

Numerous people praised the mime in the comments, although a woman also responded, claiming to be the mom in the clip.

Under username Michdell1426, she defended her husband, saying: "This is me and my husband! We found it hilarious! Wasn't sure what the mime was doing at first—we were confused!

"Wow these comments are insane! We literally just parked the stroller—which he pushed ALL day. He is seriously the best husband and father!

"We switched off carrying things into the show. I just grabbed my daughter before going in because it was an experience I wanted to share with her.

"Why waste time taking off a diaper bag that is going to be put down in less than five minutes?"

Others also weighed in on the situation, as Terri.mafi wrote: "Said SOOO much without saying a single word."

Zooks528 wrote: "She is literally doing all the heavy lifting and he just strolling along. Good call."

90skid joked: "We need more of those mime's walking the streets teaching lessons...."

Mikebeenice thought: "Plot twist, she insisted that she needs to carry the bag. They even fought in the car about it!"

Bee reckoned: "It's such a mum thing to do carrying the weight of everything without a second thought lol." Ashley quipped: "Mime just out there doing the Lord's work."

Michellexdiaz thought: "He's so embarrassed. He better have learned."

Bobbi Althoff admitted: "I don't let me husband carry anything because I like how I do it better."

Jeannie Rae pointed out: "Wait. Let the guy be. We have no idea the backstory here."

Marissa Ehret thought: "He's so embarrassed."

But in response to the negative reaction she received, after one person told her "real parents understand this," Michdell1426 admitted: "Thanks for this comment!

"This was such a funny memory and not going to lie, commenters kind of ruined this memory."

SeaWorld has been dogged by controversy in the past, particularly after the 2013 documentary, Blackfish, which examined the park's practices.

The park has faced criticism for its treatment of animals, with the death of Dawn Brancheau, who was killed by an orca, Tilikum, in 2010, sending shockwaves across the world.

In 2016 SeaWorld announced it would end its programme of breeding killer whales in captivity. While in 2020, the park announced it would change it "One Ocean" show and replace it with a new one, named "Orca Encounter."

That year, possibly hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the park recorded only 6,373 visitors, its annual report showed.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, quoted by Huffington Post, "One Ocean" was the park's first show which didn't include trainers in the water with the animals, with the change taking place after the death of Brancheau.

Dennis Speigel, CEO of International Theme Park Services, told the local paper: "It has a new regime now, and I'm sure it's looked at this and studied it and said this will help put us back on track and this is the wave, literally, of the future."

Newsweek has reached out to Michdell1426, Ernest and SeaWorld for comment.