It’s pretty cool to be a seventh grader who scores tickets to the Super Bowl. But it’s quite another thing to become an instant internet star just for taking an impromptu selfie at the championship game.
During Sunday night’s halftime show, megastar Justin Timberlake walked right up to 13-year-old Ryan McKenna during his performance at U.S. Bank Stadium.
“I just thought to myself, ‘I’ll never get this opportunity again in my whole life,’” McKenna told the Pioneer Press. “I just went for it.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bezd6DKBVBk/?taken-by=ryanmckenn
McKenna’s selfie with Timberlake quickly went viral Sunday night.
The seventh grader from Hingham, Massachusetts, said soon after the big moment, he began receiving numerous messages on his cellphone.
Meet Ryan McKenna, the kid who took a selfie with Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl LII https://t.co/THjdpDX50k pic.twitter.com/2385h5Rkjq
— Pioneer Press (@PioneerPress) February 5, 2018
The internet has since dubbed him “SelfieKid”; The hash-tag “#SelfieKid” become the a trending topic everywhere.
When your friend go dancing with strangers at the club and u just don’t know what to do #selfiekid pic.twitter.com/MzH4237Z1y
— crazy broke asian (@tribranchvo) February 5, 2018
When you Chilling with #JustinTimberlake but your mom texts you that it's Bedtime #selfiekid pic.twitter.com/ZFev5AunUe
— Eric (@GrochowskiEric) February 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/JulesWinters/status/960352508160995329
This kid has no idea how much every girl who’s now in their 30’s would have given their kidney and part of their liver for this 15 years ago… #NSYNC #selfiekid #halftimeselfie #SuperBowl https://t.co/B0VHW3p36R
— Faran Fronczak TV (@FaranBalanced) February 5, 2018
Welcome to your new life, #selfiekid
You arrived at the #SuperBowl a child, but left an eternal internet meme.#halftimeshow #JustinTimberlake
— Gabe Spencer (@gabrielgspencer) February 5, 2018
