This dad had to text his daughter to ask "Who is Nick Jonas?"
This dad had to text his daughter to ask "Who is Nick Jonas?"
By Julia Corderoy
A dad who unwittingly sat next to boy band heart-throb Nick Jonas on a flight has gone viral after his daughter tweeted their adorable text exchange.
The father of University of South Florida student Deanna Hall was flying first class with Delta Airlines when there was a lot of fuss surrounding the passenger sitting next to him, news.com.au reported.
He texted his daughter to ask "Who is Nick Jonas?"
Not understanding her dad's random pop-culture question, the text exchange started out very calmly.
Hall, who was a fan of the Jonas Brothers growing up, posted the text exchange on Twitter, along with her dad's selfie with Jonas - and the internet loved it.
The tweet had been shared more than 49,000 times, liked more than 186,000 times and attracted several hundred comments.
Dad took a pic with Nick Jonas on the plane to send to his daughter. Photo / Twitter
And her dad was getting as much love as Nick Jonas himself.
"Your dad is so pure. I love this," wrote one commenter.
"Your dad is so precious," wrote another.
According to a later tweet, he did not get his daughter an autograph - but a picture is worth a thousand words.
Deanna Hall was a fan of the Jonas Brothers growing up - Nick, Joe and Kevin.
This is in stark contrast to the way a different boy band member treated a fan on a flight.
Last year, One Direction member Niall Horan blasted a fan who took a photo of him sleeping during a flight.
The One Direction member didn't name and shame the fan who took the photo, but did share a screenshot of what they posted online.
Above the photo of the 22-year-old singer sleeping, the fan wrote: "And to sum up the perfect European adventure, I sat directly next to Niall from One Direction for 9 hours on my flight home from London last night. He was sick and asked for no selfies, but here is a pic I snapped when he was sleeping lol he was so friendly."
Horan shot back on Twitter, saying: "I think this s*** is unreal. I mean, if you can't sleep on a plane without people taking photos of you, what can u do?"
I think this shit is unreal. I mean if you can't sleep on a plane without people taking photos of you,what can u do pic.twitter.com/3UvgLpHOcE
