Fashionable ring snatched by father as a publicity stunt (5-2)

'a publicity stunt' is the definition.
(photo opportunity)

'fashionable ring snatched by father' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fashionable' could be 'hot' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'hot' is found within the answer.
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'father' could be 'pop' (pop is a kind of father) and 'pop' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' acts as a link.