All 8-year-old Julian Delan wanted for his birthday was to see Justin Timberlake in concert. He got his wish and then some when JT actually sang "Happy Birthday" to the young fan, getting a stadium of 25,000 to join in.At first Julian's parents were hesitant to bring their son to the concert — Julian has a form of autism that can lead to disruptive behavior, mom Marika wrote in a touching blog post on Manifest-Station. But Julian is such a big Timberlake fan they decided to grant his birthday request.
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After bantering with the family from the stage (and apologizing to Julian's parents for having used some bad words earlier in the show,) Timberlake said, "You know what, Julian? This is for you." "And then it happened," the boy's mother wrote. "Justin Timberlake was singing 'Happy Birthday.' They all were. All 25,000 of them."
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All the while Julian was repeating himself over and over, knocking into the chairs and dancing and singing and yelling, "It's my birthday!! This is my present! This is my present! I LOVE YOU JT!!"
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His mother later shared on her Instagram page a photo of her boy smiling. "We love you, Julian AND we love YOU Justin Timberlake !!!" she wrote. "Thank you for making his birthday SO special!!!"
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In an open expression of gratitude to Timberlake, her post continued, "Thank you for showing me I was wrong about what the world would do when they saw my son. Thank you for seeing him and not just his disability. Most probably didn't even know he had one. They were too busy singing along. They were all too busy showing me a lot about human nature, and a few things about love."
that's super sweet tbh