Paddy Power has fulfilled Jack Grealish's request of hanging a photo of the England winger in the Louvre as the bookmaker once again got up to one of their cheeky pranks.
The Irish betting company is known for shaking up social media with their pranks and this one proved no different as they visited the most famous art gallery in the world in order to hang up a photo of Grealish.
Former Aston Villa star turned Manchester City ace Grealish shared a photo on social media as he celebrated topless on board an open-top bus.
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And he captioned the post, saying: "Hang it in the Loooouvre."
Bookmakers Paddy Power accepted the challenge and sent one of their team to Paris to complete the task.
One Paddy Power employee can be seen with a large printout poster of the Tweet and even poses alongside the Mona Lisa while asking a worker in the Louvre where he can hang the photo.
In the end, the only spot he can find is in a toilet stall in the gallery before leaving without being detected.
And the Irish bookmaker has since revealed the identity of the mischievous employee as Corkman Kieran Weldon.
The prankster is part of Paddy Power's social media team and revealed exclusively to the Mirror how it all went down.
He told the newspaper: "When Jack Grealish posted that iconic shirtless image of himself on the open top bus during the Man City treble celebrations and said ‘Hang it in the Louvre’, it sounded like a challenge. So we said we’d give it a go!
“We printed off Jack’s masterpiece, I hopped on a plane and got myself a ticket to the Louvre. Pretty straight forward really.
“I’d never been to Paris before and it’s handy to get a trip on the company dollar."
And when asked how he managed to sneak the massive poster into the gallery, Weldon has said it was a straight forward job.
“I just carried it in my hand. I had to go through the security scanner with it on the way in, but it was grand. I was just going in with a huge poster of Jack Grealish with his top off, it must not be that unusual," he told the Mirror.
And Weldon did want to get the poster hung up alongside the Mona Lisa but his efforts were shot down by a Louvre worker.
“We did enquire with an employee about getting it hung up beside the Mona Lisa, but she didn’t seem to be up for it.”
In the end, the poster found its place in the toilets and Weldon managed to dodge security in the process.
He concluded: "They didn’t seem too concerned. I’m pretty sure ‘Corkman with poster’ is not on their ‘persons of interest’ list!”
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