NFL’s Camryn Bynum does Celebration Dance, inspired by Olympian Raygun

Minnesota Vikings star Camryn Bynum paid tribute to the viral Olympic breakdancer Raygun with his celebration dance after a game interception.

After Bynum, 26, picked the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback MacJones on Sunday, November 10, securing the Vikings’ 12-6 win, safety imitated Raygun’s dance of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with impressive details.

Bynum told reporters after the match that his celebration was a tribute to the Australian breaker – real name Rachel Gunn – with whom the footballer feels related.

“I’m a big fan,” Bynum said. “She went there and had fun. That’s what I do on the field.”

Bynum admitted that he had been “saving” the dance for a while, which Raygun did as well carried out with much shock and ridicule in August.

Camryn Bynum, Raygun

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a (party), so I was like, ‘I must be going crazy about this,’” Bynum said with a big smile. “I wish I had a little more time. I would have done the whole dance. But believe me, there will be another one.”

The interception was Bynum’s third of the season and first since the Vikings’ 23–17 victory over the New York Jets on October 6.

Bynum said he had been practicing the dance “for a few weeks,” a process he often shows off on social media. Before he performed An Guard-themed glitch dance celebration After picking up an interception against the Houston Texans on September 22, Bynum posted rehearsal footage from his apartment via Instagram.

“I can clown like she did,” Bynum said of the Raygun dance. “It was a nice party. It didn’t take as much effort, like Usher’s.”

Bynum joked that he comes to the stadium every week with other dances in his back pocket just in case things go really well.

“I have at least three ready every game just in case I have a three-turnover game,” Bynum said. “I have to use them wisely.”

Bynum and the Vikings are back in action on Sunday, November 17 against the Tennessee Titans.

After in which she announced that she would not be “competing anymore” During a radio interview on Thursday, November 5, citing the “level of scrutiny” surrounding her Olympic performance, Raygun made it clear that she was not, in fact, retiring.

“So I was talking, you know, on 2dayFM about how I’m not going to do certain competitions anymore, which didn’t seem like a big deal because breaking won’t happen at the Olympics (at the 2028 LA Games). ) anyway,” she said during a recent episode of Australia’s Today show.

“But you know, I’m still going to be a part of community jams, or I’d like to go to community jams and still and still dance and still break – I’ve never used the word ‘retire’. But you know, I’ve just been following the news cycle,” she continued. “I’m not retiring. Try to stop me. I will never stop dancing. So if you hear that again, you’ll know it’s not the truth. You cannot withdraw from an art form. That’s why I’ll never stop.”