Finnish President’s Husband Caught Eyeing Danish Princess’ Breasts?
EmailWhat does a man do when caught red-eyed staring at a woman’s cleavage? And what does a man do when that woman is not his wife, the president of a nation, but the wife of a prince? And how does a man respond when his indecent exposure is caught-on-camera and broadcast to the world?
Those are all questions now facing Pentti Arajarvi, the “first gentleman” of Finland, married to Finnish president Tarja Halonen.
Arajarvi, 63, was seated next to Princess Mary of Denmark, wife of the Crown Prince of Denmark, at a dinner he attended in Copenhagen with his wife last month.
At some point during the dinner, Arajarvi became more enthralled with his 23-years-his-junior seatmate than the meal or the program itself, and began to stare at the princess’s chest.
Arajarvi’s fixed gaze was not only busted by the princess in an awkward moment, his ogling was also caught on camera, the footage of which was released to the world by The Sun newspaper this week.
The video shows Arajarvi abruptly lifting his gaze at the moment the princess spots his eyes and adjusts her dress.
To make matters worse, the dinner the two were attending was hosted by Princess Mary’s mother-in-law, the queen of Denmark.
Though local media reaction to Arajarvi’s has been unforgiving, the Sun gives him one possible out, writing, “In his defense, he may have simply been admiring Princess Mary’s necklace.”
Arajarvi’s wife, Halonen, is the first female to hold office of president in Finland.
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Oh, Arajärvi, you so funny!
Halonen’s presidency ends in a couple weeks, so maybe he wanted to go out with a bang?
You may also remember Halonen from Conan O’Brien’s show a few years back. At some point, he realized he looked just like her, and actually did a week’s worth of shows from Finland. He got to meet with her, and they are friends to this day.
Posted by: Marja | February 21, 2012, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm
Well, what else could he do?
Posted by: Dave | February 21, 2012, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm
what is a man supposed to do when a set of breasts is in eye-shot except look…it could have been worse…he could have got up from the table with a noticeable erection…now that might have been considered inappropriate…
Posted by: Donna | February 21, 2012, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
a male is a male is a male is a male is a male…..why do so many adult women still wear low necklines?
Posted by: kerry | February 21, 2012, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm
This is pretty funny, considering that woman barely has anything to look at! Poor old man was probably just spacing out in the wrong direction.
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 21, 2012, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
Cripes! You think this is news? Stop wasting our time!
Posted by: Donald | February 21, 2012, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
She has nothing to look at..
Posted by: anomisme | February 21, 2012, 6:50 pm 6:50 pm
Well, it’s better than when Bush gave Merkel an unwanted massage. There’s no real harm in looking, though it was a rather long and distracted look. Something his wife will probably “discuss” with him later.
Posted by: Wayne | February 21, 2012, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
He wouldn’t be a man if he didn’t admire her breasts. Women dress for that attention and that’s what men do. There’s nothing wrong with it. What I find wrong is that this news outlet chose to make a fuss over it as did the news anchors. This is no better than what one would find in a tabloid. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Posted by: velvers | February 21, 2012, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
Big deal! How can one possibly think he was looking at the woman’s cleavage? And, what in the world is this hoopla about cleavage, anyway? Heck, women secretly look at men’s crouch. I resent this incessant insinuation that men are fixated on women’s breast. Who cares about a woman’s chest? The media showed a similar picture and made it look as if President Obama was looking at some woman’s buttocks. It turned out that the whole thing was a photographic illusion. It did not happen. Nobody knows what this man was looking at. It may have been something totally unrelated to the woman. Nobody was in his mind to know what he was looking at. ABC, let’s talk about something important like growing the US economy and creating jobs. Thank you very much.
Posted by: NoFlyZone2 | February 21, 2012, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm
Yeah, really. Who cares? This is OLD news if you ask me.
Posted by: lawlis | February 21, 2012, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
Only foolish men pay attention to silicon implants.
Posted by: NoFlyZone2 | February 21, 2012, 7:06 pm 7:06 pm
How far has ABC fallen?? Maybe you could merge with the Enquirer but then again they may not want to associate with an organization that still pretends to report the “news’.
Posted by: whathappened08 | February 21, 2012, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
Seriously – How do you know he wasn’t admiring the necklace. He knows there are cameras everywhere – I doubt if he would be looking anywhere he shouldn’t.
Posted by: donkeyhodey | February 21, 2012, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
What chest? She looks like an 11 year old girl. eeeek! That’s even creepier!
Posted by: Babs | February 21, 2012, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
I think that he was def. looking at her non-existent chest! and Man is not a man unless he can resist looking at a woman’s chest! then he has proved himself to women. Men like to prove that they are men but to only themselves…. wimps!
