A photo of Shayden Walker from the original ring doorbell video camera.

Shayden Walker

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Updated Jul 10, 2023 at 01:35PM EDT by Zach.

Added Jul 10, 2023 at 09:32AM EDT by Phillip Hamilton.

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Overview

Shayden Walker is a young boy from Texas who went viral on TikTok in July 2023 after a Ring doorbell video was posted where he approaches the neighbor’s house and asks if he knows any kids around 11 or 12 years old that he can be friends with after he became the victim of bullying by other kids in the neighborhood. The video went viral with over 55 million views in two days and inspired reactions, including responses from kids wanting to be Shayden’s friend. A GoFundMe page was created to raise money for Shayden, earning over $35,000 in two days.

History

On July 5th, 2023, TikToker[1] @brennanray (Brennan Ray) posted a video captured on a doorbell camera of a young boy named Shayden Walker approaching his home and asking if he knows any kids around 11 or 12 years old that would want to be his friend. Ray tells Walker that there are some kids in the house next door, but Walker claims he isn’t friends with them because they bully him. Ray then says he has a two-year-old and Walker says he “loves” two-year-olds and wants to be friends with her. The video (shown below) garnered over 56.1 million views in two days.

@brennanray Its takes 2 seconds to make someones day, you never know what people are going through until you get a chance to talk to them. This young man is well mannered, kind, and brave. So tiktok can we help shayden make some friends???#fyp #bekind #nobullying #love #kindness #letschangetheworld ♬ original sound – Brennan Ray

The next day, the same TikToker[2] posted a second video taken around 30 minutes before the first where Walker approaches the door then walks away without saying anything, presumably because he was nervous, garnering over 4.5 million views in a day (shown below). In the video description, Ray writes, “Lets make this kid feel special! Will post go fund me page in description. Pt 3 will be him receiving everything.”

The GoFundMe[3] page, titled, “Spreading kindness for Shayden,” garnered over $37,000 USD in donations in two days.

@brennanray Lets make this kid feel special! Will post go fund me page in description. Pt 3 will be him receiving everything. 💙#fyp #bekind #nobullying #letschangetheworld #happiness #heartwarming ♬ original sound – Brennan Ray

On July 6th, Walker’s mother started a TikTok account @shayden.walker_. Her original account, @krishnapoo7, was purportedly banned by TikTok. That day, she posted a video to TikTok[4] with Shayden thanking people for their support and also discouraging people from making fake accounts posing as her or Shayden to try and make money. Shayden then thanks everyone and says if there are any kids who want to be his friend, they should call him (shown below, left). Later that day, the TikToker[5] posted another video of Shayden holding up the Jaws T-shirt he wore in the original viral video (shown below, right). That day, TikToker[6] @brennanray posted a follow-up video thanking everyone for the donations to the GoFundMe page.

@shayden.walker_ #fyp #shaydenwalker #viral #saynotobully #saynotobullying ♬ original sound – Shayden walker

@shayden.walker_ #fyp #shaydenwalker #viral #saynotobully #saynotobullying ♬ original sound – Shayden walker

Online Presence / Response

After the original viral video was posted, people began posting videos and content responding and reacting to it. On July 5th, 2023, Twitter[7] user @MrJohnnytokes posted the video, writing, “I know the UFC, Dana and the fighters are always pretty good about getting kids involved. Especially ones who are being bullied. This is Shayden Walker. All the MMA peeps please retweet this and let’s find him and get him some friends!” garnering over 690 likes in two days (shown below).


On July 6th, TikToker[8] @rjbrasher79 posted a video of their son Ian saying he wants to be friends with Shayden, garnering over 2.4 million views in a day (shown below, left). That day, TikToker[9] @kbob83 posted a video reacting to one of Shayden’s update videos, garnering over 498,000 views in a day (shown below, right).

@rjbrasher79 #fyp #kindness #stopbullying🛑✋ #shaydenwalker @Brennan Ray my son Ian wants to be Shaydens friend ❤️ @Brennan Ray ♬ original sound – Ronda Brasher

@kbob83 #duet with @Krishnapoo we have found him!! #shaydenwalker #illbeyourfriend #bullysquad #findhimafriend #jawsshirtkid #newbestfriend ♬ original sound – user37907030581

Search Interest

External References

[1] TikTok – brennanray

[2] TikTok – brennanray

[3] GoFundMe – Spreading kindness for Shayden

[4] TikTok – shayden.walker_

[5] TikTok – shayden.walker_

[6] TikTok – brennanray

[7] Twitter – MrJohnnytokes

[8] TikTok – rjbrasher79

[9] TikTok – kbob83

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