Hi guys, I have a friend named Alankrutha Giridhar, a 25-year-old super smart IT professional who works in Texas. So yesterday, on a flight, Alu (yes that’s her new nickname given to her by a group of friends including me) sat next to one of the most promising talents in Hollywood right now – Timothée Chalamet!!!!
Yes, this beautiful boy. The same cutie patootie who turned our hearts into mush with his breakout performance in Call Me By Your Name, for which he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. If you haven’t watched the movie, do it already. Also, now read the rest of this groundbreaking article only after plugging into this gorgeous piece of music.
Okay, now that you’re all set. Check out Alankrutha’s BRILLIANT Twitter thread about her entire interaction with Timothée (or Timmy, as we now like to call him). It includes him talking about Steve Carell and them discussing their favourite episodes from The Office, yeah nbd.
Read, read –
Y’all nbd just sat next to @RealChalamet on a 3 hour flight and we CHATTED FOR AN HOUR NBD I AM SUPER CALM RIGHT NOW AS EVERYONE CAN TELL
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
CAN YOU SEE HOW CHILL SHE IS?
Working on 4 hours of sleep, I am ready to tell everyone how I met Timotheé Chalamet and how we are (probably) friends now?!?!? pic.twitter.com/YVceaTjqx4
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
It begins –
SO I enter the flight and see a tall, lanky dude in front of me wearing a hoodie and both of us are the only ones w/o overhead space to keep our bags and I look up to see an actual angel and alarm bells in my head go off immediately pic.twitter.com/xVXEwcrdGk
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Truly, mankind’s angel 🎶
flight takes off and head is exploding bc I *had* to know who this dude so 30 mins into the flight, I work up the courage and nudge him and ask “hey you look exactly like timothee Chalamet” to which he smiles and says “I GET THAT A LOT” pic.twitter.com/SaEpjOqOBE
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
THAT CHEEKY B*STARD!
(I love him, I’m calling him a b*stard out of love okay)
Alankrutha couldn’t take it after a point, but like who can?
So I figured he didn’t want to be disturbed and things I did in the process- ate a sandwich, peed twice, kept stealing glances at him and 1.5 hours in, he asked me when the flight was going to land and I couldn’t hold it in and said “I KNOW U R TIMOTHEE” pic.twitter.com/fixN4Z9X4G
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Hehehehe busted.
HE LAUGHED AND SAID “AYYY YES IT IS, HI I AM TIMOTHEE” and shook my hands and at this point I was basically shook/ stunned and I couldn’t process anything pic.twitter.com/nYXovxWM4s
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
HI I AM TIMOTHEE! HIII!
List of actual questions my dumb bitch mind asked him that he answered super patiently:
1. Why are you sitting in economy class (he laughed and said how dare you)
2. Have you met Beyoncé (he has not)
3. How is Steve carrell (he said he’s amazing and offered to FaceTime him!!)— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
List of words that escaped my mouth:
1: I googled your height
2. Pls see my friend’s (@amyoosed)twitter dp, it is ur face
3. I have stalked ur Wiki page (got a hi 5 for this)
4. Are u going to the oscars
5. Your introductory scene in lady bird kills me tho ur a D bag in it— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Awwwwww!
What shocks me the most is this dude wanted to know about me. He asked me what I do, what project management is about (literally who cares timothee), where I grew up and PRONOUNCED MY NAME RIGHT pic.twitter.com/Z57pj2T2SS
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
The next tweet is my favourite tweet till eternity –
the BEST discussion we had was about THE OFFICE and which episode we love ( I said dinner party represent) and we discussed the show and at this point I’m like is my life real, is this a fever dream pic.twitter.com/sbM24ctSKF
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
And whenever he asks me about my life, I’m like !!!!!!! Why do you want to know about an IDIOT like me!!!!! He asks about India, name drops armie hammer (ofc why wouldn’t he) and tells me about his life growing up and how he got into films
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
And all his questions were super sincere and genuine and he KEPT high fiving/ friendly nudging and while my heart was exploding, I also spoke to him like I would to a friend only bc he made me feel so comfortable! pic.twitter.com/7vQhTQjItD
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
ANYWAY after a good conversation he went back to his music, and I went back to kicking myself hard for actually having held a good conversion with an pure soul pic.twitter.com/zYtlOo8Aw4
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Too cute my heart can’t take it only 😭😭😭
The flight landed, we spoke for a bit about his upcoming films, he wished me luck for my career (Idc about my career at this point) and also told me I was the *only* one in his entire journey who recognised him and asks if I want a pic and I oblige graciously w/o any frills pic.twitter.com/NMGjKVKvDQ
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Actual gif of me walking out of the flight as Timothee, my new best friend says bye and leaves. pic.twitter.com/uXRc9nMqTJ
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
MORAL OF THE STORY- if you work hard enough and never leave your house, you might stumble upon @RealChalamet on a flight and proceed to ask him who the most famous celeb on his phone is. *THE END*
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
By now, her loyal audience needed to see this glorious meet-cute!
