Tom Daley goes "viral" for knitting during the olympics

[tucker]

Tom Daley is a man of many talents! https://t.co/f9NH8vouUO
- JustJared.com (@JustJared) August 1, 2021

While sitting in the audience for the Women’s 3m Springboard Final event, Tom Daley was caught on camera knitting in the audience, and people are loving it.

Comments

[analievelyn]

I can't believe DLB didnt get enough heat for pursuing him

[_kleptomane]

I haven’t looked much into it, but he was around 19/20 when they first met right? Are there allegations or assumptions of grooming? On the one hand, I know people have reservations about age differences in relationships. That said they honestly seem to have a good relationship.They have a child together, seem to motivate and respect each other, and seem to sincerely love each other. They’ve almost been together for a decade now. Like, what is the problem there?

[analievelyn]

I don't think 40 year old men should pursue 19 year olds. I hope he's been treated well, but I don't think it was appropriate on DLB's part.

[_kleptomane]

I mean, did they not pursue each other? Was there not a seemingly consensual understanding of whatever they wanted to make of their relationship? I think as a broad general point, yes older men or women solely pursuing younger partners or fetishizing that idea is problematic but when it’s two people meeting and clicking otherwise and carrying on with that I don’t see the problem. I myself am in a relationship of 12 years, with somebody older and never felt that there was a power play or advantage there. I guess, I just don’t understand when automatically it is assumed that there’s a creep factor in relationships with an age difference.

[musicnkisses]

I knit and crochet sometimes but never finish what I start. I have mild carpal tunnel so if I do it for a while my hands and wrists start hurting which is aggy. That said I want to make a scarf one day. Maybe that can be my goal for the rest of the year since I lowkey gave up on the ONTD reading challenge lmao. 🤐

[megalixer]

Awww this is really cute and I bet it’s nice and calming to do during all the waiting!

[missedith17]

I'm surprised we don't see more knitters during this with all the down time between matches and heats

[_myaugust]

I know the Finnish athletes knit as a form of meditation.

[angriest_girl]

My grandma taught me to knit when I was 5 or 6, and I knitted for years, but I can’t really anymore - I have problems with my shoulder and my elbow and knitting makes them worse. I gave all my needles to my daughter last winter.

Mind you, I was always starting things and not finishing them anyway. I’m too much of a Gemini to not get bored halfway through.

[nichtsmuss]

i moved to machine knitting this year, and i really like it!