WFAA spoke with Grant Walther about his overnight social media fame, his hair routine (or lack thereof), and how life has changed on campus since the viral moment.
TEXAS, USA — With Texas trailing Georgia late in the fourth quarter of arguably the biggest football game played at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the ESPN cameras cut to a crowd shot of a UT sophomore with hair the size of Texas.
Grant Walther (@grant.waltha on Instagram), a 20-year-old sophomore government major at UT, became a meme within minutes before the game had even ended.
“I’m sitting there watching the game absolutely crushed by what I’m witnessing … and everyone around me is on their phones … and I kind of turn around and I’m like, “why is everyone on their phones?,” Walther told WFAA.
Then, those around him showed Walther the inception of his Internet fame.
“‘Walther, you’re a meme.’ That’s what they tell me. They go, ‘Walter you’re a meme.’ And I’m sitting …