The 'Apparently' Kid From That Viral Newscast Apparently Just Made His First Ad

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Last month, a video of a 5-year-old went viral (15 million views and counting) after a local news station interviewed him at Pennsylvania’s Wayne County Fair. Noah Ritter’s raspy voice, cute little kid face and persistent usage of the word “apparently” landed him Internet notoriety. And then it landed him a job.

Fresh Pet hired him for what’s apparently (sorry!) his first commercial. (He says so himself, in fact.) At two minutes, it’s about 90 seconds too long, and it’s peppered with little boy humor (of course a 5-year-old would comment on the digestive functions of a dog) and waggy-tailed canines.

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