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'Ant-Man' actor Paul Rudd was visiting the Barclays Center, and it was here that he handed out the cookies to the voters. The official Twitter account of the arena posted several pictures of Rudd with voters.
Updated : Oct 31, 2020, 08:20 AM IST | Edited by : Mugdha Kapoor
In what can be called a ray of sunshine in the rain, 'Ant-Man' actor Paul Rudd is winning hearts on the Internet with his sweet gesture of handing out cookies to voters in Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough.
In several photos and videos that have surfaced on the Internet, the Marvel star is seeing going down the queue of voters who stood there in the rain to cast their ballots at the ongoing US Presidential elections, to hand them 'blueberry-and-cream cookies'.
"I want to say thank you for coming out and doing your part and voting," Rudd can be heard saying in one video shared on Twitter.
As per a report in CNN, Brian Rosenworcel, drummer for the band Guster, recorded the video of Rudd giving out cookies and posted it on Twitter. He was quoted telling the publication, "I was standing in line and I thought Paul was just there to vote, but then he starts handing out cookies to people in line. And he waited to greet people as they exited to say thanks for voting in the rain."
Immediately after posting, Rosenworcel's video on Twitter went viral and has approximately 4.7 millions views, over eleven thousand retweets and more than fifty-five thousand likes on the micro-blogging site.
Take a look.
I’m voting in Brooklyn and Paul Rudd is handing out cookies pic.twitter.com/XH4ikButCL
— Brian Rosenworcel (@Bowl_of_Worcel) October 29, 2020
Upon seeing the video, talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres tweeted, "He might actually be the world’s most perfect man (sic)."
He might actually be the world’s most perfect man.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 29, 2020
Several social media users, who had queued up outside the voting centre to participate in early voting, also took to Twitter to laud the actor for his selfless gesture.
i love paul rudd with my entire heart and soul. pic.twitter.com/sUdnchNe7l
— marti loves paul. (@IR0NLANG) October 29, 2020
Paul Rudd is handing out cookies to early voters voting in the rain @ Barclay's Center. I like him x100 more. Go #VOTE! #VoteEarly #VoteHimOut2020 pic.twitter.com/6eesxhi1Um
— dremoney (@onjrayuh) October 29, 2020
This morning I voted early for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris at @barclayscenter in Brooklyn and then Paul Rudd gave me a cookie. He tried to trick me into choosing a corn cookie over a blueberry cookie (no dice). Otherwise a very nice guy! #VoteEarly #BidenHarris2020 pic.twitter.com/6rvdTKa34J
— Mary Jane Skelly (@jarymane) October 29, 2020
Apparently, Rudd was visiting the Barclays Center, and it was here that he handed out the cookies to the voters. The official Twitter account of the arena posted several pictures of Rudd with voters.
Take a look.
Hey, look at us, who would’ve thought.. we’d be enjoying cookies with Paul Rudd after voting in BK #MakeHistoryHere pic.twitter.com/WyJfbKvwFT
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) October 29, 2020
Meanwhile, according to a report in Reuters, more than 83.5 million votes have been cast either by mail or in person, nearly 61% of the total number of votes in the entire 2016 election, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida.