Youth and Sports Minister removes thirst-trap bathtub pic

Posting a photo of his post-workout muscle therapy seems to have been a problematic move for 25-year-old Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman: After dividing social media followers on whether the pic of  the shirtless minister was too hot to handle (Ed. Note: Not for us!), he eventually pulled the photos down from both his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Not to worry, fellow netizens: Things on the internet live forever, mostly — so here is the pic in question:

While some of us are no more titillated by the image of a shivering, shirtless minister than we are visiting a local community pool on a cloudy day to do laps, others thought that it was “unbecoming of a minister” to show himself in such a fashion. Some media outlets even did the minister of a favor of covering his modesty, to some confusing effect:

via Utusan
via Utusan

For future reference, it might be safest to wear as many fabrics, and accessories as possible — weather and practicality be damned:

Syed Saddiq had posted the photo after playing a friendly football match of local celebrities, where he “scored the golden goal.”

Leave the thirst traps to this guy:

Justin Trudeau via Twitter
Justin Trudeau via Twitter


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