Post the photo pic.twitter.com/ctfzx905vl
— ~🌹~ sPoTiFy_gIrL ~🌹~ (@kanikakaul22) February 5, 2019
DROP THE SELFIE, HOE
— Sonia Mariam Thomas (@SoKneeOh) February 5, 2019
OH MY GOD WHERE IS THE SELFIE ALANKRUTHA WHAT ARE YOU DOING COME ON DELIVER FOR THE PEOPLE
— Deeksha Bhushan (@deekshabhushan) February 5, 2019
I want to see the photo!
— Tanzila Anis. (@aaliznat) February 5, 2019
POST THE SELFIE YOU GOOF
— lungi itou (@nah_im_abdulla) February 5, 2019
— Shreemi Verma (@shreemiverma) February 5, 2019
And Alankrutha was being a total tease. Yes.
I’m trying to post the selfie but my twitter app won’t let me so y’all have to wait for it pic.twitter.com/YE3yPaiqcZ
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
TOTAL TEASE THAT’S RIGHT.
Major things I forgot to mention:
1. When the stewardess offered him flight pretzels & orange juice, he scarfed them down in < 20 secs like he hadn’t eaten in 48 hours
2. He asked if I was expecting him to be taller or shorter- I said shorter (shut up @ me)
3. He loves easy A— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
He eats pretzels like I eat sev puri, wayyy too quickly :’)
This is just filling my heart with joy!
Right when I was trying to figure out if he was indeed Timothee I panicked and texted my friends + VERY SLYLY listened to the OST of Call Me by Your name hoping he would notice (I don’t think he did but I had to try) lmaoooo pic.twitter.com/Ge9NfqJ8HN
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
And then, finally. She DID post a photo with him!
Idk how one can be this terrible at taking selfies but look out world here I come. Anyway idc just look at his face, this experience has been beautiful and he’s a very nice person (and we might be friends but idkkkkk) pic.twitter.com/yhdEF08pUz
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Issi ko toh pyaar kehte hain pagli 💓
This pure BABY asked me where I watched Lady bird and I said I watched it in the theatre and his EYES LIT UP I CANNOT. Anyway, my only regret is that I didn’t ask him to drop his skin care routine, feel like it would’ve led to this pic.twitter.com/5VidbU848Z
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 5, 2019
Guys, watch Lady Bird too, what a movie! One of his upcoming projects is an adaptation of Little Women, also directed by Greta Gerwig and the cast is KILLING ME right now.
Now back to the thread –
It’s funny, a few hours before I got on this flight, I was complaining about how I never get seated next to anyone interesting. Ending this thread with this timeless gif pic.twitter.com/rkL4D08nVE
— Alankrutha (@alankruthahaha) February 6, 2019
😢😢😢
Truer words haven’t been spoken –
All your stories about meeting any celebrity don’t count after the timothee chalamet story
— bed tundy (@kuchhimau) February 5, 2019
Oooh, also here’s a fun little nugget of information. Our common friend tweeted this just a few hours before Alu met Timmy –
App Idea: Make cute, goodlooking and compatible single people sit together in aircrafts.
— Guru Dutt Ki Naani/ Thumri Talaiya (@maiQHuun) February 4, 2019
It’s a sign!
Youguyzzz I am telling you, I am the next big thing as a psychic. Universe aur meri dealzzz hai.
Cc: @alankruthahaha and Timothee jijajee
Brb singing o jiji from Vivaah https://t.co/W3Eg5n3VUh— Guru Dutt Ki Naani/ Thumri Talaiya (@maiQHuun) February 5, 2019
Basically.
Fin.