Hungarian Hide the Pain Harold paralyses traffic in Montréal, Canada

The Hungarian Hide the Pain Harold, whose real name is András Arató, is one of the most well-known Hungarians in the world. He makes a living from his face and constantly travels around the globe. In Montréal, Canada, for example, traffic stopped wherever he went, so he almost paralysed the metropolis. Furthermore, the local mayor greeted him. But he still says he is not a celebrity.

According to blikk.hu, Mr Arató and his manager, Pető Zdenkó, are travelling around the globe together. That is because the Hungarian Hide the pain Harold regularly receives a lot of invitations. This week, they travelled to Montréal, where Mr Arató did an ad. His manager told the Hungarian tabloid that they travelled to many places from South America to Siberia.

In Montréal, they made some photos with András with a new public space installation, a circle in front of their hotel. The photos were made as if the circle was a glory around the head of Mr Arató. Here is the photo:

After they posted the photo, the mayor of the Canadian metropolis and many local fans wanted to greet András. Since they had some time between the shootings, András could do some interviews. Mr Zdenkó said András had a lot of fans. He cannot walk on the street without being stopped by passersby. Sometimes even crowds gather spontaneously. For example, in the morning, their waiter said the entire city was talking about András.

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands:

Once, even traffic was paralysed in the Canadian metropolis when András showed up. An ad shooting was on the street, people stopped, and even some drivers got out of their cars to see András. The manager said people love András everywhere they go. András is one of the few Hungarians people recognised everywhere in the world.

Despite being a “celebrity”, András does not act like one. He takes selfies with everybody and talks with all the people who stops him. The first Hide the Pain Harold memes emerged in 2011. In the beginning, the memes disturbed András, but now he is happy with his popularity. András received a new life thanks to the memes: he travels now a lot, and business opportunities find him as well.

Before retiring, András worked as an electrical engineer, and he publishes papers even today.