It didn’t take General Hospital fans more than a hot minute to love Nicholas Chavez when he took over the role of Spencer Cassadine. And, it seems, he’s had the same effect on Netflix viewers! A viral moment online has led to him being the Internet’s current favorite boyfriend.

Nicholas Chavez Goes Viral!

A fan on TikTok named Aurelis created a fan edit video that took off! The clip went mega-viral and has been viewed more than 52 million times just on that platform alone. Since then, Chavez has been flung fast and hard into the role of everyone’s celebrity crush and amassed him more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram.

@slut4nicholas HE SO FINEUHH #nicholasalexanderchavez #monstersnetflix #nicholaschavez ♬ original sound – aurelis💋

That one single video aptly deemed “the Nicholas Chavez edit” has fast become the talk of social media. So much so, it’s even being featured in college classrooms. This is huge for the Daytime Emmy winner.

@nicole_thesexprofessor Monday Motivation 💪🏻🔥#NicholasAlexanderChavez #NicholasAlexanderChavezEdit #UniversityofWashington #UWHuskies ♬ original sound – aurelis💋

What does this fast rise to loverboy fame mean for a possible return to General Hospital? With so many eyes on Chavez, it would serve the network well to rush him back to the set and introduce his new young fanbase to the soapverse.