Teen wins lifetime of free chicken nuggets

THIS teen vowed to get 18 million retweets in exchange for a year’s supply of nuggets — and now he’s put Ellen DeGeneres’s famous selfie to shame.

US teen Carter Wilkinson broke an internet record, and will get a lot of free nuggets for his troubles. Picture: Twitter

REMEMBER the chicken nugget guy?

Carter Wilkinson, a 16-year-old from Nevada, tweeted American fast food chain Wendy’s to ask how he could get a year’s supply of free food.

His campaign started as a bit of a joke, and the entire thing was based on a simple post that said “HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS”.

With no further ado, the hashtag #NuggsForCarter was born.

He’s now he smashed an internet record for the most retweeted post of all time, after Wendy’s told him they’d consider his request if he got 18 million retweets.

Twitter confirmed the figure to the Associated Press overnight, which just goes to show there’s nothing quite like food as an incentive to motivate a teenage boy.

HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017

Internal Twitter data showing the race for the “Most Retweeted Tweet”.

Carter took the title after beating the star-studded selfie posted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres at the 2014 Oscars, which had 3.4 million retweets.

She was so impressed at his endeavour she invited him onto her show last month, giving him a year’s worth of Ellen-branded underwear and a television.

However, she warned him he’d have to give it all back if he passed her — and now she’s jokingly threatened to send actor Bradley Cooper, who took the famous image, to Carter’s house to reclaim the gifts.

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

Hey @TheEllenShow sorry about that... Can I still keep my TV and Underwear??

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) May 9, 2017

Absolutely not. Sending Bradley Cooper to pick 'em up. https://t.co/fSDZxM89Sl

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) May 9, 2017

Anyone who can count will notice 3.5 million, while impressive, is well short of the 18 million retweets Carter promised to deliver.

Considering his is the world’s most retweeted tweet at 3.5 million, Ellen DeGeneres is next at 3.4 million, and Harry Styles comes in third at 2.4 million, it’s a stratospheric ambition — but that hasn’t stopped him from chipping away at it.

In the meantime, the restaurant decided this achievement was close enough to his original goal to come through with the goods, promising him more free nuggets than he can eat with a simple tweet that said “consider it done”.

.@carterjwm is now the most retweeted tweet of all-time. That’s good for the nuggets, and $100k to @DTFA. Consider it done. #nuggsforcarter pic.twitter.com/k6uhsJiP4E

— Wendy's (@Wendys) May 9, 2017

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