Do you remember how you celebrated your 25th birthday? I got turned away from one bar because I didn’t realize my license expired that day, and then I accidentally tipped a drag queen $20 at another gay bar that did let me in. So, yay for adulthood.
Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix fame recently celebrated her 25th birthday, and it’s safe to say hers went much better than mine. Hers included drag queens too. It was actually the theme of the festivities, with the guest of honor arriving in her AAA Girl finest, channeling her truest Shaneeda Nibbles, the drag name dubbed upon her by Willam herself. Her rainbow hair was complemented by a stringy corset and a flamenco train that would make Courtney Act gag. She tied the ensemble together with a fan that donned a picture of her drag mama, Willam.
Introducing…SHANEEDA NIBBLES 🌈🦄👸🏽💕 named and fanned by the one and only @willam 💅🏽 #Jades25thKiKi pic.twitter.com/uEyqOBYDiF
— Little Mix (@LittleMix) December 18, 2017
Is Jade throwing her birthday party or is she hosting our funeral? #Jades25thKiKi
— lu💫🇸🇻 (@parkjesy) December 16, 2017
Her fellow Little Mix girls, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson were also in attendance. Pinnock wore a millennium pink BDSM-inspired two-piece with a matching fur coat. Nelson wore a red one-piece with matching thigh-high boots that deserved a “shantay, you stay” from Ru herself. London drag icon, Jodie Harsh was also in attendance, rocking her signature bangs with a metallic studded leather jacket.
Her fellow Little Mix girls, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson were also in attendance. Pinnock wore a millennium pink BDSM-inspired two-piece with a matching fur coat. Nelson wore a red one-piece with matching thigh-high boots that deserved a “shantay, you stay” from Ru herself. London drag icon, Jodie Harsh was also in attendance, rocking her signature bangs with a metallic studded leather jacket.
If you’re devastated that you weren’t invited, don’t worry. We weren’t there either. But most of the Twittersphere took notice of one absence in particular. The fourth member of Little Mix, Perrie Edwards was not in attendance.
Just curious where was Perrie? #Jades25thKiKi
— Dan Scott (@dan_scott8721) December 18, 2017
Srsly Perrie can hang out with the annoying ass twins but can’t go to Jade’s birthday party
#Jades25thKiKi— Jonghyun|Mental health is important (@Perriesnipslip) December 16, 2017
Guys not famous people miss friends’ bday parties everyday, why are you making a big deal about Perrie missing Jade’s? It happens.#Jades25thKiKi
— Snowy San❄ (@xinjavaddsarms) December 17, 2017
Well, you missed out Perrie. And so did the rest of us. Here’s to another year of filling the void with the dozen Facebook comments I get from people I don’t even know and the $50 my mom sent me with a singing Hallmark card.
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