Adorable England fan opens up about 'crazy' moment she went viral over semi-final celebrations
27.07.2022 - 21:29
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A sweet young England fan has spoken about the "crazy" time since she went viral for the way she celebrated the Lionesses' semi-final victory.
Tess, eight, and her grandmother Susan appeared live on BBC Breakfast today, July 27, from Wakefield West Yorkshire where Jon Kay, Sally Nugent, and former footballer Ian Wright were able to chat with the young fan after a clip of her signing and dancing along to football anthem Sweet Caroline went viral.
The clip, taken as manager Sarina Wiegman was interviewed about the squad's 4-0 win against Sweden in a semi-final of the Women's Euros last night. Tess, who didn't even realise she was on the big screen last night as she celebrated, looked surprised to even be on live TV as she was quizzed over her celebrations.
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Presenter Jon said: "Can you believe this Tess? You stand up and celebrate last night, you end up on the telly, and now you're being interviewed live on the telly talking to Ian Wright. It's only less than 12 hours ago." Tess replied: "It's crazy! I didn't know I was being filmed. Like normally they look at the big screen, and they're like I'm on telly! I was in the moment", the Mirror reports.
Tess and her mum only realised the youngster had been on the big screen when her mum's friends started spamming her phone to say they'd seen her on TV. Tess added: "It was amazing. I didn't know I was on tv until my mum got lots of text messages from people. I was just dancing and enjoying myself. I was singing Sweet Caroline and then my mum started getting messages. It's really weird to be on TV, but it feels amazing."
Granny Susan was pretty shocked too, catching sight of her young