Kinsey Wolanski’s life took a dramatic turn after her notorious Champions League final pitch invasion in 2019 catapulted her into global fame. The stunt — where she dashed across the Wanda Metropolitano pitch during Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Tottenham — earned her a staggering 2.3 million followers in just 18 hours. Speaking later, she admitted she knew exactly what she was doing.
“By the time I’m 30, I want to make enough money to retire — and streaking at the Champions League final was only going to help,” she told The Sun. “I plan to do more stunts to boost my profile. After I got out of jail, my Instagram jumped from 300,000 to over two million. You can’t buy that kind of exposure.”
The viral moment brought her instant global attention and a flood of job offers. The daring move was actually planned to promote an adult website owned by her then-boyfriend, YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy. But today, Wolanski has shifted far away from that pursuit of shock-fame.
Now 29, she still commands a huge online audience of 3.7 million Instagram followers, but her life looks very different. She has traded viral stunts for adrenaline-filled adventures in the sky — becoming a certified skydiver and a licensed pilot qualified to fly both planes and helicopters. She often shares videos of herself in the cockpit, either flying solo or with passengers.
She told The Sun that getting her license was no easy feat:
“I flew 112 hours before taking my final check-ride. You need to pass three exams — a written test, an oral exam on the ground, and an in-flight test. The whole process took a year and a half.”
Now fully licensed, she frequently takes to the skies in her single-engine Piper Archer and even flies jets and helicopters. But her ambitions don’t stop there. Wolanski has also built a career as a sports presenter, mainly covering the NFL, while occasionally featuring alongside stars from baseball, UFC, and WWE. She has even appeared on Arena Gridiron with three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas and recently filmed with Buffalo Bills running back James Cook.
Beyond media, she launched her own athleisure brand, Kinsey Fit, in 2021. “I wanted to offer premium-quality fitness fabrics at affordable prices,” she told Names magazine. She’s also earning a real estate license to help build passive income streams for the future.
One major figure from her past is Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, her former boyfriend and one of the architects behind her Champions League stunt. Known for extreme YouTube pranks — some leading to legal trouble — Vitaly first shocked the football world with his pitch invasion at the 2014 World Cup final. But after Wolanski’s fame eclipsed his following her 2019 stunt, tension grew between them.
Speaking on the Residency Podcast, she revealed:
“Vitaly’s a great guy — we were best friends and had the same goals. But there can only be one star. Once my career took off, things got competitive, and it got weird.”
Their paths have diverged sharply since. Earlier this year, Vitaly found himself in legal trouble in the Philippines after an incident during a livestream in April. He remains detained on three counts of “unjust vexation” as
his case continues.
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