A comedian who stole his classmate’s lunch in elementary school made up for his bullying more than 15 years later after TikTok helped him reconnect with his ex-boyfriend.
Joe Erwin, 24, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, shared his story in a viral video last week, describing how he ate his friend Dylan’s pizza when they were together in freshman year.
“What was the horrible thing you did as a kid that made you feel really bad as an adult?” At the beginning of the clip, he asked the audience and admitted, “I would steal a kid’s lunch every day and eat it in front of him.”
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Joe Erwin, 24, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, shared in a viral video on TikTok how he stole his friend Dylan’s pizza when he was a freshman.
Erwin (left) said they were friends and sat next to each other at lunch, but thought Dylan (right) wasn’t as hungry as he was because he was a “boy”.
Erwin revealed that he was friends with Dylan at the time and was unaware that his actions were painful. He just wanted lunch.
“We both always had pizza and always sat next to each other. We actually played together at halftime. We were friends,” he recalls. “But he was a kid, and surprise, I was a fat kid. I thought, ‘He’s not as hungry as I am because he’s such a small kid.’
Erwin said he would trick Dylan into looking the other way, and as soon as he turned his head, he would take the pizza and put it on his plate.
When Dylan tells him he doesn’t like her stealing his lunch, he says, “Oh, sorry man. I’m just hungry. That’s it.’ But he never gave her his food back.
The comedian remembered tricking Dylan into looking the other way, and as soon as he turned his head, he took his pizza and placed it on his plate.
Erwin concluded the video by publicly apologizing to Dylan and offering to take him to “the most expensive pizzeria” he could think of.
“I would definitely put that pizza in front of him and he wouldn’t be allowed to have lunch,” he said regretfully.
Erwin asked his audience if anyone knew Dylan, who attended Jenks West Elementary School in Jenks, Oklahoma and is now in his 20s.
“I’m sorry if you’re there, man,” Dylan added. “I want to take you to the most expensive pizzeria you can imagine. I know it won’t be good, but at least I want to say I’m sorry.
Erwin’s video has garnered more than 9.4 million views and thousands of comments since its release on March 15.
In a later clip, Erwin revealed that he found Dylan on Facebook after finding his last name in his friend’s old folder.
After Erwin texted him to fix it, Dylan admitted that he “had no idea” that he was the one stealing his pizza every day.
Old friends planned to reconnect on May 14 in Kansas City, Kansas
‘Did not you hear it? Dylan was starving, he never saw sophomore,” joked the other, adding: “And Dylan grew up to be Papa John’s.”
Another commented, “Sometimes bullies don’t know they are bullies.”
In a later clip, Erwin revealed that he followed Dylan on Facebook after finding his last name in his friend’s old yearbook. When she texted him, she shared her video explaining that she wanted to fix it.
‘This is great! haha. Frankly, I remember you and saw your fantasy O-line TikToks,” Dylan replied. “I remember it was, but I didn’t know it was you. Next time I’m in Tulsa, eat pizza, man!
They plan to reconnect this spring, and in Erwin’s latest video he shared that he will drive for four hours on May 14 to meet Dylan in Kansas City, Kansas.
Source: Daily Mail
