The eldest son of Stephanie Seymour and media mogul Peter Brant Sr. has again lashed out at those asking whether kissing his Supermodel mom was too-close-for-comfort or just motherly-love.

In a new posting on Facebook, Peter Brant Jr., 18, said he could not understand how the "scandal" had created headlines and continued to give his thumbs up to messages of support.

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"I'm not sure how this is front page news... There's nothing you can do in this situation but laugh," he wrote online.

"Seriously aren't there more important things going on in the world? I just think this whole "scandal" is idiotic.

These photos defied the cliché of being worth a thousand words because they left most people speechless.

Stephanie Seymour and her son Peter Brant II were photographed days ago in an embrace that appeared oddly inappropriate, looking – to some – more like lovers than anything else.

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Now Peter has released a public statement explaining the photos including revealing that he’s gay.

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Peter released this statement: "I would just like to say that these pictures have been taken completely out of context, my mother and I are very close as she is with all her children. She often hugs and kisses me and my siblings in an manner that is intimate, any mother in the world does the same. That day on the beach we walked around with each other completely aware of the presence of photographers there. We have nothing to hide and with that in mind I would like to say that I am openly gay. At my age my mother and I are almost lik