'Selfie Kid' steals Super Bowl half-time show

Teenager Ryan McKenna has become an internet hit after his Super Bowl selfie with Justin Timberlake

Ryan McKenna has become the "selfie kid."

Ryan McKenna has become the "selfie kid." Source: Twitter

A 13-year-old has stolen the Super Bowl 2018 half-time show after taking a selfie with Justin Timberlake.

As Timberlake made his way through the crowd during his half-time performance, teenager Ryan McKenna awkwardly but successfully got a selfie with the singer.

An estimated television audience of 100 million people were tuned in at the time.

Social media has since dubbed McKenna the "Selfie Kid" and he's been turned into a string of memes.



McKenna is now being compared to other accidental Super Bowl celebrities such as the "left shark" who performed out of sync dance moves behind Katy Perry in the 2015 half-time show.

"I just jumped in there with him and it was just crazy," McKenna told Good Morning America.

"It's crazy, everyone's texting me ... My phone's just going crazy," he said.

US journalist and author Katie Couric summed it up on Twitter with: "I want to be this kid when he goes back to middle school tomorrow."

On the field, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 to win their first Super Bowl title.


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