Posted by: notyobusiness | February 21, 2012, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
and I do not wear low cut outfits and I am a woman that not just “what I do!” so being a man is dependent upon whether you are a creeper or not! “puts mace in her purse!”
Posted by: blah | February 21, 2012, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
He was definitely looking at her breasts. Look how he turns his head exactly when she turns. The person who was talking about Obama is right but that was a pic and the other man standing beside him was looking at her but.
Posted by: Mr.Tennessee | February 21, 2012, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm
I thought he appeared to be looking at the medal on her chest. But his reaction is certainly priceless!
And men don’t consider size when faced with cleavage. This occurs on a molecular level, you can’t control it! We’re like some kind of weird fish where the eyes operate independently of the head.
Besides, if I’m looking straight ahead, and something enters my field of vision, that’s merely a happenstance!
Posted by: Cleavage Peek | February 21, 2012, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
Were these the breasts that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Posted by: Tom | February 21, 2012, 8:34 pm 8:34 pm
He was checking out the jewels she was wearing on her chest, not her boobs, come on! Joking LOL
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Posted by: thomas graham | February 21, 2012, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
I think this issue was addressed on an episode of Sienfield :)
Posted by: Phil | February 21, 2012, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
So what? I’m a woman and if I stayed mad at the men who checked me out, I’d be mad at just about every man I ever met and most of the men who pass me in the store or at the library. He does need to have a bit better timing, though.
Posted by: Rissa | February 21, 2012, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
Seriously, when a woman dresses like that she is inviting looks.
Posted by: Preacher | February 21, 2012, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm
She doesn’t have any stare-worthy tatas to look at. Looks like she’s packing a small B, if that. I think he was looking at that cray necklace she’s wearing.
Posted by: Paul R. | February 22, 2012, 12:20 am 12:20 am
Okay guys, I have seen the video: The guy was looking at the woman’s necklace. I mean, c’mon, the woman is completely flat chested. There is no cleavage to look at, if you ask me.
Posted by: NoFlyZone2 | February 22, 2012, 2:00 am 2:00 am
I have seen the video, i think is the necklace and not the breast. The woman is flat chested, You need to put your head inside to see the top of breast. Nice banner Headline to sell newspaper and TV audience attention/rating
Posted by: Hakeem Adeogun | February 22, 2012, 6:03 am 6:03 am
What is wrong with our society when it is somehow wrong for a man to check out a woman’s attributes but it is OK to be a drug addict and alcoholic as long as you sing well.
Posted by: Ed Grubermans | February 22, 2012, 9:14 am 9:14 am
He was looking at the necklace. She has no cleavage to look at. IT very obviously was the necklace.
Posted by: Pagan | February 23, 2012, 11:33 am 11:33 am
He is looking at the place where her breasts should be and thinking, “Wow, from this angle and with that dress so low-cut, I should be able to see cleavage bigtime. Nothing. What’s up with that… can’t she get over to Dallas for a week?”
Posted by: GatoCat | February 24, 2012, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
He is probably wondering how much it cost the taxpayers to have those defective implants removed.
Posted by: Cherrybark | February 24, 2012, 8:18 pm 8:18 pm
It looks like she’s enjoying the attention. And if you follow her, you would know she is self absorbed.
Posted by: Donna | February 24, 2012, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm
The clip was manipulated by taking two clips and converting them into one clip. Google it, if you want to know more.
Posted by: Martin | February 26, 2012, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
Seriously, ABC,; ;is there a point to most of the news you dish out? Get; a life.
Posted by: rteggie | February 26, 2012, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
Isn’t ABC in principle a quality media? Maybe you could check what Danish TV now writes about this video on their web site. And maybe you could check the original clips. There’s also another camera angle. And maybe you could write something about why also quality media presents fabricated clips as reality.
Posted by: Eero | February 27, 2012, 9:28 am 9:28 am
if a man was not supposed to look , why did they give him eyes——
if a woman didn’t want a man to look , why does she have breasts……
ABC get a life
Posted by: mike | February 27, 2012, 5:26 pm 5:26 pm
He has to be looking at her necklace. There simply wasn’t enough of a rack to look at!
Posted by: Brian | February 27, 2012, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
Um, so what’s the problem?
Posted by: Dave | March 1, 2012, 6:09 am 6:09 am
Looks to me like he was looking at that massive necklace! She really is not showing cleavage and her breasts are not very big at all..But that jewelery !! But makes for a good story..
Posted by: monalisa | March 2, 2012, 2:50 am 2:50 am
He wasn’t looking at her breasts….there was no cleavage there. I think he was just bored and staring at her necklace or something in her dress.
Posted by: Adri | March 2, 2012, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm