According to the website, all proceeds from the merchandise sales will be donated to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. In light of his newfound social stardom, Wilkerson started a website, #NuggsforCarter, which sells T-shirts for all chicken nugget aficionados. Wendys replied, '18 million.' The 16-year-old from Nevada took up the challenge, writing: 'Consider it done.' Wilkinsons screenshot of the exchange has since been retweeted nearly 2.5 million times and is getting closer to the all-time retweet mark of nearly 3.3 million, held by Ellen DeGeneres viral tweet from the 2014 Oscars. Previously, the most shared tweet was Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars selfie, which Guinness said had 3,430,249 retweets as of Tuesday. (CBSNewYork/AP) A teen's Twitter stunt to win a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy's might become the platform's most retweeted post of all time. His tweet was shared more than 3,470,000 times. On Tuesday, Wilkerson's plea for free nuggets broke the retweet record, according to Guinness World Records. Shortly after Wendy's response, the 16-year-old from Reno, Nev., took a screenshot of the conversation and asked fellow nugget lovers to help him because, as he tweeted, " a man needs his nuggs." Wendy's, playing along, set the bar high: 18 million. It was his fondness for nuggets that inspired Wilkerson to ask Wendy's how many retweets he needed to get free chicken nuggets for a year. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS /4SrfHmEMo3- Carter Wilkerson April 6, 2017 Carter Wilkerson is on the quest for 18 million retweets in exchange for nuggets and Wendys is helping him stay motivated.
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