The now-viral stunt has been taken up by the likes of Jason Statham, John Mayer and Ellie Goulding
Another day, another social media challenge – and this one is no friend to the innocent bottle cap. The new viral craze doing the rounds on social media is called the #BottlecapChallenge, and it’s already attracted a host of A-list participants. Whereas 2014’s Ice Bucket Challenge raised awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (known as ALS), this latest online stunt doesn’t appear to have a cause at heart. It does, however, require a certain about of nous when it comes to martial arts.
The challenge calls for participants to knock the cap off a stationary bottle using a spinning kick, unscrewing the (usually loosened) lid from the vessel with the touch of a foot.
Suck it pic.twitter.com/aGriSl2VWz
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) July 2, 2019
Diplo also challenged Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Barack Obama to put their own spin on the stunt though, perhaps unsurprisingly, there’s no reverse roundhousing on the Sussex Royal Instagram just yet.
It’s not just an activity for pro-athletes or celebrities, however, with many social users also sharing their own takes. Currently, there are more than 19,500 Instagram posts using the hashtag #BottlecapChallenge on Instagram alone.
The craze follows 2018’s KiKi Challenge, also known as the In My Feelings challenge, which called on participants to dance to a song by Canadian rapper Drake while walking alongside a moving car.
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