From Reddit: "Melbourne man bathes and washes his ass in public swimming pool" pic.twitter.com/xNZ1wmMdd8

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UPDATE - thanks to reader Geoff U for this extra and better info.

A man has been filmed giving himself a very deep clean in a children’s pool in New Zealand in front of bemused onlookers.

The video of the “disgusting” act went viral on social media, with one million views after being shared on Facebook by user “Luminis DaGawd” earlier this week.

The man, wearing grey swimmers, is seen bending over and lathering himself up with soap in the knee-high water as children splash around metres away.

“What the … he’s got soap, aye,” a man is heard saying. “Bro, it’s not a bath.”

The man then turns his attention to his rear end, giving his bum a deep, vigorous scrub.

“Oi, he’s washing his f**king a**,” the man says.

A woman exclaims, “Oh, stop it!”

“What the f**k?” the man says. “For f**k’s sake. Alright, kids, get out of the pool.”

It wasn’t immediately clear when the incident took place, but it appears to have been filmed at the Memorial Park pool in Palmerston North, on New Zealand’s North Island.

“This is how I got severely sick in 2021, I was in a spa pool and this guy thought it was a great idea to have to bath in the spa,” one woman wrote.

“Within two days I was severely sick with shakes, vomiting, hospital told me I had a infection in the blood, asked me where I [had] been.”

Another person wrote, “This is my fav [pool] to take my kids … why is no one saying anything?”

“What’s wrong [with] this guy? No common sense and clearly no running water at home,” a third said.