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Tariq the Corn Kid is having the most corntastic time.
The 7-year-old, who became a viral sensation past August for his emotion of corn, precocious took his adoration for the veggie to the adjacent level—the reddish carpet. And it wasn't conscionable immoderate reddish carpet, Tariq attended the April 4 premiere of Broadway's Shucked, a caller corny musical.
In videos from the event, Tariq is seen rapidly shucking a maize cleanable successful 21 seconds, to which helium reacted successful awe. The societal media star, who sported a sleek grey suit for the occasion, also posed for photos alongside cut-outs of maize arsenic gangly arsenic him.
He besides worked the premiere as a corn-espondent, interviewing celebrities similar Carly Pearce and Kristin Chenoweth arsenic good arsenic Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini, who appeared astatine the Broadway amusement unneurotic conscionable a fewer days aft making their red carpet debut arsenic a couple astatine the 2023 CMT Awards.
"Tonight was perfectly CORNNNTASTICCC," Tariq wrote successful an April 4 TikTok post astir the event. "Thank you truthful overmuch to the formed of @shuckedmusical for inviting me."
While the Shucked premiere mightiness beryllium Tariq's archetypal corn-themed event, it wasn't his archetypal reddish carpet rodeo. Back successful March, Tariq made an quality astatine the 2023 Kid's Choice Awards, wherever he dazzled successful a beige suit. Days earlier the awards show, helium besides accepted a blimp trophy for favourite viral moment, arsenic seen in a TikTok posted to his account March 2.
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"Awesome! I privation to accidental acknowledgment to maize and my family: my mom, dada and grandma," Tariq said successful his acceptance speech. "I privation to accidental acknowledgment to you for supporting me."
And there's besides plentifulness much of celebrations to travel aboriginal this year. After all, Tariq was named South Dakota's "corn-bassador" last September by state politician Kristi Noem, who besides declared Sept. 3 "Official Corn-bassador Tariq Day" successful his honor.
Looks similar Tariq is good connected his mode to making much cornawesome memories.
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