We all know what dads are like when it comes to protecting their daughters.
But one dad has taken his natural protective instinct further than most, by setting up a camera in his daughter's bedroom after she invited her boyfriend over without permission.
Originally sharing her father's drastic actions on TikTok, the protective dad has certainly divided opinions online.
Watch footage of the dad installing the camera below:Ygnacio Garcia decided to install the camera after his daughter Syrena failed to mention that her boyfriend would be staying in her bedroom. But fear not, this man isn't a patriarchial monster, he just wanted to see what his Syrena's boyfriend's reaction would be.
In the video, Ygnacio can be seen standing in the doorway of his daughter's room, and she records her dad berating the youngsters. Meanwhile, her boyfriend looks utterly aghast as he lies on her bed.
At the beginning of the video, Syrena asks her dad if he can get out of her room.
He replies: "No, not really. So I've just got home, I take a shower, I see your friend in here and I don't like it, so now I know I can't trust you guys..."
Syrena interjects in a bit to correct him, saying: "Boyfriend!"
Ygnacio continues: "Number one, he didn't even ask me to be in the room, so I can't trust you guys, so guess what..."
He then produces a small security camera and sets to work putting it up on the wall.
Serena responds by saying: "Are you serious? Really, a camera in my room, IN MY ROOM?"
Her dad then says that he's absolutely serious.
He explains: "So now I know exactly what you motherf***ers are up to. No touching, no kissing, no flirting - nothing. Right?!"
Hilariously, the oblivious boyfriend decides to stay in Ygnacio's good books and wisely agrees, saying: "Right!"
In response to the video, on YouTuber joked: "Anything to avoid her boyfriend, daughter, and her baby, from living with him next eighteen years."
Meanwhile, on the original TikTok post - which has since been viewed over 1 million times - one user offered Syrena an alternative solution, joking: "Just do it in the closet."
A third wrote: "I give him props for caring he loves u and u can tell."
However, some people failed to see the funny side of the prank and, a woman wrote: "Over bearing af and controlling dad."
A second wrote: "The thing is that it’s illegal. I hope it's a joke."
A third added: "[Talk] about [an] invasion of privacy."
Syrena later confirmed that the video was indeed a prank on her boyfriend of three years, writing: "My dad would never actually put a camera in my room. He believes in trusting me, but we had fun filming this video on the spot."
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