Teen suffers embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in front of deputy PM
17-year-old William Carrie's trousers accidentally fell down when he approached Nick Clegg for a selfie
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Your support makes all the difference.One Solihull teenager got more attention than he anticipated when he unexpectedly flashed liberal democrat leader and the UK assembled political press.
As William Carrie, 17, asked the deputy Prime Minister for a selfie, the drama student’s jeans promptly collapsed around his knees leaving him red-faced and frantically scrambling to get them back.
Nick Clegg, who was touring Solihull College, appeared unsure whether the mishap was a deliberate stunt or a genuine accident – and settled for awkwardly patting Mr Carrie on the shoulder as he passed.
But later, Mr Clegg appeared to see the funny side of the incident when he tweeted:
“I went over to take a picture as I like to meet celebrities, but as I put my hand up to take a selfie, my trousers fell down,” Mr Carrie, who is too young to vote, explained.
He told the Mail Online that the trousers in question were “quite loose” and that he was “mortified” over the incident.
“All my mates were there laughing and there were so many cameras,” he added. “I’m never going to live it down.”
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