Science rules! Just ask Jaylen Brown.
The Boston Celtics player expressed clear delight after meeting Bill Nye, aka “The Science Guy,” on Friday night.
Earlier this month, Brown had tweeted about the iconic TV personality, writing: “How can I meet Bill Nye the science guy.” The tweet ended with a goat emoji to signify Nye’s status as the GOAT (greatest of all time).
How can I meet Bill Nye the science guy 🐐
— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) November 3, 2024The three-time NBA All-Star got his wish when Nye attended the Celtics’ Friday game in D.C. against the Washington Wizards, which Boston won 108-96.
Brown posted a photo on social media of the pair, with Brown grinning and pointing at Nye, who’s making a goofy pose of his own. The shooting guard wrote: “You made learning fun thank you for taking a picture with me.” Plus another goat emoji.
“Big night for you, you got to meet Bill Nye,” a reporter later told Brown, who couldn’t argue.
Brown said he couldn’t remember exactly what prompted his original tweet about wanting to meet the TV host, but he’d been thinking about “the educational experience” when a thought crossed his mind: “Man, I gotta meet this guy.”
He added that “it was pretty cool tonight” to “shake [Nye’s] hand for helping me in my educational journey.”
"I gotta meet this guy... to shake his hand for helping me in my educational journey, it was pretty cool tonight."
Jaylen Brown was geeked to meet Bill Nye 👨🔬🧪 pic.twitter.com/ugPNuaKGoF
Nye, a former engineer whose smash-hit 1990s children’s educational show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” cemented his place in pop culture, posted his own selfie with Brown on Instagram.
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The caption painted a picture of the pair going back and forth, each exclaiming how honored they were to meet the other.
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