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Madison Burgess
Topics: Super Bowl, Social Media, News, US News, World News, Instagram
The Super Bowl streaker has revealed exactly how he got onto the field during the the biggest annual sporting event in the United States.
For those who have no idea what we're talking about, those watching Super Bowl LX in person on Sunday (8 February), or keeping up on social media, were shocked to see a shirtless man emerge onto the field and sprint past the players in the middle of the NFL final between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
The man, who has since been identified as millionaire trader Alex Gonzalez, sprinted into view with a message penned on his chest in black ink.
'Trade in the blind spot' was written on his torso and 'Trade with Athena', along with his social media handle, was on his back.
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Although it wasn't shown during the official NBC live broadcast, to make sure no one gets inspired, videos of the moment have quickly circulated on X.
Gonzalez is actually a repeat pitch invader and managed to pull of the same thing during Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs just two years ago.
The question on everyone's minds has been, how on Earth did he bypass security and get onto the field - not once but twice?
Well, he's actually answered that question himself over on Instagram as he posted a POV video of him running onto the field, as well as a selfie of him in disguise.
The video, which was filmed using Ray-Ban Meta glasses, showed Gonzalez jumping the barricade and onto the field, before running past security.
But the disguise isn't what you'd imagine - it's not quite an elaborate, meticulously designed costume to make him completely unrecognisable.
No - Gonzalez actually opted for a a grey novelty beard, a blue New England Patriots cap worn backwards, a chunky red chain and a pair of sunglasses: and amazingly, it worked.
He posted a selfie of him sitting in the stands wearing the get-up to Instagram yesterday (9 February) alongside the caption: "$20 disguise, $50,000 tickets."
And as we say, this isn't his first rodeo as he managed to do the exact same thing just a few years back, alongside Sebastian Riviera, who acted in tandem with the serial streaker.
At the time, he told his social media followers: "Literally just paid $42,000 to go to jail. One of my goals has always been to streak the Super Bowl.
"And I don't want to be that guy, that I'm rich and I'm 50 years old and I'm like, 'Damn, I wish I would've done that when I was younger.' No. I did it now and I'll do it again."
At least he stuck to his word.
As reported by The Mirror, the first time around, two of them were taken to the Clark County Detention Centre on misdemeanour charges of prohibited conduct at a sporting event and custodial records showed charges of grand larceny, assault on a public officer and obstruction.