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Benny Johnson shares Red Baron's assurance: Walt hasn't been fired

The follow-up shifts from finding the grocery worker to his employer's response, a growing fundraiser and his request for privacy.

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Why this story? The video drew 6,949 comments in its first day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (1,318).

$400K Raised For Walt...Then His Employer Red Baron Pizza Just Changed EVERYTHING

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0:20Walt explains that working late has meant missing time with his children.
1:14Johnson shows a fundraiser that has passed $360,000.
2:34A Red Baron customer-service message confirms that Walt has not been fired.
3:22Johnson reviews the company's public post supporting Walt.
7:11The fundraiser organizer says Walt is overwhelmed by the support and wants privacy.

Walt still has his job. Benny Johnson's follow-up to the grocery-aisle prank footage includes a customer-service message from Red Baron confirming that the worker has not been fired, followed by a public post backing him.

That is the new development after Johnson's search for the worker, as we reported here. The original footage showed Walt explaining what the interruption cost him: he was working late, facing an early start and missing time with his children. "So this is not a joke to me," he said.

Johnson now shows a fundraiser with more than $360,000 raised at that point in the video. He also reviews the company's response, including its playful announcement that employee-of-the-month nominations were closed.

That response is the focus of many prominent comments. Viewers discuss the decision to stand behind Walt and the employment consequences they had feared. The follow-up drew more than five times Johnson's usual first-day comments, although its views were not unusual for the channel.

Near the end, Johnson reads an update from the fundraiser's organizer: Walt is overwhelmed by the support and wants to maintain his privacy. After the public search and the flood of attention, that is his request.

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