The White Lotus actress served because the group’s official correspondent when the band carried out on NBC’s As we speak present Friday to have fun the discharge of the brothers’ new album, titled merely The Album.
Richardson had revealed she could be taking up the function on Thursday and that her job was to attend the live performance and check out “just to be functional and not cry and pee my pants.”
Richardson has been a fan of the band since she was a teen, sharing that she met the Jonas Brothers when she was about 12 and has attended practically 15 of their live shows.
Whereas a visitor on The Late Late Present With James Corden in December, Richardson mirrored on her love for the band whereas the then-late night time host confirmed a throwback picture of her standing subsequent to the Jonas Brothers at a fan meet-and-greet.
“She was in love with the Jonas Brothers,” Richardson mentioned of her youthful self. “She probably waited for three or four hours in a meet-and-greet line with her mother to meet Nick and Joe and Kevin. And she had made this tie, she had made this tie herself because Nick at the time was going through a tie phase.” Richardson then defined that the DIY tie she made for Nick Jonas was taken away by safety and she or he by no means discovered whether or not he received the present or not.
Corden went on to shock Richardson with a FaceTime name from Nick Jonas himself the place she received to inform him how a lot he and his brothers meant to her whereas rising up and he promised her that the subsequent time she got here to a present to convey one other tie so he can be certain that it will get to him.
The shock telephone name and viral look marked the primary of different Jonas Brothers-related surprises in retailer for Richardson as she took to social media in February to share that she was in a position to lastly give Nick a DIY tie after attending the band’s live performance in Las Vegas. “Dreams really do come true,” she captioned her put up on Instagram, sharing pictures and movies of herself with the band and singing, dancing and crying within the viewers.
The actress additionally later starred within the band’s music video for his or her single “Wings.” She instructed As we speak that she obtained a name from Joe Jonas in regards to the video: “Joe called me. Joe called my cellphone, my actual cellphone.”
“This was the most surreal day of my entire existence. I’m so thankful,” she wrote on Instagram on the time of starring within the video.
Whereas a correspondent on As we speak Friday, Richardson couldn’t assist however specific her pleasure.
“I can’t feel,” she mentioned on the NBC morning present when requested how she was feeling. After watching the Jonas Brothers’ efficiency, she praised the band, describing the brothers as “amazing,” “so talented” and “11 out of 10s. Killing it.”
In clips shared on the present’s social media, Richardson might be seen shouting, “I love you, Kevin. I love you, Nick. I love you, Joe,” as they walked close by earlier than the live performance.
Joe Jonas additionally took a second to offer Richardson a hug after seeing her within the crowd earlier than the live performance. “I’m proud of you,” she instructed him.
Richardson additionally received to shock one other superfan with tickets to a Jonas Brothers live performance.
