A young American who licked a toilet seat to take part in the ‘coronavirus challenge’ has reportedly since come down with the disease (Picture: TikTok)

A clout-chaser who licked a toilet seat and joked about catching coronavirus has reportedly done just that.

The unidentified youngster gained internet notoriety after he filmed himself putting his mouth on the toilet as part of the ‘coronavirus challenge,’ which has seen people licking objects in the face of the global pandemic. The footage was later posted to TikTok

That person has since reportedly contracted Covid-19, according to Piers Morgan.

‘You may remember also the other idiot, this is also in America, as part of the coronavirus challenge some morons are doing, went into his local toilet cubicle and licked the bowl,’ Morgan said on Good Morning Britain.




‘I think this called karma – he’s got coronavirus.’

The ‘coronavirus challenge’ has seen young people all over the world lick public objects despite the worsening public health crisis (Picture: TikTok)

Health experts have branded the internet challenge to be ‘highly irresponsible’ and said it will lead to the spread of the viral infection. It reportedly began after a woman was filmed licking an airplane toilet seat as someone in the background said, ‘It’s corona time.’

That woman later told Metro: ‘I was tired of that bitch corona getting more publicity than ME. I’m the real celebrity.’

She continued to say that health experts can ‘suck it’ and said she was ‘fine.’

TikTok has since said it would be removing all content related to the coronavirus challenge, but video surfaced Tuesday of a person licking a car door handle, scooter and other objects.

One of those videos now has over 1 million views.

The same person was also filmed licking a football, iPad, laptop keyboard and tree. Similar videos have been flooding the internet since the start of the global health crisis.

As of Wednesday, #Coronaviruschallenge had been viewed almost 100 million times on TikTok although some emergency services, including those in Britain, have also been using the hashtag to disseminate information.