Ellen DeGeneres has just been dethroned as the retweet champion, because one teen’s post is now the most retweeted one of all time.
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Last month, Carter Wilkerson, a 16-year-old from Nevada, was on a mission to win a one-year supply of Wendy’s chicken nuggets. In order to do so, the fast food chain challenged him to score 18 million retweets to make it happen.
So, Wilkerson launched the Twitter campaign #NuggsforCarter, and on Tuesday, his 3.5 million retweets (and counting) impressed the company enough to grant him his wish. He earned the food, and Wendy’s even donated $100,000 to the Dave Thomas Foundation in honor of his efforts.
But that wasn’t the teen’s only accomplishment. He also broke the Guinness World Record for the most retweeted tweet ever, beating DeGeneres.
The talk show host held the title for more than three years at 3.4 million when she uploaded a selfie featuring a group of Hollywood stars during the 2014 Oscar awards.
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She didn’t seem too happy about losing her crown though.
But Wilkerson is thrilled.
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