We sometimes toss around the word "hero" too loosely at The Hollywood Gossip.
We"ve used it to describe the person who started a GoFundMe page to keep Betty White alive in 2016.
And we also used it to compliment a woman who went undercover to spy on her best friend"s date.
But the following video really does feature someone who can appropriately be talked about in heroic terms.
We don"t know his name.
But footage of this man walking up to two boys who are engaged in a fight in the middle of the street has gone crazy viral; it"s been viewed over 3.5 million times.
In the video below, we see the stranger do his best to talk sense into these young men, telling them they actually aren"t so young after all and it"s about time they started to act like adults.
He points to so-called friends of theirs, standing around and laughing and recording their actions, egging them on, wanting them to be enemies.
And he refuses to leave until the combatants stop their immature silliness and shake hands.
Among those who have seen and praised the video? LeBron James.
"So dope!!! #Salute the homie who stepped in and spoke real to our young generation. We all need a word or 2 to help," wrote the NBA superstar in response to the footage.
Added professional wide receiver Torrey Smith on Twitter:
"This is a REAL man right here! Y"all youngins need to watch and learn from this video about your "friends"…salute to this dude!."
And former Major League Baseball utility man Jerry Hairston, Jr. chimed in as follows:
"More MEN are needed in this world like this. #RealTalk."
Go ahead and see what all the excitement is about.
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