Tun M Starts TikTok-ing at 95 with #ImJustAKid Challenge; Writes “Still Young” in Bio

By Charmaine Shaharin  •  06 Aug 2020 in News

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If you thought that TikTok is only for unemployed young people, think again! The stereotype has officially been debunked by 95-year-old, former-Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed who finally opened up his own TikTok account with a bio that reads “Still Young”.

His account (@chedetofficial) has garnered over 41,000 followers and 135,800 likes after he posted his first video of him and his wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, performing the viral ‘I’m just a kid challenge’.

 

64 and still going strong pic.twitter.com/k7QM0HwsBi

— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) August 5, 2020

In the under-one-minute video, captioned “64 and still going strong”, the couple struck a pose to recreate a picture of themselves when they were younger. The video has now 1.1 million views.

According to The Star, to celebrate the couple’s 64th anniversary, this video might serve as a tribute to Dr Sri Hasmah.

I am shy of showing public affection.

But we have been married 64 years.

I think it is worth celebrating our tolerance for each other and other feelings. pic.twitter.com/pbIbtPTbXI

— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) August 5, 2020

Age is really just a number when you’re young at heart. Aside from a TikTok account, Tun M also has an active Twitter account under the same username (@chedetofficial) with 1.2 million followers.

Maybe we’ll see a TikTok collaboration between Tun and Syed Saddiq in the near future…

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