Mr. P Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 BAYONNE (WABC) -- A New Jersey teenager has become an instant celebrity after landing a celebrity prom date. New York Giants punter Steve Weatherford is making a dream come true when he heads to Bayonne High School because of a tweet. An 18-year old took a chance that the football player would respond. And now, Lauren Delbert will have much more to tweet about when she appears with Weatherford on one arm after he agreed to take her to her senior prom. Her tweet to him was direct, cute and very clever, an image of a football with the phrase "Wanna tackle prom with me?" How could you pass up the request? "I thought she was halfway kidding, but when she said 'are you serious?', I'm like Yeah, sure why not," said Weatherford. Lauren came up with the prom-posal after entering a contest involving the Giants punter. "I wrote, 'I want to win Steve's fathead because I'm a big fan and I love him. A short time later he wrote back and said, 'Thanks, you're making me blush,'" she said. "I'm actually going to reach out to her and coordinate my tux with her dress and figure out the rest of the details. I know she is going to bring her boyfriend. I don't want to steal all the spotlight," said Weatherford. But once it hit the Twitter-sphere that Lauren and her boyfriend Steven Schumann and Steve Weatherford are going to the prom together: "Everything started coming at me really fast," said Lauren. "Everyone wants to do interviews and talk to me. It's really cool." Lauren says her boyfriend Steven is cool with Weatherford. And the punter said his wife and kids are OK with the idea. "It will inspire a lot of people to give back without expecting anything in return, so it should be an exciting time," said Weatherford. Lauren doesn't expect Weatherford to stay at the prom all evening. But walking in will be worth every minute. "I think there is going to be a big crowd around us," Lauren said, laughing. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/sports/pro/football&id=9512489 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedinBlue Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Man...I hope she is of legal age. Don't need that problem cropping up in the middle of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Lol she's 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Shades of Chmura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 jeez, hes not the first celebrity to get asked to prom and be nice and go. hes not gonna bang this girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Just 2 of her friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 In related news, Will Hill indicated he'll be smoking dope with the burnouts behind the metal shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 In related news, Will Hill indicated he'll be smoking dope with the burnouts behind the metal shop. hole patrol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorillaNJ Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Love Bayonne girls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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