Video of Quaden, victim of harassment, upsets Internet users

" I want to die right now ". The cry of despair from Quaden, a 9-year-old boy with dwarfism, moved Internet users around the world. In a video posted by his mother on social networks, the young boy schooled in Brisbane (Australia) expresses his anger against the harassment which he is the victim of at school, and begs his mother to give him a knife to kill himself .

This video, shared Wednesday on Facebook, quickly went viral. It was seen millions of times on the social network before being taken up by several media, then shared on Twitter. We see the young boy, sitting on the seat of a car, in tears. "Give me a knife, I want to kill myself," he said to his mother several times.

“#IStandWithQuaden”… Support from around the world

Her mother, totally destitute, decided to broadcast this video to show the state in which she is recovering her son after a simple day of school. "I want people, parents, educators, teachers to realize that these are the effects of harassment", on "a 9 year old child who just wants to go to school, learn things, and have fun Said Yarraka Bayles, Quaden's mother. His rant over the dramatic consequences of the harassment experienced by his son moved Internet users around the world who decided to support the schoolboy via the hashtag "#IStandWithQuaden" ("JeSoutiensQuaden").

Many personalities have also given their support to the young boy. "Quaden, you're stronger than you think buddy, and whatever happens, I'm your friend," said Australian actor Hugh Jackman in a video for the boy. "Life is pretty hard like that, so let's remember that everyone is fighting their own battle, so let's be good to each other. Harassment is not possible. "

Quaden - you've got a friend in me. #BeKind @LokelaniHiga https://t.co/8dr3j2z8Sy pic.twitter.com/jyqtZYC953

Mark Hamill, interpreter of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga also commented on the video, to deplore "the cruelty" of the comrades of Quaden. As for the rugby players of the Australian native national team, they invited the child to meet them, while high school students dedicated a haka to him.

The Indigenous #NRLAllStars are behind you Quaden! 👊🏽❤️ pic.twitter.com/52RLy8SrSd

Touched by Quaden's story, the comedian Brad Williams, also suffering from achondroplasia (form of dwarfism), launched an online kitty to pay the family a trip to Disneyland in the United States. "I created this GoFundMe page so that Quaden would know that we do not tolerate harassment and that there is a wonderful human being who deserves to be happy," he said. The prize pool already counted this Saturday more than 250,000 dollars.

“Doubts” about the authenticity of the video

Since the publication of this heartbreaking video, many Internet users have expressed their skepticism. Some have begun to question the authenticity of the video posted by Quaden's mother Yarraka Bayles. Many twittos have indeed shared a link to the 9-year-old boy's website. The child is presented there as an "actor", "model" and "influencer". "I love being in front of the camera," can be read in his presentation.

Others have advanced an even more eccentric hypothesis. According to some Internet users, the young Quaden is not 9 years old, but is… 18 years old. A theory based on simple photo montages and very subjective interpretations… Faced with these comments, numerous testimonies from relatives of the little boy have multiplied to certify the real age of Quaden. A quick glance at the @TeamQuaden page held by his mother seems indeed to attest that the young Australian is indeed 9 years old.

wtf is this? hes 18? and an actor? #QuadenBayles pic.twitter.com/301MlLdTma

IMO whether Quaden Bayles is really 9 or 18, obviously something is very wrong with this story. Like why is a 9-year-old throwing up the middle finger in photos? Why is he drinking alcohol in some pictures at 9? Why does he look like he could beat me up if we ever got in a fight? pic.twitter.com/25xLimkXE7

His mother, very shocked by the situation, also shared an article on social networks criticizing the conspiracy theories concerning her son, reports the Daily Mail. She relayed a post written by a friend who knew Quaden before her video went viral. " Her mother shared this publication because she is overwhelmed and enraged by this intimidation orchestrated by trolls who want to take advantage of this situation," laments this friend of the mother. "She never asked for money ... They never said they were broke. They never asked for anything. "

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