Kiwi News Anchor โRyan Bridge Amused by Viral TikTok Fame Following Earthquake Broadcast
Auckland, New Zealand – New โคZealand news anchor Ryan Bridge is responding wiht humor to a surge in online attention โafter a clip of hisโฃ calm โขand collected reporting during โa recent earthquake went viral on TikTok, sparking a wave of adoration from users worldwide. the clip, initially broadcast onโข Newshub, has been widely shared and remixed,โ with many commenters expressing attraction to the journalist.
Bridge, 36, acknowledged theโค online buzz, stating he’d been informed of the reactions by friends and colleagues, โdespite not personally monitoring the comments. “The thing with internet commentsโ is sometimes they’reโค good and sometimes โฃthey’re bad. So it’s best toโ take it all with a grain of salt,” he told the New Zealand Herald. He addressed the outpouring of attention,โค especially from “all the American ladies,” with a lighthearted message: “It’s never going to happen. But I have zero issues with being objectified.”
The viral moment has also โฃled to comparisons โคbetween Bridge and actor Danielโ Gillies, known for his role as Elijah Mikaelson in the โคVampire Diaries and The Originals. Numerous TikTokโ users โขpointed out the resemblance, withโข one commenter writing, “he looks like the originalโ brother in Vampire โDiaries,” and another joking, “Elijah, โwhat are you doing here??!!” Gillies, 49, himself grewโฃ upโข in Hamilton, New โฃZealand, before pursuing an acting career inโข Hollywood.
While โขBridge doesn’t seeโ the comparison,โฃ he responded to the attention with self-deprecating humor, โsaying, “I’m flattered, โคbut that guy is way hotter.” Despite hisโค newfound onlineโฃ fame, Bridge has statedโ he hasโค no current plans to โฃreturn to live inโฃ New โZealand, though heโ expressed fondness for his homeโ country, noting,โ “I think New Zealand is one of those places you grow fonder of the more time that goes by that you’re away from โขit.”
