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The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is being rolled out in the UK, and the first couple of people to get the jab have proven rather popular.

90-year-old Margaret Keenan kicked things off, becoming the first person in the world to receive it, and the first in the UK to be vaccinated outside of a clinical trial.

Hot on her heels was William Shakespeare, who delighted the internet for a couple of days by inspiring reworkings of the OG Shakespeare’s work like ‘The Taming of the Flu’.

Then there’s the most beloved of all, Martin Kenyon, who after he received his vaccine, was stopped by CNN correspondent Cyril Vanier, giving him an interview that quickly went viral.

It included the phrase: “No point dying now, is there?” – watch that here.

Kenyon has become an overnight celebrity, although he doesn’t really care.

Speaking to The Guardian outside his home in London, Kenyon said he thought the footage was “deeply uninteresting”.

He said: “Have people not got better things to talk about?”

He had a word or two for anti-vaxxers as well:

“I think they are very silly. But it’s not something I talk about with friends – we talk about more interesting things.”

Yes, despite some ‘allergy warnings’, the vaccine is chugging along nicely.

Per The Huffington Post, he was then invited onto Good Morning Britain, where Piers Morgan does his thing.

Kenyon promptly put Piers in his place (at the 50-second mark, if you want to skip ahead.)

‘Who are you?’

The amazing moment 91 year-old Martin Kenyon stops @piersmorgan in his tracks as he discusses why he took the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Watch GMB 👉https://t.co/yyUUJmzswF pic.twitter.com/6bMI7MXEjX

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) December 9, 2020

To pull a ‘Daily Mail’ on Piers, I’m pretty sure that ‘body language experts’ would have a lot to say about the arm-folding that happened right after Kenyon took a stab at his giant ego.

Let’s go over that again:

“I know a lot about you actually Martin, because I found you such a brilliant interviewee,” Morgan said.

“Yes, you do,” Kenyon quipped. “Now, who are you?”

Beautiful.

If you’re keen to watch the full interview, have at it:

Since his CNN interview went viral, more information has come to light about Kenyon, including ties to South Africa and the liberation struggle.

Back to The Guardian:

Kenyon was involved in the anti-apartheid movement and is the godfather of one of Desmond Tutu’s daughters. Tutu is also godfather to one of Kenyon’s daughters.

The pair met as students in London. He said the two became friends immediately. “We went off talking and didn’t draw a breath,” he said.

Just when I thought I couldn’t love this guy more, he pulls that one out of a hat.

[sources:guardian&huffpost]