Charlie Davies-Carr is now 19 years old and studies law at university. Video / ZM
Charlie Davies-Carr, now 19, updated ZM’s Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley on his life since the “Charlie bit my finger” video.
The viral video, uploaded in May 2007, has more than 887 million views and features Charlie biting his brother Harry’s finger.
Charlie is studying law in Britain and keeps his viral fame private, focusing on his exams.
The baby at the centre of one of the internet’s most popular videos has shared an update on his life in Britain as a now-19-year-old man.
Charlie Davies-Carr caught up with ZM’s Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley this morning to mark 18 years since the “Charlie bit my finger” video wasuploaded to YouTube.
The viral video, which has garnered more than 887 million views since May 2007, shows a 1-year-old Charlie giving his 3-year-old brother, Harry Davis-Carr, a painful surprise by biting his finger.
The ZM morning drive show hosts welcomed Charlie on to the show via video link and quickly expressed shock when they saw he’d grown into a young adult.
The show’s hosts thought Charlie might’ve used his standing as a viral sensation to impress the people he meets, but he said it’s something he keeps to himself.
“I don’t think I’ve ever brought [it] up. I think it’s always come out through my friends, so I don’t think personally I’ve ever told anyone in my life, to be honest.”
“Humble. Humble hero,” Smith replied.
Charlie said it’s “lucky” he doesn’t look the same as his younger self, but his friends still bring up the video at random.
Yet Charlie said opening his own practice wasn’t currently on his mind.
“I’ve got to pass these exams first ... ‘cause it’s exam season here. So if I get past these and then the next two years, we’ll see about that.”
With Sproull enquiring about his older brother – “how’s his finger?” – Charlie said Harry’s studying business and “working hard, I think”.
“His finger should be fine. I haven’t checked on it in a while, but it should be fine.”
The ZM hosts said Charlie had grown into a “responsible” and “handsome young man” and praised him for keeping a tidy room.
“He’s made his bed, and that’s really made me quite happy,” Sproull said.
The hosts wrapped up the interview by asking Charlie to keep in touch, with Sproull inviting him back once he’d graduated so they could “jam around some ideas” for the law firm’s name.
“Yep. I’ll pencil you in at some point in three years’ time,” Charlie said.
“Pencil me in. Look, he’s already talking like a lawyer. He’s already charging, isn’t he?” Sproull replied.
“Charlie bit my finger” was uploaded to YouTube on May 23, 2007, and became the most-viewed video on YouTube in October 2009.
The 55-second video remained so until Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance took the top spot in April 2010.
Charlie and Harry’s father, Howard Davies-Carr, originally uploaded the video to YouTube so the boys’ godfather could watch in the United States.
Howard used YouTube because the video file was too big to send by email, but he didn’t expect it to blow up like it did – especially as he’d made it private.
“I was just about to remove [the video] before it exploded. But once it had [exploded] I had lost control of the clip anyway, so I left it,” Howard told Business Insider.
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