A young man from Toronto says he is still in shock after meeting Adam Sandler and Drake by chance the same night.
Harrison, 11, went out to dinner with his parents and brother in Yorkville last week celebrating his father’s 50th birthday when the casual encounters took place.
“After lunch, we decided to go for a walk,” Harrison told CTV News Toronto on Thursday. “As we walked, we passed this restaurant called ONE, and there’s just a bunch of paparazzi and a great car.”
Harrison said he asked a paparazzo, who was inside the restaurant at the time, and they told him it was Drake.
“We were like, ‘Oh, okay. Let’s wait for Drake,’ and then 30 minutes later my brother yelled, ‘Is that Adam Sandler?'” Harrison said.
Harrison said Sandler passed them and walked into a restaurant, but returned 15 minutes later.
“I was really looking forward to a high five, and he gave it to me, and then we started walking with them,” Harrison said. “And we’re walking with him and he slapped me on the chest and told me he was a good kid. He was fantastic.”
Harrison’s mother, Shannon Shorten, said Sandler made sure he interacted with everyone who wanted to meet him.
“He walks so slowly and can be said to be a father who only knows what it would have meant to Harrison,” Shannon said. “It can be said by the look on Harrison’s face that the world meant to him.”
But Sandler wasn’t the last celebrity Harrison met that night.
“The next thing you know, we’re seeing Drake and his bodyguards,” Harrison said. “I asked for a photo and he nodded a little before I went to the restaurant.”
Shannon said the whole night was so unexpected and Harrison “got the award.”
“It was pretty amazing for us.”