Turns Out That Super Bowl Streaker Was Promoting A YouTube Prankster's Porn Site
Coley already covered Kevin Harlan's fantastic commentary & marveled at the security failures that allowed this incident, but just who is this man who zipped down the field in a hot pink thong suit? Still not entirely sure, but we do know who put him up to it and why.
According to The Post:
The unidentified Super Bowl streaker who wore a neon pink thong suit and had more success running than the Chiefs was part of a marketing ploy for a porn website.
The x-rated site launched by YouTube star and prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy was emblazoned on the man’s outfit.
On top of this, Zdorovetskiy has a history of running on the field himself or getting others to do it (holy camel-toe, Batman!!) during World Series and World Cup games:
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Not to mention other run-ins with the law like the whole 'illegally climbing pyramids' ordeal…
Oh, and then there's the assaulting a woman thing. Not great:
In April [2020], he was charged with felony aggravated battery after allegedly jumping out of his car and tackling a woman to the ground.
I looked up the story above & this guy appears to be an enormous piece of shit (which is shocking for a grown man in the 'YouTube prankster' genre). The woman was jogging alone in Miami Beach when he came out of nowhere, knocked her down, "straddled her and began punching her repeatedly in the chest, neck and face". When she began screaming for help he ran away & was caught.
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So overall, impressive athleticism by the streaker himself but bummer of a person to be streaking on behalf of. I'll stick to my usual adult websites (the free ones), thank you very much.
In closing, my personal favorite incident in this realm is the "soy bomb guy" (named Michael Portnoy no less) from a '98 Bob Dylan Grammy performance. He pops in at 02:34 with dance moves similar to my own after too many chardonnays at a wedding reception & the looks on Dylan's face are priceless. Thoroughly weirded out.
Portnoy wasn't necessarily promoting anything except that soy, "represents dense nutritional life" and he wanted art "to represent dense, transformational, explosive life.” Neat!