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Even the world’s #1-ranked player in women’s tennis, Aryna Sabalenka, isn’t immune from falling victim to Zoomer prank culture. She was recently pranked by Gen Z personality ‘The European Kid’ who has over 2 million followers on TikTok and 1.2 million on Instagram.
Real name Aris Yeager, The European Kid’s whole schtick is acting like a wealthy and entitled European kid… You know the type. They’re a graduate of Le Rosey and feel out of place traveling in First Class because they’re accustomed to flying around on PJs… Waiting for anything is excruciating for them because they always get to skip the line… The type of person who unravels at the slightest hint of disrespect because they live in a bubble where everyone waits on them hand and foot. That kind of person.
Well, the world #1 ranked tennis player Aryna Sabalenka aka the ‘Queen of Miami’ even though she is actually from Belarus appeared to not know who ‘The European Kid’ is. Nor did her friends at the table. And his ‘prank’ video of harassing her while she eats and demanding the table while saying he knows the owner has since gone viral across Threads and TikTok:
Given that it was the 25th anniversary of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival last weekend I truly and honestly thought this was a real reaction until I saw the comments and then realized ‘oh yeah, I recognize this obnoxious character from TikTok.’
And honestly, we should be applauding Aryna Sabalenka for handling this the way she did and not losing her cool. Offering the dude a snack and recognizing that he was probably ‘hangry’ was a classy move. Here is the same video via Instagram for the people out there who work in places where TikTok might be blocked on the work filter:
Frankly, the ‘prank culture’ embraced by large swaths of Gen Z is exhausting. The only videos from ‘The European Kid’ I really find amusing are the ones where he’s playing a character but not where he’s pranking a stranger in public.
Content shared from brobible.com.