

( June 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Arató lives in Budapest with his wife Gabriella and his son.
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In 2020, Arató starred in the Hungarian edition of Masked Singer (known in Hungary as Álarcos énekes), broadcast on the TV station RTL Klub. In 2019, he became the advertising face for Coca-Cola in Hungary. After retirement, he worked as a DJ for a local radio station for five years. In 1969, Arató graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics under the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Not much else is currently known about Arató's teenage and pre-university years. He would reminisce about it as if it were a tree of wisdom in his town as many do of landmarks in their own lives. He has stated that a major part of his childhood was a gargantuan chestnut tree growing in his hometown. Personal life īorn in 1945 in Kőszeg, András Arató was raised in the era of the Iron Curtain. While vacationing in Turkey, Arató decided to upload personal vacation photos onto social media site iWiW, which were noticed by a photographer. The photos associated with such travels are said to be the cause of Arató's fame. He took up travelling to foreign countries such as Turkey and Russia for recreational purposes and kept a blog about his life and travels.

Arató has been in and out of the stock photo and advertisement industry as a model since disclosing his identity. In 2011, he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile.
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Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos from András István Arató (born 11 July 1945), who is a Hungarian retired electrical engineer and model. "Our assessment is that the publication for a few hours of an image that is not in itself misleading or inappropriate does not damage confidence in the covid-19 vaccinations.Budapest University of Technology and Economics The regional agency, responsible for the health of around one million Stockholm residents, said it believed the gaffe had not hurt public confidence in vaccines. It took Arato nine years to discover he was one of the internet's most recognisable faces, but since then he used his celebrity to commercial advantage: fronting advertising campaigns for German retailer Otto and giving a TED talk. But of course, we have made sure to change the picture now," Hanna Fellenius, a spokeswoman for Stockholm Region told Reuters. "We did not know it was a meme until we noticed this. "Harold" briefly fronted the website where Stockholm city residents can book their COVID-19 vaccines after the city used a stock photo of Arato from a photo agency database. Those images of a grey-bearded man wearing a smile but with sad, pained eyes became an internet meme dubbed "Hide the Pain Harold" as they were shared and reused with new, humorous captions by millions online. Harold is actually Hungarian man Andras Arato, who in 20 posed as a model for stock photographs. STOCKHOLM, March 31 (Reuters) - A health authority in Sweden unwittingly used 'Hide the Pain Harold' - one of the internet's most-recognised figures - as the face of its COVID-19 vaccination booking website, officials said on Tuesday evening, adding the image had now been removed.
