Most of the time, the relationship between a celebrity & a fan is purely parasocial. However, sometimes, it evolves into IRL romance. Here are examples of celebrities who dated one of their fans 😌✨
Maya Henry first met Liam Payne at a One Direction meet-and-greet in 2015, & they started dating officially four years later.
They were engaged before calling it quits in 2021.
Danielle Caesar tweeted about her love for Jake T. Austin for FIVE (5) years before they started dating in 2016. 😲 The two met IRL at Planet Hollywood in 2011, & Jake followed her back on Twitter sometime after that.
As of 2021, Danielle appears to be dating someone else.
Joe Jonas was around 16, when he invited a fan to a movie, & they "just made out the entire time." On Watch What Happens Live, he said, “It doesn’t always work out if you’re like, ‘Hey, why don’t you get that girl’s number for me?’ & then they’re more of a Nick or Kevin fan." 😳
Billie Joe Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser at a Green Day show in Minneapolis in 1990, which inspired the band's song "2000 Light Years Away."
The couple tied the knot in 1994. 😌
When Marjorie Bridges arrived late to a Steve Harvey comedy show, the comedian paused his set, looked at her, & said, "Oh, I’m sorry. I don’t know who this is, but I’m gonna marry her." 🥺🥺
They got married in 2007.
Hairdresser Jillian Fink was shocked when Patrick Dempsey scheduled an appointment for a quick trim, & after three years as her client, he asked her out.
The couple got married in 1999. 🥰
& Finally, all 3 Hanson brothers met their wives at concerts.
Kate Tucker & Natalie Bryant attended an Atlanta show together, where they met their future husbands Zac & Taylor Hanson. Issac spotted his future spouse Nicole Dufrense in the middle of the crowd at a different gig.
“It was really important as I’ve worked with the Trevor Project for more than 10 years, and so I don’t think I would’ve been able to look myself in the mirror had I not said anything." buzzfeed.com/larryfitzmauri…
Daniel Radcliffe's made it no secret that he doesn't stand with J.K. Rowling's anti-trans beliefs.
In June of 2020, the actor and Harry Potter star published an open letter on The Trevor Project's website, stating that "trans women are women."
"You will get yourself rejected before you have even had the opportunity to get in front of a manager." buzzfeed.com/mayaogolini/wh…
If you're currently job hunting, chances are you've found yourself at your wit's end of the application process. They can be long, tedious, and often times you don't even get a response back.
Which is probably why this résumé "hack" is currently re-circulating around Twitter.
The hack is called "white wording," and it's a trick designed to outsmart most companies' Applicant Tracking Software. The software is designed to sort through job applications and choose the ones that align best with the job description.
"I went to the gym and I was in a towel and a guy went up and handed me a script and he said, ‘I had a feeling you were in show choir, am I right?’" buzzfeed.com/larryfitzmauri…
You know Glee — you love Glee.
One of the classic TV show's more memorable (for all the wrong reasons 🥴) characters was glee club director and teacher Will Schuester — or Mr. Schue — who was played by Matthew Morrison.
The episode seemingly boiled Mexican culture down to sombreros, maracas, tacos, and "Juan" jokes. buzzfeed.com/angelicaamarti…
Earlier this week, Prue Leith took to Twitter to announce that the Great British Bake Off's theme for their next episode would be "Mexican week."
Yeah, yikes 😅
It's not that I don't think it's possible to do an episode like this with appreciation and respect for the culture, but I was fairly certain that wasn't the direction #GBBO would be going.