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Alahna Kindred

Mum trolled as boobs 'steal spotlight' in 'indecent' dress at son's birthday party

A mum claims her own cleavage "stole the spotlight" from her son's birthday party.

Raquel Dicuru, 37, was throwing a party for her son's seventh birthday last month while her sister-in-law filmed her lighting the candles on the cake.

It wasn't until the mum, from Tonbridge, Kent, watched it back that she saw her purple sundress revealed much of her chest.

However, she found it hilarious and shared it on TikTok with the caption "When you didn't realise your boobies were stealing the spotlight at your son's birthday party until you saw pics and vid later that evening!"

The mum-of-two says the video, which has been more than one million times, has sparked fury among viewers who branded her "indecent".

Raquel Dicuru was throwing a seventh birthday party for her son when her sister-in-law filmed her (Kennedy News and Media)
It wasn't until Raquel watched the video back that she realised her 'boobies' were prominently featured (Kennedy News and Media)

In response, Raquel has told her followers to "get a life".

She says that nobody noticed anything unusual about her dress until she received video footage from the party later that night.

Raquel said: "We were all just living in the moment and singing happy birthday to my son. So I just thought it was funny that we were all unaware.

"I posted it online because I thought it was funny and got a shock when I saw the reaction.

"Some of the people said my caption was drawing attention to my boobs. But that's why it was funny.

"It's like when people walk out of a toilet with paper hanging onto their shoe. It's funny.

"Of all the videos I've posted about litter picking and eco-living - which I would love to go viral - it was this that did."

Raquel hit back at trolls who commented on her video (Kennedy News and Media)
Raquel was wearing this dress in the video (Kennedy News and Media)

Raquel received numerous comments from people who took issue with her decision to wear the low-cut dress.

Raquel said: "The majority of comments were people getting upset about the video.

"The main issue seemed to be that I was being 'indecent' for wearing that type of dress and that I was posting the video for attention.

"People were angry, they thought it was outrageous. They were questioning what sort of person I was if I was looking for a husband. I'm happily married and not looking for anybody.

"The comments were mainly from men. I also had people defending me though, telling trolls to 'lighten up'.

"I had to start deleting the nasty comments because they were getting really nasty. I didn't reply to most of them, so I just deleted them and continued with my life.

Raquel hits back at trolls who claim she 'stole the spotlight' (Kennedy News and Media)

"Men were commenting stuff like 'Women know what they're doing' and 'Women always do this for attention'. It was as if I was being blamed for having something on show.

"It just sounds like they've had bad experiences with women and they're putting me into this category of 'She wants the dads to look at her, she just wants attention'."

Raquel strongly believes that she did nothing wrong by wearing the dress.

Raquel said: "It's funny how people are angry at skin. Half of the world has boobs - I don't know why it's so taboo.

"It was a hot day at the start of June. I was wearing something comfortable for a picnic in the park."

Raquel says she is determined to not let trolls get to her.

Raquel said: "I'm just showing a bit of boob or a bit of a leg. It's hot - I don't have to cover up so that other people can be comfortable."

Many commenters didn't hold back in their critiques of Raquel's party outfit.

One wrote: "The fact you highlighted this is sick".

Another said: "Why would you even wear that to a kid's birthday party?"

A third wrote: "Women ALWAYS know when they're hanging out."

Some commenters came to Raquel's defence.

One wrote: "Sorry, don't see anything wrong. If you go to the beach, you see a lot more flesh," whilst another said: "Why is everyone hating...it's just a basic sundress?"

One supportive commenter wrote: "Wow, some of these comments. It's a funny situation, folks. Life happens and they are just boobs. Laugh a little."

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