--- title: Crotch Grab Challenge: Hugh Jackman Tweets for #FeelingNuts description: Hugh Jackman is getting the balls rolling on a testicular cancer awareness campaign canonical: https://time.com/3452499/feelingnuts-crotch-grab-challenge-hugh-jackman/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-01T15:10:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:30.580Z og:title: Crotch Grab Challenge: Hugh Jackman Tweets for #FeelingNuts og:description: Hugh Jackman is getting the balls rolling on a testicular cancer awareness campaign og:url: https://time.com/3452499/feelingnuts-crotch-grab-challenge-hugh-jackman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Crotch Grab Challenge: Hugh Jackman Tweets for #FeelingNuts twitter:description: Hugh Jackman is getting the balls rolling on a testicular cancer awareness campaign twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # #FeelingNuts Viral Challenge Gathers Steam After Hugh Jackman Takes Part by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 1, 2014 3:10 PM UTC by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 1, 2014 3:10 PM UTC An online “crotch grab challenge” started by a [testicular cancer awareness group](http://www.checkonetwo.co.uk/) in the United Kingdom received a viral boost Wednesday from Hugh Jackman, who tweeted a picture of himself taking part. The challenge requires participants to hold their crotch and then share a photo of themselves online. It appears to be one of the first health-minded social media campaigns to take off after the colossally successful ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Check One Two group, founded in 2012, has gradually gained traction online since launching the “[crotch grab challenge](http://www.checkonetwo.co.uk/)” in August, with Jackman’s tweet likely to set off a new round of virality. The _X-Men_ star tweeted a photo Wednesday morning of himself and three other men holding their private parts and lifting their arms in greeting toward the camera in what looks to be a gym. > [](https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/517282946873835520) Hugh Jackman nominated Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Strahan and Ricky Gervais, who shortly afterward tweeted a photo of himself completing the challenge in August. > [](https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/517299538856800256) Will Arnett also participated at the end of August. > [](https://twitter.com/arnettwill/status/505094253505044480) The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised more than $100 million and may have ushered in a [new era of online fundraising](http://time.com/3139602/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising-change/) and social awareness. Unlike the Ice Bucket Challenge, however, Check One Two’s crotch grab challenge doesn’t ask participants to contribute money. Check One Two says on its [website](http://www.checkonetwo.co.uk/about) that its aims are “1\. Spread awareness far and wide of **#feelingnuts** in funny, ball grabbing and pant dropping ways” and “2\. 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