The love we have for our parents is unconditional, but that doesn't mean we don't have disagreements with them from time to time. Love doesn't come without friction. That's part of the price.
The love we have for our parents is unconditional, but that doesn't mean we don't have disagreements with them from time to time. Love doesn't come without friction. That's part of the price.
Unfortunately for one of professional soccer's brightest prospects, Nicolo Zaniolo, his mom's social media habits have gotten a little too public.
Even as the 19-year-old's star rises in his first season with with his club, Roma, it seems that he wants to bring his mom's social media life back down to Earth.
And while her posts aren't the most revealing, at least in terms of skin, she's not shy about showing off her face on camera, especially with Nicolo's most detested feature: Duck face.
"Stop mum. What are you doing with your mouth like that? You're 40!" he wrote, Italian paper Corriere dello Sport reported, according to The New Zealand Herald.
Every kid will be embarrassed by their parents at some point in their lives. It's probably even more likely to happen when you lead a very public life. And where duck face in his mom's posts are concerned, he's got a point.
For one thing, 40 isn't that old, and she clearly takes care of herself, so there's really nothing wrong with being proud of that and wanting to flaunt the results of your hard work on social media.
If Nicolo has a problem with what she posts, well, that's a Nicolo problem, not a Francesca problem.
But also, he can calm TF down! It's just some selfies after all.
Apparently, after meeting Italian soccer legend Francesco Totti, Francesca broke down in tears.
According to The New Zealand Herald, she continued, "He told me: 'What are you crying for me?' I could not speak. "Nicolo told me: 'What are you doing to me?'. There was also my husband Igor who laughed."
But as he takes the spotlight more for himself, he might find more friction in his life than his mother's Instagram selfies.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh?
And who knows, maybe there's even a duck face selfie in Nicolo's future, too!