An Australian singer has made it her mission to track down Danny DeVito in the hopes of having him star in her music video, going so far as attempting to pick up a prescription at a CVS he allegedly frequents in order to obtain his address.
Evie Irie’s campaign began with a video asking people to let her know if they’ve seen him around Los Angeles so that he can play her love interest in an upcoming music video. Her obsession with DeVito goes back even further than that, with the singer sharing a video back in July of her DeVito shrine complete with lifesize cardboard cutout, oversized flags and Lorax merchandise.
Amongst the videos about her search for DeVito are videos of an “intervention” her friends staged in order to address her Danny DeVito problem — the shrine was seemingly the last straw for these concerned friends.
That didn’t deter her, however. In a later video, she revealed her attempts to triangulate DeVito’s location using photos he’d posted to Twitter of his feet, something he does fairly often. Her quest took Irie to a Beverly Hills nail salon where she asked employees if DeVito had ever visited their establishment.
It also took her to Joe’s Pizza in Hollywood, because, being an Italian from New Jersey, DeVito undoubtedly loves pizza. She had more luck here, with the employee informing her that DeVito had last visited the restaurant two weeks prior, ordering a vegetarian pizza and a meat lovers.
Most recently, Irie’s quest took her to a CVS her friend had spotted DeVito at, where she told employees she was picking up a perscription for DeVito. The employee then asked Irie to confirm his address, which she couldn’t do, and the video cuts out. While engagement on these videos has been quite low overall, there were a couple of comments calling out this behavior for having “insane stalker vibes.” Or as one person wrote, “Pretty sure this is a crime yo.”
Despite not having found DeVito himself, Irie has released clips from the music video she wanted him to star in, “I Want It (Danny Devito).” In one clip, she can be seen dancing with a shirtless man with a DeVito mask on while dangling chicken strips in front of him before throwing them at the camera.
Promoting new music on TikTok is a tricky game — for every song that goes viral, there are thousands more that are left to languish in obscurity at the mercy of the algorithm. But making yourself look like a legit stalker, even if it’s tongue-in-cheek, is way more likely to get you a restraining order than a hit single.
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