Reporter smacked on backside, film at 11

Let's hope this moron is not a Patron.

Well, I can understand what went wrong in his mind as he excited came running past her, but alas, there's a time and a place for everthing and as an adult you just don't do such things to unknown people in public. I just hope that if he's a good guy, as he seems from his resume given by the paper, that it doesn't ruin his entire life. I hope he wises up. As much as I enjoy seeing a good-looking girl getting her arse smacked, I'm sorry for her too, having been treated without proper respect when trying to exercise her work. Nothing wrong with smacking someone's arse, but you have to know each other and both be in on it. He must have snapped or been seriously wound up to do that in front of a camera.

He did it on impulse,IMHO, and like many things people do on impulse, never thought about there being consequences
The old admonition "keep your hands to yourself" is a wise one. As is " use common sense." You simply do not go up to a perfect stranger and swat her on the backside! (Or touching her in any way, unless she is about to fall, or step in front of a vehicle).