![]() “Now I have 1700 followers.”īloom has since changed his Twitter name to and swapped his profile photo to show him holding the SideTalk mic during his viral debut. ![]() “When I went to the Knicks game, I had 800 Twitter followers,” he said. “It’s traumatizing,” he joked, but said he is “appreciative” of those who’ve been supportive. Screenshot courtesy of had never been on Twitter prior to this, I didn’t even know how it worked,” Bloom said, noting the excessive attention he’s received since the video came out. Jordie Bloom is the “Bing Bong Guy” from the recent viral video of Knicks fans. The phrase “bing bong” can also be heard in previous SideTalk videos, which Bloom was familiar with as a fan of the SideTalk creators. ![]() The video has drawn attention from players, including Knicks newcomer Evan Fournier, the Orlando Magic and numerous sports podcasts and television shows. “It only happened because of brand recognition.” “I came out of the game and recognized logo, the guy pulled up the camera with the light, I literally went over there, said ‘bing bong’ into the camera and left,” Bloom recalled. The postgame footage was shot by SideTalk, which published the fan footage to Twitter last Thursday. A development that, he told The Post, has been a dream of his since he was a kid.īloom, 26, became an internet sensation after he was filmed yelling “ bing bong” into a microphone outside the Garden. ![]() What he didn’t know was that after the thrilling double-overtime Knicks win he’d be a hometown hero of sorts. Jordie Bloom, born and raised in Manhattan, was just excited to attend the Knicks’ season-opener against the Celtics at Madison Square Garden last week. ![]()
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