Move over Ellen DeGeneres, there’s a new most-tweeted tweet.
And it’s not from another celebrity, famous athlete or politician, but rather a 16-year-old kid from Reno, Nevada named Carter Wilkerson who has a deep love for chicken nuggets from U.S. fast food chain Wendy’s.
It all started in April when Wilkerson tweeted at Wendy’s asking them how many retweets he would need to get free nuggets for a year.
Wendy’s reply was simple “18 million.”
To that, Wilkerson said “consider it done” and tweeted screenshots of his conversation with Wendy’s.
It went viral, and on Tuesday his tweet had been retweeted 3.441 million times, surpassing DeGeneres’ famous, and former world-record holding Oscars tweet, which had 3.430 million retweets.
While not 18 million, Wendy’s gave Wilkerson his free nuggets and $100,000 for him to give to charity.
“We didn’t expect Carter’s response, and we couldn’t anticipate the overwhelming support he has received,” said a spokesman for Wendy’s.
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