World’s stunning reaction to bullied boy

When the heartbroken mother of a bullied boy shared a video online highlighting the affects of his ongoing torment, it immediately went viral both in Australia and overseas.

Not only have NRL footy players rallied behind young Quaden Bayles, 9, but so too have other celebrities including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, UK TV host Piers Morgan and American comedian and actor Brad Williams, who started a GoFundMe page for the bully victim.

“Quaden — you’ve got a friend in me,” Jackman posted on Twitter alongside a 20-second video saying “bullying is not okay, period, life is hard enough”.

“Quaden you are stronger than you know mate and no matter what, you have got a friend in me.”

American comedian, Williams who like Quaden, was also born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism, said seeing the heartbreaking clip of Quaden in hysterics, crying and begging to “die”, “struck a nerve with him”.

Williams’ condition has played a huge role in his stand-up comedy and television roles.

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“His mother taped him crying, saying he wanted a knife to kill himself, and put it on the internet to show people the effects of bullying. This story struck a nerve with me,” Williams wrote in an Instagram post on Friday.

“So I started a GoFundMe to fly Quaden and his mother to America and send them to Disneyland. I set the goal at 10k, as of now we have 18.5k raised! I love all of you,” he wrote.

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