Elon Makes Wish of Little Kids for YouTuber Hug Come True

I wrote previously about when Twitter head Elon Musk was in Qatar for the World Cup, and he was approached by some American kids, who asked if he would hug a YouTuber who had been trying to get Musk to hug him for months.

Fidias, the YouTuber, had been posting videos about his goal to hug Musk. The YouTuber has hugged 99 famous people, but he wanted Musk — the person he says is his favorite person in the world — to be the 100th person. So, he camped outside SpaceX and then Twitter headquarters, trying to get Musk’s attention over the past few months. He even dressed up in costumes, while trying to get attention and posted multiple humorous videos on his Youtube channel to his many followers about his quest. He got a lot of encouragement, but no dice.

It was especially hard after people were trying to track Musk’s live location and a stalker targeted Musk’s son’s car. Then it seemed Musk would even be more unlikely to pay attention to his request.

But then, the kids at the World Cup convinced Musk by their enthusiasm.

Man of his word.

pic.twitter.com/SgKFjZfqn9

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 21, 2023

The kids I talked to just had one request, which was to hug this guy who keeps trying to hug me in SF. I checked to see if they were sure about that and they were, so I will.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022

Musk then confirmed to Fidias he would do it.

They were trying to arrange for when it was going to happen, and at least one of their efforts didn’t work out.

But finally, on Jan. 21, Fidias posted the picture that proved Musk was a man of his word.

We are definitely living in a simulation @elonmusk ! Happy National Hugging Day everyone pic.twitter.com/uVzxTwHrDJ

— Fidias (@Fidias0) January 21, 2023

Musk responded with a hug emoji.

🤗 https://t.co/9q0ZOUa1ZY

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023

Now, that says something about Fidias’ perseverance and Musk’s kindness, that he would keep his word to the kids. But given their reaction, it looks like they both had a great time making the kids happy and helping Fidias achieve his goal.