Parents kiss their kids on the lips in defiant snaps supporting David Beckham after Harper criticism

PARENTS are sharing defiant snaps of them kissing their kids on the lips, to support David Deckham after he was targeted by trolls last night.

The dad-of-four, 43, was branded "weird" for a sweet shot he shared of the innocent peck while ice skating with Harper, seven.

One follower posted: "I don’t care what anyone says if a dad kisses a child on the lips it’s completely wrong."

While a second said: "I feel like a kiss on the cheek is better than that n the lips. The lips is just weird."

Now, parents are rushing to his defence, including Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, who shared a video of her kissing one of her sons with footballer Wayne, David's former England teammate.

She captioned the clip: "I’ve always kissed my kids on the lips... and that will continue until they naturally don’t want to... just like it naturally happened with me and my parents and there’s and so on and so on..."

The trend has even reached the United States, with mum Erin Rusnak writing: "This one's for you @davidbeckham #wouldnthaveitanyotherway".

Another mummy blogger asked: "Anyone else think the drama surrounding @davidbeckham today is just an absolute joke?!

"I will kiss my little boy on the lips for as long as he kisses me back. So many trolls in the world... I have nothing but love for DB’s post, it’s just beautiful".

And one dad said: "I can't believe there's even so much as a quizzical eyebrow at David Beckham giving his little girl a kiss on the lips.

"But it does at least give me the opportunity to show Becks some solidarity, we probably don’t have that much in common normally."

Others were keen to "show that it's normal to do this", and branded themselves #teambeckham.

Another mum slammed the critics, writing: "I first shared this picture when @victoriabeckham was told she shouldn’t be kissing her children on the lips.

"I’ll share it again now that @davidbeckham is under scrutiny for the same thing. Don’t be so ridiculous, the world needs to get a grip.

"Are people’s lives that warped they think kissing your own child on the lips shouldn’t be done?! Dear god.

" I kiss my babies on the lips all the time! Why wouldn't I?! It's a sign of love and affection."

This is far from the first time Becks has come under fire for kissing Harper.

He faced similar criticism in summer 2017, but told critics: "I kiss all my kids on the lips".

David, who is also dad to Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 16, and Cruz, 13, said his eldest is the only one he would think twice about kissing in public.

Posh, 44, also kisses the kids - and faced criticism for a similar snap shared on Harper's fifth birthday.

But not all the support today has been positive.

Piers Morgan has also waded into the debate, labelling David "weird" for the peck.