John Hetherington he waited 25 years to meet his lifelong idol, Beyoncé. In a rush to buy tickets, a Queen Bey fan bought a plane ticket to attend the stage. Renaissance World Tour in Seattle, but never made it to the city. As Hetherington himself said in video posted on TikTok, the airline did not allow him to board because of the size of his wheelchair. Attempts to correct the situation were futile. “They checked every possible flight, every airline, but there was nothing available. So, after 25 years of waiting, I won’t be seeing Beyoncé tonight. So ableism strikes again,” the boy with cerebral palsy said bitterly. History has not left the world of the Internet indifferent and, above all, BayHivethe pop star’s army of fans who immediately offered Hetherington tickets to subsequent concerts and attracted the attention of Beyoncé and her management rain of tags. Second New York Times, extraordinary mobilization finally made the boy’s dream come true: the echo of social networks reached Queen Bey herself, who appointed one of her representatives organize a new trip for his concert on September 21 in Texas. “We celebrated, we sang, we danced… a lot. BeyHive, you made this possible, you promoted and tagged it like the internet has never seen before. Tonight was my first time sitting in the front row at a concert. Welcome to RenaissanceHetherington enthused on Instagram after the show.
UNFORGETTABLE MEETINGS
Hetherington shared other photos of the evening, and not only in the company. from the dance troupebut also Beyoncé’s smiling mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson. “I will say a lot in the coming days about what this evening means to me. There are some things that I will keep to myself. It was truly an honor to meet you, Tina Knowles! Thank you for everything you have done and given to the world. We are very grateful,” wrote the boy, who later also met the music superstar. “To the Queen, BeyoncéI will cherish the words you said to me and your hugs. Every word I said was true. No, to those who are reading this, I will never share what I was told, don’t even try. This moment is between the two of us.” In the final photograph, depicting an intimate exchange between the two, which took place between mutual affectionate glances, Hetherington repeated: “Long live the Queen! May he always reign.”
