Usually the Olympic opening ceremony is a night of inexplicable dance and goofy, patriotic uniforms. And that was exactly how the Rio opening ceremony was unfolding until something amazing happened: Tonga’s flag bearer entered the arena wearing a skirt and glistening with body oil, showing off his six-pack abs.
At that moment, Twitter had zero chill about expressing its adoration for the unexpected star of the show, Pita Nikolas Taufatofua, who will compete in taekwondo for his home country.
Tonga's flagbearer was so oily, countries are looking to invade him #OpeningCeremony
— Katja (@applessquabble) August 6, 2016
Tonga's baby-oiled, half-naked, skirt-wearing flag bearer easily won individual costume Gold #OlympicOpeningCeremony #rio2016
— Graham Watts (@GWDanceWriter) August 6, 2016
The sound you hear is your wife running away to the Tongan flag bearer.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 6, 2016
OMG THE TONGA FLAG BEARER!!! pic.twitter.com/nxaR9bUkR1
— bluekd (@bluekd07) August 6, 2016
Tonga's flag bearer appreciation tweet pic.twitter.com/kOzXcyrpcH
— #AT (@andytelasai) August 6, 2016
@Deadspin i just came
— ㅤ (@thighnahjane) August 6, 2016
