“How Great-Grandma Reina From Ontario Became an Unexpected Star of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards”

An Ontario great-grandmother has gone viral after professing her love for Harry Styles at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, and she even announced his win for Album of the Year on stage.

Reina, 78, from Sudbury, Ontario, was among a group of fans of all the artists nominated in this category included on Sunday night’s broadcast, but her performance stole the show.

“Harry’s House by Harry Styles is album of the year,” Reina said in a pre-recorded video that was shown long before he actually won the award. “If the Grammys did their job, he gets this award!”

“Apart from the fact that he looks good (…) I love everything about him. I like his attitude, his songs and in Harry he’s got that thing that draws people in,” she said.

But Reina’s recorded feature was far from her only involvement at Sunday’s Grammys.

Host Trevor Noah also interacted with her shortly after Styles won Best “Pop Vocal Album,” his first of two awards, and joked with her about how she wishes he could win every single award.

Then, in the closing moments of the show, as she stood alongside the other attending fans of the nominated artists for “Album of the Year,” Reina announced that Styles had won.

“And the Grammy goes to (…) you can read it,” Noah said as he handed her the mic.

“Ha-Harry Styles!” shouted the 78-year-old.

\[email protected]_Styles accepting the GRAMMY for Album of the Year at the 65th #GRAMMYs \ud83c\udfb6\u201d

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@Recording Academy / GRAMMYs)
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Styles finally took the stage to accept the award and gave Reina a long hug before delivering his acceptance speech.

Social media then erupted with love and admiration for Reina and responded positively to her pure and sweet moments on live television, but one tweet seemed to sum things up perfectly.

\u201cThis whole section of fans was bizarre and uninteresting until the moment when grandma could read the winner and then get a hug from Harry?! I cried. #GRAMMYs\u201d

— Danny Mullin (@Danny Mullin)
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“This whole ‘The Fans’ part was bizarre and uninteresting until that moment when Grandma could read the winner and then get a hug from Harry?! I cried,” wrote user @mullin_danny.

So how exactly did a great-grandmother from Sudbury come to take the stage at the Grammys?

It all started with a TikTok video.

On December 27, 2022, Reina’s granddaughter posted a now-viral video of her listing all the reasons she loves Harry Styles, with the caption, “Someone is taking her to a Harry Styles concert.”

In the video, Reina compliments Styles on everything from his talent to his “self,” which she describes as a very smart and caring man.

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Someone is taking her to a #harrystyles concert. #harrystylesvids #1fan #harrystylesfan #stylers #grandmasoftiktok #grandmatok

“He is everything. He’s still humble. He’s still a good person,” Reina said in the video. “For me, that’s a star.”

According to her granddaughter Renee, the Grammys scrambled to get Reina to attend the awards show after seeing the video. And now the rest is history.

In an Instagram story less than 24 hours later, they had already received an avalanche of media inquiries, saying she and her grandmother plan to rewatch the Grammys.

“I can’t remember half of it,” Reina said. “All I remember is hugging Harry.”

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