{"id":25112,"date":"2026-09-25T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:37:21","slug":"why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ed Miliband has embraced his \u2018awkward dad\u2019 image in viral TikTok video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media\u2019s love of a cringe moment<\/p>\n<p>It sparked delight among the die-hard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on the foreign secretary, but a viral video of Ed Miliband has \u2013 possibly \u2013 confirmed his status as the internet\u2019s awkward dad.<\/p>\n<p>About 1.5 million people have viewed an interaction between Miliband and TikTok personality Feroz Khan on the streets of New York, during which the digital content creator asks Miliband a series of questions including his name, job and his top piece of advice.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/sep\/25\/why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7662e3abcc40d2fc4c564a7c92e0fc62189debc4\/0_1_5000_3998\/master\/5000.png?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1f0642d767df9ff05676e8b8c6fba9d6\" title=\"Why Ed Miliband has embraced his \u2018awkward dad\u2019 image in viral TikTok video\" \/>About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media\u2019s love of a cringe moment<br \/>\nIt sparked delight among the die-hard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on the foreign secretary, but a viral video of Ed Miliband has \u2013 possibly \u2013 confirmed his status as the internet\u2019s awkward dad.<br \/>\nAbout 1.5 million people have viewed an interaction between Miliband and TikTok personality Feroz Khan on the streets of New York, during which the digital content creator asks Miliband a series of questions including his name, job and his top piece of advice. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media\u2019s love of a cringe moment It sparked delight among the die-hard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on the foreign secretary, but a viral video of Ed Miliband has \u2013 possibly \u2013 confirmed his status as the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Ed Miliband has embraced his \u2018awkward dad\u2019 image in viral TikTok video<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}