Parents blast Joe Wicks for balancing baby daughter on his hand in ‘risky and irresponsible’ Instagram shot

PARENTS have accused Joe Wicks of being “risky” and “irresponsible” after he posted a picture balancing his baby daughter in his hand.

The shot, taken on the beach in Costa Rica, shows the Body Coach holding 10-month-old daughter Indie by the feet.

The 32-year-old, from Epsom, Surrey, posted the shot on Instagram earlier this week, saying: “My dad used to balance me in his hand like this when I was a baby”.

Joe is currently on holiday with his daughter and his model fiancee Rosie Jones, 28.

Commenting on the snap, which has 127,000 likes, one bloke wrote: What I say might attract criticism but I feel that it’s a little irresponsible of you.

“You’re in a foreign country, on the beach, miles away from anywhere you could get medical assistance.

“If you have dropped her God forbid, even worse on her head, what would’ve you done?

“You would not have posted this picture on Instagram to begin with, and at worst ended up in the hospital.

“And for what reason? To get some likes on Instagram? Was it truly worth the risk?”

The comment got more than 150 likes from concerned parents.

Another mum said: “Regardless of the risk which is not my business I am fed up of literally tarting his child in a way to get more coverage.

“It’s truly sad and the child has totally no say at this age whether they want to be plastered all over media. I have no respect for this move.”

But some felt it was all a bit of fun, with one dad admitting: “Ha my brother used to do this with my eldest! Up until she was about 6! Not for the faint hearted!”

Other fans said: “Give the guy a break. He has one hand free to catch Indie if she falls.

“And the hand that he’s holding her with, you can clearly see he has a great grip on her little tooties not to mention he trains well so he’s strong enough to hold her.

“Let them share a wonderful moment.”

Another woman wrote: “Anyone who follows @thebodycoach know full well how much he loves and adores his baby girl and therefore would never do something that could put her at risk.

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“Get a life it’s heartwarming to see a parent especially a father being so devoted and would hate for him to stop posting because of boring people like you !”

Earlier today, we reported on a clean-mad mum who sparked outrage with her ‘aggressive’ list of pantry rules and said ‘if you mess it up I will cut you’.

Fabulous Digital has contacted Joe Wicks for comment.

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