SURPRISE! Clock kid admits getting arrested was 'kind of cool'; Does science experiment with Dr. Oz [video]

Greg P. | 4:38 PM on September 24, 2015

By “surprise” we me not really. Ahmed Mohamed, the 9th-grader in Texas who ~~built a homemade clock~~ took apart a working clock and put it in a box which made it look a lot like a bomb told Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore last night that getting arrested was “kind of cool”:

"Ahmed Mohamed: 'It was kind of cool' to get arrested." But remember most arrests don't end w/ White House invites. http://t.co/eKKz8xsy4Z

— Scott Fornek (@sfornek) September 24, 2015

Larry Wilmore gets Ahmed Mohamed to admit it was "kind of cool" to get arrested http://t.co/qvrFRunjiu pic.twitter.com/iy57ypa2Du

— Salon (@Salon) September 24, 2015

Oh. That’s weird because Ahmed’s dad had to pull him out of school over it.

Lefty hack Wilmore went as far as to call Ahmed a “genius”:

Thanks to my panelists @derekwaterss @NaomiAKlein & @mikeyardcomedy! And special guest clock genius @IStandWithAhmed! pic.twitter.com/FBtG4Qognb

— Larry Wilmore (@larrywilmore) September 23, 2015

Oh, really? Here’s a neat instructional video that teaches you how to be a clock-kid level genius, too … in like 30 seconds:

https://twitter.com/JoePrich/status/646427701352398848

Ahmed’s media blitz continued with an appearance on the Dr. Oz show that will air tomorrow. Ahmed told Dr. Oz that he “loves school” … but just not enough to keep going to school:

.@IStandWithAhmed turned my set into an impromptu science fair today. Loved his experiment! https://t.co/cLHeg1UFdc #IStandWithAhmed

— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) September 24, 2015