Ryan McKenna Selfie Kid The Viral Social Media Sensation

April 2024 · 2 minute read

Ryan McKenna’s selfie has been creating rounds on social media. The selfie kid became a viral social media sensation after Justin Timberlake went into the stands at Super Bowl 2018 and posed for a selfie with him. 

Ryan, who had a fabulous time at Super Bowl 2018, did not get to spend this past Super Bowl weekend happily. 

Ryan McKenna, now 18, was arrested Saturday, February 11th, at a shopping mall in Naples, Florida, where he was allegedly drunk and fighting with friends inside a California Pizza Kitchen, according to TMZ.

 A 15-year-old boy met cops at the restaurant. He apparently told them that he and the social media star, whom he called a friend, had been in an argument that quickly escalated, with McKenna standing up and aggressively pushing their table.

He supposedly screamed obscenities at the boy’s girlfriend, too.

However, McKenna’s mother, Tracy, spoke in defense of her son and told the outlet that her son was not under the influence and was play-fighting with his friend after one of them pulled Ryan’s chair out from under him.

Cops also said that McKenna tried to fight with the 15-year-old again while they were talking to the boy. McKenna was allegedly asked to step away but kept going after him until police took him aside to calm him down.

McKenna reportedly became aggressive with law enforcement, waving his arms, yelling, and trying to approach the 15-year-old boy. In contrast, the cops kept trying to explain that shopping center security wanted him escorted off the property.

They said they attempted to restrain McKenna, but he allegedly continued yelling and tearing cops’ hands off him.

McKenna resisted arrest, saying he kept fighting back before they could handcuff his hands behind him.

According to his arrest records, McKenna was arrested on felony battery of a law enforcement officer, plus two misdemeanors: resisting an officer without violence and battery of an officer.

He was booked at the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and released on bond on Super Bowl Sunday.

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