By: Mahmoud El-Youssseph

Mahmoud El-Youssseph
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:20:01 +0000

Everybody Loves Egg Boy

Mahmoud El-Yousseph
March 21, 2019

Everybody loves Egg Boy. His real name is Will Connolly and he is the brave 17-year-old Australian teenager who cracked an egg on the back of the head of Senator Frazer Anning in Melbourne. This happened the day after the twin-mosque attacks when the Senator made a statement calling Islam a savage religion and blamed the Muslim immigrants for New Zealand’s terrorist attacks. For this, he was dubbed ‘Egg Boy’ and has since become a star and media sensation.

Egg Boy was slapped twice on the face by the Senator and then the politician’s supporters’ put Will in a headlock. He was arrested briefly by the police and was released shortly after without being charged. If that was not courage, then nothing is!

The video of the incident went viral and Will became a household name in Australia and all over the world for his courage to stand up against a racist politician. Since then, Egg Boy got free concert tickets for life from the famous Hail Hope Hood, a New Zealand musical band, and a Turkish philosophy professor offered him a ticket along with accommodation in a 5-star hotel. His fans set up a Go Fund Me page which received $60,000 in the first few days.

What is most impressive about Egg Boy was not only his courage but also his eloquence in expressing the reasons behind his action for standing up to a rightwing extreme senator. William wrote on his Twitter account, “Let me tell you all, Muslims are not terrorists. Terrorism has no religion and those who consider Muslims as terrorists have ’empty brains’ like Senator Anning.”

Egg Boy has won my heart and the hearts of many Australians who called him a legend and labeled him “the hero we deserve” and some members of the public have nominated him for Australian of the Year. He will donate ALL the money raised from the GoFundMe page to support victims of the tragedy in Christchurch and he will not file charges against either the Senator or his supporters. That is another reason why everybody loves Egg Boy.