Seven-year-old boy’s hilarious reaction to the Budget

WERE you bored watching the Budget last night? You weren’t the only one and a seven-year-old boy summed the whole thing up perfectly.

ABC’s Barrie Cassidy had some competition during last night’s budget breakdown.

YOU thought the Budget was boring? You’re not the only one.

A seven-year-old boy expressed what we were all probably thinking during last night’s Budget, when he pretended to fall asleep on camera.

Canberra’s James Watling appeared in the background of an ABC television program while presenter Barrie Cassidy was delivering a Budget breakdown.

Among black suits and serious expressions, James popped up in his bright yellow SpongeBob SquarePants T-shirt and started pulling faces.

Watching a live Budget, seeing @annabelcrabb and my son getting on TV #SpongeBob #parentingwin? pic.twitter.com/4LdPOVzKQz

— Kassie Watling (@KassieWatling) May 3, 2016

#sadbudgetkid #Budget2016 #budget @abcnews @abc730 #SpongeBob #barriecassidy pic.twitter.com/5FcL08HctO

— Paul Culliver (@PaulCulliver) May 3, 2016

James’ mother Kassie Watling told the Daily Mail her family had just moved to Canberra and she wanted to give her children the real capital city experience.

They lined up to get a picture with ABC’s Annabel Crabb but they found themselves in the background of Cassidy’s program.

Clearly James wasn’t too interested in tax relief and people took to Twitter to pay their respects to the young boy.

Kid in yellow does not want to be there. #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/mWs0rKteuu

— Gareth (@liquidparanoia) May 3, 2016

The real star of @abcnews budget coverage is the kid in the background in the SpongeBob tee pulling faces. pic.twitter.com/YtLHHmuzar

— Jonathan Row (@jonorow) May 3, 2016

The little kid behind Barrie Cassidy wants to go home #auspol #abc730

— AshGhebranious (@AshGhebranious) May 3, 2016

“My husband and I could see him pulling faces in the viewer and we decided that he had sat quietly in the public gallery to watch the Budget speech,” Ms Watling said.

When the camera turned away from Cassidy, the family used it as a chance to sneak away.

Ms Watling said she let her son pull faces because he wasn’t disturbing anyone.

“He constantly amuses us. I’m pleased James gave some amusement to viewers on TV.”

Ms Watling said her son wasn’t too interested in the Federal Budget, and was more focused on his pocket money instead.

Originally published as Seven-year-old boy’s hilarious reaction to the Budget