Eleven-year-old Liam Scholes didn't get to celebrate World Book Day with the rest of his class. The reason? His book character of choice was Christian Grey, of 50 Shades of Grey.
Sale High School in Greater Manchester asked students to dress up as literary characters for World Book Day. Scholes chose Grey, wearing a gray suit and carrying an eye mask and "cable ties" to complete the look, BBC News reports.
Apparently, the school didn't appreciate Scholes' costume, though, and he wasn't allowed to participate in the class photo. His mother, meanwhile, supported the costume. Nicola Scholes told BBC News that it was perfectly fine for a teacher to dress as a serial killer and for children to come in with toy guns, so her son's costume should have been allowed. She added that children her son's age "all talk about sex."
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