--- title: Ken Bone Twitter, Kenneth Bone's Favorite Celebrities description: Sunday's viral debate star has intriguing taste in celebrities, following an eclectic mix from Neil Patrick Harris to Anna Kendrick. canonical: https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-12T18:12:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:34.319Z og:title: The Only 6 Celebrities Ken Bone Thinks Are Follow-Worthy og:description: Sunday's viral debate hero has intriguing taste in Twitter celebrities. og:url: https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81ad52696fbcd78a/6988a9b6524fc01120df9d48/ken-bone-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Only 6 Celebrities Ken Bone Thinks Are Follow-Worthy twitter:description: Sunday's viral debate hero has intriguing taste in Twitter celebrities. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81ad52696fbcd78a/6988a9b6524fc01120df9d48/ken-bone-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ken Bone Follows an Exclusive List of His 6 Favorite Celebrities  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 12, 2016 6:12 PM CUT  US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016. US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016.Jim Bourg—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 12, 2016 6:12 PM CUT The [Internet’s current crush](http://time.com/4526816/ken-bone-presidential-debate-memes/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), debate hero [Kenneth Bone](http://time.com/4525241/ken-bone-presidential-debate/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined"), has become a [social media phenomenon](http://time.com/4526847/ken-bone-sweater/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined")—not least because of his perfectly-pitched Twitter presence. But while his own account has blown up (he has 167,000 followers as of Wednesday afternoon), he keeps a tightly curated list of personalities he himself follows on the social media platform: [just 38 users, in fact.](https://twitter.com/kenbone18/following "undefined") So who are these anointed, lucky few? Most appear to be Bone’s friends or personal connections, but he has selected a handful of celebrity handles to throw in the mix. First up: _How I Met Your Mother_ actor [Neil Patrick Harris](http://time.com/4259050/neil-patrick-harris-count-olaf-netflix-unfortunate-events/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"). Bone also appears to be a fan a number of young singer-actresses, including [_Pitch Perfect’s_ Anna Kendrick](http://time.com/4392972/anna-kendrick-marvel-squirrel-girl/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), [_iCarly_ star Miranda Cosgrove](http://people.com/bodies/miranda-cosgrove-reveals-struggles-with-body-confidence/ "undefined"), and the upcoming _Rocky Horror Picture Show’s_ Victoria Justice. Angel-voiced “[Side to Side” singer Ariana Grande](http://time.com/4472713/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-side-to-side-video/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") also makes the Bone cut. Rounding out the celebrity mix are the New England Patriots [football player Chris Long](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/%5F/id/11236/chris-long "undefined") and Emmy-winning comedian/actor/writer [Patton Oswalt.](http://time.com/4434884/patton-oswalt-michelle-mcnamara/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") It’s definitely an eclectic crew of famous names across performance categories. So what does this say about Bone? Although it’s hard to surmise from this list which of these famous people he sought to follow himself (and who was, perhaps, auto-recommended to him by Twitter’s algorithm), it’s worth noting that Bone at least seems to be tapped into the pop culture vein of a younger generation. Whether his [notoriously undecided political leanings](http://time.com/4525241/ken-bone-presidential-debate/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") have been effected by this smattering of celebrities is another matter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/"},"headline":"Ken Bone Follows an Exclusive List of His 6 Favorite Celebrities","datePublished":"2016-10-12T18:12:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:34.319Z","description":"Ariana Grande and Neil Patrick Harris made the cut","url":"https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81ad52696fbcd78a/6988a9b6524fc01120df9d48/ken-bone-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81ad52696fbcd78a/6988a9b6524fc01120df9d48/ken-bone-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEBATE","caption":"US-VOTE-DEBATE","creditText":"Jim Bourg—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4528257/ken-bone-twitter-celebrities/","name":"Ken Bone Follows an Exclusive List of His 6 Favorite Celebrities"}}]}] ```