Darts ace Luke Littler, 18, ‘films ad for McDonald's' at his local branch in front of ‘cheering' fans

The Sun

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TEEN darts world champ Luke Littler was spotted filming at a McDonald's - sparking rumours he's added the fast food brand to his growing list of multi-million pound sponsorship deals.
The arrows prodigy, 18, was seen with a camera crew appearing to shoot an ad at his local Golden Arches in Warrington on Thursday.
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On Friday it was announced that the boy wonder had been made an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list after being crowned the youngest ever darts world champion in January.
An onlooker who saw Luke at McDonald's said: 'We heard that it was an advert and that he may have signed some sort of deal with McDonald's.
"There were extras who cheered when he walked in the door and they closed the place down for three or four hours while they were shooting.
"They had a close protection security guy there with him too.
'There was just one camera crew there and security made sure no one had phones inside."
The Nuke was decked out in casual clothes with a polo shirt, blue jeans and black and white trainers for the shoot.
He has previously bagged sponsorship agreements with the likes of Xbox, KP Nuts, fashion retailer BoohooMAN and YouTube group The Sidemen.
Since erupting on the darts scene during the 2024 World Championships, Luke has been outspoken about his love of kebabs.
But he made headlines when he swapped his usual post-match doner for a McDonald's in December 2023.
Aged just 16 at the time, he said after booking his place in the round of 16 in the competition: 'I did say to the fans, do you want to see me getting a kebab?
"But I just thought, 'Nah, McDonald's.'" Luke went on to become the youngest player ever to reach the final of the World Championships that year, aged 16 years and 347 days.
This year he was crowned the competition's youngest ever champion at 17 years and 347 days old.
McDonald's UK piggy-backed on Luke's success in January 2024, posting that its Double 10 McNuggets Sharebox was the 'perfect food' for watching him at the PDC World Championship.
Luke has also spoken proudly about still having mates who work at McDonald's.
The avid Manchester United fan revealed that legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson had advised him to stay grounded.
He added: "My mum and dad told me to keep the friends I have. Give it a few years and I may meet someone along the way.
"I have a couple of good friends from school and a few friends from different schools.
"They are doing well. They have apprenticeships, at Asda or McDonald's, or want to be plumbers or electricians.
"All have good jobs and are trying to make money for themselves."
McDonald's gave no response when the Sun on Sunday asked if it had signed a new sponsorship with Luke.
The Sun on Sunday also asked Luke's rep for comment.