Brody Ryan Curtis, the man in the “StarbucksDrakeHands” video that’s become popular on Instagram and Vine, will get to meet Piper Kennedy, the model he sent his now-viral video to before it was parodied.
Kennedy told the Daily Mail on Tuesday that she will meet with him at the Los Angeles-area coffee shop where he works.
Curtis, 30, was just trying to be “cute and genuine” when he sent Kennedy the video, she told the publication.
In the now heavily imitated video, Curtis is shown looking into the camera with a serious look before he smiles and puts his hands over his face to appear as if he is blushing. A song from the rapper Drake is playing in the background.
He sent the video to Kennedy’s friend Ben Roc, who posted it on Instagram. “A friend met this guy at a coffee shop. He got her number and sent her this. Nice work bud,” he wrote.
“I was just stunned. I was in tears of laughter. I couldn’t believe it,” Kennedy said of the video. “I’ve never been sent anything like that before.”
Kennedy said she has been impressed with how he handled the situation after the video turned into an Internet meme--with grandmothers, small children, and even people wearing horse masks imitating the video.
“We do need to see each other in person. There could be a funny friendship because it was such a unique way to meet somebody,” she said.
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