Adi Atzmi Explains Pride Parade to Her Daughter and Faces Backlash

Reality TV alum Adi Atzmi shared a video in which she explains Pride Parade to her young daughter in order to teach her “to accept everyone and love everyone,” but she quickly came under heavy fire from followers. Among the angry reactions that accused her of exposing the child too early: “Talking about sexuality at that age? Let him live like a child.”

"The Million Dollar Race" star Adi Atzmi only wanted to deliver an educational message to her daughter Daria, but she soon found herself under attack in the comments. Atzmi shared a video in which she explains to her daughter about the Pride Parade, which is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv next weekend. In the video, Adi is seen patiently explaining: “Pride Parade is when people who have different sexual orientations than ours, like homosexuals or lesbians... want to be proud of who they are, and they go out to celebrate love and celebrate life and celebrate the fact that they are not ashamed of who they are.” Daria innocently asks whether, if they were to go, it would be to say that they do not hate them, and Adi immediately confirms enthusiastically: “Exactly, baby. No one is different because of their sexual orientation.” Adi continued and explained to her daughter that others should be accepted from a young age: “You have to accept everyone in the end. Accept everyone and love everyone and not judge anyone by that.”

But it turns out that not all of her followers connected with the message. Alongside supportive and embracing comments about what Atzmi conveyed, she also received a great deal of criticism from followers who were furious over exposing the girl to the subject and to the “sexuality” allegedly accompanying the parade. “It’s convenient for you to talk about accepting those who are different when it’s a subject that will probably earn you followers or is popular in your environment.” Another user added angrily: “For the first time I don’t agree with you, talking about sexuality at that age... you don’t need to detail everything with the child, let him live like a child.”

Another especially harsh response went against the nature of the parade itself: “Why does a person need to reveal their sexual orientation, and at the most disgusting parade where everyone is like Sodom and Gomorrah... They don’t show anything smart there except being naked and kissing there and being as visible as possible in the most disrespectful way! What exactly does exposing small children to this parade contribute? What exactly does it contribute to your daughter? You should have talked to her about something more important, like loving herself.”