Remember that guy that had a bet with Wendy’s to get free chicken nuggets for a year? Well, it looks like he made it…sort of.
Carter Wilkerson embarked on a major journey back in April when he approached Wendy’s Twitter account to see what it would take to get some nuggets. Just a month later, he’s broken a major record. The spot that once belonged to Ellen DeGeneres has now officially been taken over by a young man from Reno, Nevada. With over 3.45 million retweets, Carter Wilkerson is now the king of Twitter retweets.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
The once all-time famous selfie was captured on the night that Ellen was hosting the Oscar’s where she was surrounded by some of Hollywood’s most elite thespians.
What’s most notable about this accomplishment has been the amazing charity that has since come with it. Wendy’s gave notice that, along with his free year of nuggets, they would be donating $100,000 to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Along with that, Carter himself has set up his own donation by selling t-shirts, like the one he has on in the photo below, to raise funds for the DTFA, as well as a local foundation, Pinocchio’s Moms on the Run.
.@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
From CEO’s to Fortune 500 companies, users everywhere contributed to this historic milestone.
Hey @carterjwm, sorry you have @ATT. Switch to @TMobile & I'll give you a year of free @Wendys chicken nuggets myself + more! Seriously. https://t.co/RmVygHPPob
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) April 8, 2017
We're in. How about you, @Amazon and @Google? #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/zi8FmD6Cf8
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 7, 2017
Live your best life, Carter. Follow your dreams. #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/PbHd9JMQjE
— Amazon.com (@amazon) April 8, 2017
Twitter took notice of his tweet and congratulated Carter.
Because kale couldn’t have set the record for Retweets.
Congrats, @carterjwm. #nuggsforcarterhttps://t.co/KeC0cLLsYy pic.twitter.com/PQ9QMoifZz
— Twitter (@Twitter) May 9, 2017
Shoutout to you, Mr. Carter Wilkerson, for taking this tweet and turning it into something inspiring! #NuggsForCarter