DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
You may remember a few weeks ago, a tweet went viral pleading for 18 million retweets for some free nuggets.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
Carter found himself in the same room with many important people an celebs including Ellen who challenged him in a bit of a twitter war.
Nugget boy is here today. You know what they say… keep your friends close and your Twitter competition closer. pic.twitter.com/PA9Vfu2tY3
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 18, 2017
They started donating $1 per Retweet to The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption which is dedicated to finding homes for children in foster care.
RT this post & @goldmoney will donate $1 per RT in #GOLD to @DTFA in honor of #NuggsForCarter @carterjwm @Wendys @TheEllenShow #goldnuggets pic.twitter.com/Ly0cLPOpo9
— Goldmoney (@Goldmoney) April 29, 2017
Wendy’s got in on the action and said they’d donate money if he broke Ellen’s twitter record.
The rumors are true @TheEllenShow! We’ll donate $100k to @DTFA supporting adoption WHEN @carterjwm breaks your RT record. #NuggsforCarter https://t.co/iI1OdIjTb7
— Wendy's (@Wendys) April 13, 2017
Well it finally happened.
.@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
Wendy’s and Carter, this has been fun to watch. Maybe one day he’ll get the 18 million…but for now he gets FREE NUGGETS for A YEAR.
@MineTimelapser @carterjwm @DTFA He gets them nuggs
— Wendy's (@Wendys) May 9, 2017
To read more on Carter and his nugget journey click here.