Haley Lu Richardson lived out an final Jonas Brothers fan expertise on Friday.
The White Lotus actress served because the group’s official correspondent when the band carried out on NBC’s As we speak present Friday to have fun the discharge of the brothers’ new album, titled merely The Album.
Richardson had revealed she can be taking over the function on Thursday and that her job was to attend the live performance and take a look at “simply to be useful and never cry and pee my pants.”
Richardson has been a fan of the band since she was a teen, sharing that she met the Jonas Brothers when she was about 12 and has attended practically 15 of their concert events.
Whereas a visitor on The Late Late Present With James Corden in December, Richardson mirrored on her love for the band whereas the then-late evening host confirmed a throwback picture of her standing subsequent to the Jonas Brothers at a fan meet-and-greet.
“She was in love with the Jonas Brothers,” Richardson mentioned of her youthful self. “She in all probability waited for 3 or 4 hours in a meet-and-greet line together with her mom to satisfy Nick and Joe and Kevin. And she or he had made this tie, she had made this tie herself as a result of Nick on the time was going by a tie section.” Richardson then defined that the DIY tie she made for Nick Jonas was taken away by safety and he or she by no means realized whether or not he acquired the present or not.
Corden went on to shock Richardson with a FaceTime name from Nick Jonas himself the place she acquired to inform him how a lot he and his brothers meant to her whereas rising up and he promised her that the following time she got here to a present to carry one other tie so he can ensure it will get to him.
The shock telephone name and viral look marked the primary of different Jonas Brothers-related surprises in retailer for Richardson as she took to social media in February to share that she was in a position to lastly give Nick a DIY tie after attending the band’s live performance in Las Vegas. “Desires actually do come true,” she captioned her publish on Instagram, sharing photographs and movies of herself with the band and singing, dancing and crying within the viewers.
The actress additionally later starred within the band’s music video for his or her single “Wings.” She informed As we speak that she obtained a name from Joe Jonas in regards to the video: “Joe referred to as me. Joe referred to as my cellphone, my precise cellphone.”
“This was probably the most surreal day of my total existence. I’m so grateful,” she wrote on Instagram on the time of starring within the video.
Whereas a correspondent on As we speak Friday, Richardson couldn’t assist however categorical her pleasure.
“I can’t really feel,” she mentioned on the NBC morning present when requested how she was feeling. After watching the Jonas Brothers’ efficiency, she praised the band, describing the brothers as “superb,” “so proficient” and “11 out of 10s. Killing it.”
In clips shared on the present’s social media, Richardson could possibly be seen shouting, “I really like you, Kevin. I really like you, Nick. I really like you, Joe,” as they walked close by earlier than the live performance.
Joe Jonas additionally took a second to present Richardson a hug after seeing her within the crowd earlier than the live performance. “I’m happy with you,” she informed him.
Richardson additionally acquired to shock one other superfan with tickets to a Jonas Brothers live performance.