Chloe Kim’s hangry tweet
Creator moment · 2018 · Notable
Kim’s mid-final breakfast tweet drew 77,000 likes as she won Olympic gold.
Chloe Kim
@ChloeKim · Feb 13, 2018
Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry
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@XData · Feb 13, 2018
When @chloekimsnow dropped into the halfpipe, she had ~15,000 Twitter followers. By the time she finished her run, she had Tweeted about sandwiches and earned a #gold medal & 100,000+ new followers.
NBC Olympics & Paralympics
@NBCOlympics · Feb 13, 2018
.@chloekimsnow wanted ice cream, @davidchang delivered. Chloe was surprised with a BOMB churro ice cream sandwich just hours after winning her first Olympic #gold medal. #BestOfUS
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- Week of Feb 18, 2018
- Feb 13 ’18 to Week of Feb 18, 2018
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Trace the originKim tweeted about an unfinished breakfast sandwich between Olympic halfpipe runs, then won gold. NBC mentioned it, brands offered gifts, and NPR made it a quiz clue. A hunger study quoted the tweet four years later.
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