Toddlers are known for their mischievous antics, but one boy was caught red-handed when trying to pull a fast one on his mom.
Carly Harrison, 24, from Alabama posted a video to TikTok in June of her investigation of her missing sweet treats and decided to question whether the main suspect—her son—had eaten her doughnuts.
The viral clip, which has already been viewed almost 2 million times so far, shows her young son sat in his car seat with icing sugar smeared around his mouth, denying any wrongdoing.
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Carly, who goes by @days.with.carly.sahm on TikTok, told Newsweek via email that she and her son stopped at a Dunkin', retrieved their sweet treats and thought the goods would be safe in the back with her toddler.
"When I got home and opened his door to get him out, I realized all of the donuts were gone," she laughed.
In the video, despite the incriminating evidence of sugar around his mouth, the toddler is seen shaking his head when asked whether he'd eaten his mom's doughnuts.
"Are you sure?" Harrison pressed, to which her son responded confidently, "I sure."
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Later on, Harrison showed him the empty doughnut bag and asked again, "Did you eat these?" Eventually, he gave in and shook his head in an admission of guilt.
"It's funny because I took the video to send to family on Snapchat but decided to save it and post it on TikTok for other friends to see and it took off," Harrison told Newsweek.
TikTok Users React
Thousands of TikTok users commented on the viral video in support of the little boy.
"Ma'am, he already said he didn't," one user jokingly wrote.
Another user recalled a similar story that happened with their son as well.
"When my son was about 6 I stopped and got us a peanut butter delight each, he woofed that one down and started on the other one, I said one is mine he said yeah I eat yours first," the user posted.
A third TikTok user commented on the toddler's expression when he was being quizzed by his mom and wrote: "The full lean back to give his stomach room to digest."
Others jumped to the toddler's defense in jest, with some claiming to be on his legal team. One commented: "As his lawyer, mam, please don't intimidate without my presence."
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