Viral Thanksgiving Friends Are Having Dinner Together For 7th-Straight Year

Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench, a pair united by an accidental text, are getting back together again after their first Thanksgiving in 2016.
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Wanda Dench’s viral dinner invite to Jamal Hinton is an accident that will soon spark their seventh-straight Thanksgiving together this year.

The pair’s text exchange went viral on social media in 2016 after Dench, 65, mistakenly texted Hinton, someone she thought was her grandson.

Hinton responded with a selfie but asked her if he could still get a plate from the Arizona grandmother, who replied with a warm message.

“Of course you can. That’s what grandma’s do...feed everyone,” Dench wrote.

just wholesome 🥺🥰♥️ pic.twitter.com/QiFD6Kh46J

— nicci ✧ (@babysighmurai) November 14, 2021

Hinton, 22, took to social media this week to confirm that the two, whose viral friendship regularly annually accumulates hundreds of thousands of likes on Twitter, are on for another dinner together on Thursday.

Dench’s Thanksgiving dinners have also included Hinton’s girlfriend, Mikaela, as well.

i hope twitter survives at least til next week so we can get our annual update from them pic.twitter.com/YVULRfZUKz

— Auntie Can (@spinnellii) November 18, 2022

To answer all your questions, yes Thanksgiving year 7 is planned out! See you guys Thursday! 🦃🖤 pic.twitter.com/JTJe6ZSOTS

— Jamal Hinton (@Jamalhinton12) November 22, 2022

The two still continued their tradition in 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic, however, the dinner came months after the death of Dench’s husband Lonnie following a battle with Covid-19.

Hinton went along with Dench, whose husband regularly joined the pair at the dinner table, as she honoured her late husband and her parents with her first tattoo in September.

“I got three shooting stars,” Dench wrote on Twitter.

“Each one represents my Guardian Angels in Heaven – my husband who stands for integrity, my mother who was courageous, and my father who was about unconditional Love.”

Got my first tattoo at the age of 65. Guess who went with me? pic.twitter.com/b0lj2D8fc0

— Wanda D (@wandadench) September 8, 2022

I got three shooting stars. Each one represents my Guardian Angels in Heaven - my husband who stands for integrity, my mother who was courageous, and my father who was about unconditional Love.

— Wanda D (@wandadench) September 8, 2022

The pals’ story is set to be made into a film on Netflix, the company announced last year, and will address how a deep friendship formed despite the two having “very different backgrounds.”

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