Dismiss VideoPlayer and allow touches

Currently when I dismiss the VideoPlayer, which plays fullscreen, it shrinks and exits to the bottom left. I want to be able to dismiss the VideoPlayer without the user noticing. For context, I have a static image that matches the last frame of the video, so when the video stops, the image is behind it and the user won’t know they were watching a video. So I need to video to stop without the close animation. Currently, I’m doing this:

videoPlayer.setFullScreenEnabled(false);
videoplayer.node.removeFromParent(false);

Also, while video is playing and you tap the screen, the controls come up. I want a touch to dismiss the video. Is that possible?