'Justin Bieber' accompanied his long time fan, male belieber Leon Purvis, to the prom. Yes, after smacking down a paparazzo, and despite the demands of his new world tour, which has so far included a riot in Norway, a bizarre encounter with a glass door in France, a paralyzed eyebrow, and a sudden attack of illness onstage in Paris, the Teen Dream somehow found the time to accompany boy belieber, Leon Puvis to his prom. How did he do it? Okay, okay, it wasn't the real Justin who was spotted at Leon's Glassboro High School Prom. It was a cardboard JB cut out. Not quite the same thing, but better than nothing.
As you may or may not recall, Leon Purvis is the guy who begged--er--invited the real live Justin Bieber to his junior prom last year. He even posted a video on YouTube asking Biebs to go to his prom as a "bro." Alas, JB did not respond. He did respond, however, to Cady Eimer, a 17-year-old girl belieber who was also desperately seeking JB as her prom date. Although the Boyfriend singer didn't go to her prom either, he did invite her to be his date for the Billboard Awards. Needless to say, she accepted. Leon was not amused that Cady was able to "get Justin's attention, but he did not."
"I was so mad," admitted Leon. "The sad thing was my video had like 15,000 more views than hers."
But Leon need not despair. Reportedly, his stunt with the Justin Bieber cut out attracted the attention of Justin's manager, Scooter Braun who tweeted Leon a message on June 4.
"@jpmay3 have a good prom buddy...," Scooter tweeted, adding " - just one thing u dont know. u got two tix to the #BelieveTour now"
Oh well, it's not quite as good as going to the prom but with Justin as his "bro" date, but Leon will no doubt have a ball at the concert.
You go, Leon.
Note: You can watch Leon's original video invitation to Justin below.
© Hope Carson 2012
Hope Carson is the author of 2 books: A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker and A Thousand and One Night Stands: The Life of Jon Vincent. You can follow her on Twitter.
You have successfully submitted a report for this post.
