I remember once wondering what the fallout was for this, if any (and hoping he didnβt get into trouble). I just had to look it up again because I remembered that the manager at that particular Krispy Kreme seemed to be under the impression that you can just delete things from the internet. Sure enough:
I spoke on the phone with Heath, a manager at the Krispy Kreme location who about knew the incident I was describing. He was, however, slightly surprised that I knew of the video. βActually, that video was supposed to have been removed from the web,β he told me, βso Iβm surprised itβs still out thereΒ circulating.β
Aaron, who executed the flip heard around the world, is a professional tumbler, and his dance group was once on Americaβs Got Talent. He described the iconic incident:
Oh my God, let me tell you about that night. So I have a free coupon to get like a dozen doughnuts, so I go, βAll right, say no more.β I go make moves β weβre all in line, weβre just talking. I was like, βYo, Iβm about to make a video, Iβm about to do a flip.β So I give them my coupon, Iβm like, βStand in line, get the dozen doughnuts, Iβm gonna go over here and make this video,β and all that.
So it was me and my two friends. I tell them to set up at the table. I was like, βOh, I gotta get my intro real quick.β I did my little intro β βBack at it again at Krispy Kremeβ β and I was like, βYβall ready?β Then we flipped the camera around.
I back up. I told myself, Iβm not gonna hit anything. So I do my flip, but the second flip that I did β the back handspring, the back one with hands going into the spin β I stretched it out too long. So when I went into the air and started spinning, my left leg hit the sign off the wall clean, and it dropped behind the counter. And it was like [glass shattering sound effect].
It was packed. There was a good hundred, a hundred and some change, people inside. Everybody was talking. As soon as that thing dropped, everybody didnβt talk for a good 30 seconds. It was nothing but silence. As soon as I landed β I didnβt fall after that, you saw me, I landed on my feet. I looked up and I saw that it fell, I didnβt look at nobody, I just kept walking, and I walked out the door. Everybody was like, βWhat the heck? Oh shoot, he just kicked down the sign!β Everybody started going crazy.
I was floored to find out the restaurant was so crowded when it happened. Imagine being there that day, witnessing historyβ¦
Aaron did delete the video from his own account to avoid negative attention, but it had already gone too viral to die down. Happily he didnβt get into any trouble. Someone did call the sheriff (insane thing to do, be so serious), but they told Aaron, βYou donβt have to pay for anything like that, just donβt do anything like that again.β
In the words of FunkΓ© in his coverage of the Vine, βand he hasnβt done it since.β But he did keep doing flips:
Asked if he had any other thoughts to add, Aaron stated, as a matter of fact, βTumbling isΒ life.β
