Remember when the internet collectively lost its mind over two British toddlers and a chomped digit? Well, grab your tea because the Davies-Carr clan just spilled the actual tea on how much that 56-second masterpiece padded their bank account.
Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr — yes, the finger-chomper and the victim — are now 18 and 16 respectively, trading playground antics for university applications. Their dad, Howard, recently confessed the family raked in a cool £1 million (that’s roughly $1.25 million USD for my fellow Americans) from licensing deals, YouTube ad revenue, and a very lucrative NFT sale in 2021. Not bad for a home video shot on a clunky 2007 camera.
So where did the cash go? No, they didn’t buy a private island or a fleet of Lamborghinis. The parents put the bulk into a trust fund for the boys’ education and first homes. Sensible? Absolutely. Boring? Slightly. But Howard admits they splurged on a “nice family holiday” and a new kitchen. Priorities, people.
Fans are spiraling in the comments. “My childhood just graduated,” wrote one TikTok user. Another quipped, “Charlie’s bite funded a degree. My bite only got me a timeout.” The brothers themselves stay low-key — Harry’s studying engineering, Charlie’s into music — proving you can survive viral fame without a reality show meltdown.
What do you think? A) Smart parenting: securing the bag for the next generation B) They should’ve bought a yacht and called it ‘The Finger’