‘Child’ picked up by Michelle Mone in Vietnam turns out to be 46-year-old married man

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The man initially approached Mone to present her with flowers, which she cordially received and then proceeded to pick him up so they could take a photo together.

”The guy was fine with it and the whole room was screaming with laughter,” Mone told The Mail On Sunday. “I thought something was wrong – his teeth were bright yellow from nicotine.”

The incident has prompted some discussion on Twitter. While the majority found the ordeal hilarious, with June Sarpong writing, “Hilarious, brings new meaning to picking up a man”, others were less impressed. “So your multiplying the mans humiliation by tweeting it to amuse your brain dead supporters,” wrote one user. 

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