Karoline Leavitt’s holiday didn’t exactly go as planned after she proudly brought her husband, Nicholas Riccio, and son Niko to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Like many attendees, they posed for photos, and the White House press secretary shared them on Instagram. Her fans praised the pics as being super cute. However, trolls and haters made Leavitt and Riccio’s age-gap marriage the butt of all the jokes. At least this fashion ensemble wasn’t her other Easter outfit, a leggy look that made her age gap romance harder to ignore.

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The couple is more than three decades apart in age, which is a much bigger age gap than many celebrity couples — Riccio is Gen X while Leavitt is Gen Z. The couple married when Riccio was 59 and Leavitt was 27. Unfortunately, photos of the duo make it look like Riccio is actually Leavitt’s father. (Her parents are close in age to Riccio, to add to an already awkward situation.)

“Glad to see grandpa came into town for Easter,” commented one person on Instagram, including two laughing-while-crying face emojis. “Is that [Niko’s] grandpa?” someone else facetiously asked. Another person questioned, “KKKaroline … how old is your husband?? Gross.” Scrolling through the comments, there are certainly way more complimentary remarks than disrespectful ones, something one Instagram user wondered about: “I believe you are deleting the negative comments.”

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Karoline Leavitt addressed her age gap relationship with Nicholas Riccio when she was on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” and did admit she had reservations about being with someone 32 years her senior. “It’s a very atypical love story, but he’s incredible,” she gushed. “He’s my greatest supporter.” Despite their relationship being perfectly legal, although quite unorthodox, people online can’t seem to help themselves. They constantly bombard Leavitt with troll-y comments about the age difference, resulting in some savage nicknames for her older husband.

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Clearly, the New Hampshire native didn’t learn her lesson the first time after dangling Riccio in everyone’s faces and getting roasted for it. Back in March, Leavitt brought Riccio and Niko to work with her, sharing photos on Instagram. Similar “grandpa”-related comments appeared on that post, just like they did on the Easter photos. People have zero chill and won’t hesitate to remind Leavitt, Riccio, and anyone reading a random Instagram comment section that Riccio is more than 30 years older than Leavitt.