Boy in the background suffers bovine brutality while reporter interviews friend

A young boy wanting to share the spotlight with his friend is getting a lot of attention online, but probably not the kind he wanted.

A television news camera caught him being tossed about between two cows who had had just about enough of his grandstanding - and now the internet is going wild..

As his friend answers the TV interviewers questions, the boy walks into frame and smacks one of the cows on its hind quarters, then begins throwing elbows. A second cow decides to throw its own weight around, slowly leaning into it’s neighbour, trapping the kid between them.

You can see the boy in a comically frantic pose, trying to escape and also, not spill his drink.

Finally, a woman steps in and frees him from his cow cage, while his friend stays stone faced and focused on his interview.

A pretty good lesson on why you shouldn’t try to steal your friend’s 15 minutes of fame.