A disabled teenager has enjoyed the night of his life at his Year 12 formal after a local radio host agreed to attend the special event with him.
When Cooper Henseleit called up Gold Coast radio station Hot Tomato last week and asked host Emily-Jade O’Keefe to be his date for the night she simply couldn’t say no.
But while 18-year-old Cooper’s dream came true, it created a slight problem given he had already invited another special needs classmate to be his date for the big night.
Keen to resolve the love triangle, Ms O’Keefe called on her radio colleagues Flan and Christo to accompany the other girl, Olga, with the group of five arriving together at the Mudgeeraba Special School’s event.
Disabled teenager Cooper Henseleit (right) has had his dream come true after radio host Emily-Jade O’Keefe accompanied him to his Year 12 formal
The 18-year-old had already invited classmate Olga (front) to the Mudgeeraba Special School event, so Ms O’Keefe asked her colleagues Christo and Flan to join her at the Year 12 formal
Sharing heartwarming photos of the group to social media, Ms O’Keefe said it was an ‘honour’ to be at the special school formal with her fan.
‘What an Honor to be Cooper Henseleit’s date for his school formal… I think we both scrub up quite nicely!’ Ms O’Keefe posted.
As the pair stood together and posed for photos prior to the event, it was seemingly impossible to wipe the smile from Cooper’s face.
Speaking to local paper the Gold Coast Bulletin she said that despite regularly being invited to celebrity-filled events, the special school formal was one she’d remember.
‘Cooper called up the station which took a lot of guts,’ Ms O’Keefe said.
‘He said he was a big fan (of me), and also of the media in general, he knows the names of all the TV journalists and presenters… I just couldn’t refuse.’
Ms O’Keefe told how when Cooper saw her: ‘He put his hands to his mouth and was jumping up and down telling me I looked beautiful’
Ms O’Keefe’s radio colleagues Christo and Flan accompanied Cooper’s classmate Olga to the event
With his tie picked to match Ms O’Keefe’s pink dress, after posing for photos the pair rode in style to the formal – but not before Cooper laid on the charm.
‘He put his hands to his mouth and was jumping up and down telling me I looked beautiful,’ Ms O’Keefe said.
‘If only my husband looked at me the way Cooper did!’ she laughed.