Kris Boyson, personal trainer and current on/off beau of Katie Price, has faced criticism on Instagram for posing at New York City’s National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Saturday with his foot resting on part of the memorial.
After posting a picture of himself and his mother at the ‘Ground Zero’ site (where two large fountains have replaced where the Twin Towers used to stand), followers branded him ‘disrespectful’ and ‘ignorant’ and urged him to apologise.
Others accused him of sitting on the names of the 9/11 victims, which are engraved along the monument that Boyson was leaning on in the picture.
‘I hope you know people have died in the place where you are smiling and putting your foot on,’ another posted.
Boyson responded by posting a screenshot of his post on his Instagram Story with the message: ‘To my followers who were offended… give me a break, I was there to pay my respects!’
Another post on his Instagram story stated ‘how can this picture of me and my mum.. cause this..’ with an arrow pointing to the outraged comments.
According to the caption of his original post, Boyson had taken his mum to New York on holiday because she’d always wanted to see the Big Apple at Christmas. He was also seen with Katie last week in a Steve Madden shoe store in NYC while she shopped up a storm.
This comes after the Christmas special of Katie’s reality TV show My Crazy Life showed the couple reach a slightly awkward reconciliation after a brief split when Katie was found to have cheated on Boyson and headed off on holiday with her ex Charles Drury.
After trying to win Kris back, Katie said on the show that she’s ‘had enough of the rejection’ and told Kris it’s decision time on whether they continue their romance or not.
Looks like these crazy kids are giving things another go for 2020.
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