Carter Wilkerson on the right. PHOTO: Leo Flores/ Twitter
Carter Wilkerson asked American fast-food chain Wendy’s how many retweets he would need for a year’s supply of free nuggets.
Yo @Wendys how many retweets for a year of free chicken nuggets?
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
To his surprise, Wendy’s challenged him to get 18 million retweets. “Consider it done” Wilkerson replied.
18 Million
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) April 6, 2017
Since then Wilkerson has heated things up on Twitter. Yes #nuggsforcarter is now trending on the micro-blogging website. Although nowhere close to 18 million, he has been retweeted 1.9 million times.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
That’s close to the most retweeted tweet, which was Ellen DeGeneres’ famous Oscars selfie with 3.2 million retweets.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— The Ellen Show (@EllenDeGeneres) March 3, 2014
Wendy’s were, however, impressed when Wilkerson’s tweet’s retweets reached the 1 million mark.
1 Million?!?! Officially SHOOK https://t.co/XZ1AafXo2p
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) April 7, 2017
The teenagers seems to have found a lot of support on Twitter. Tech giants, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple have also come out in support of Wilkerson. Here are some of the retweets in support of Wilkerson's nugget campaign.
Live your best life, Carter. Follow your dreams. #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/PbHd9JMQjE
— Amazon (@amazon) April 8, 2017
We're in. How about you, @Amazon and @Google? #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/zi8FmD6Cf8
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/850560916156370944
https://twitter.com/WilkersonFan/status/850580471230611457
https://twitter.com/mr_darkp/status/850792074081447937
https://twitter.com/_bronbarr/status/850761825000017920
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