Shirley Temple King

About

Shirley Temple King or Leo Kelly is a young Instagram influencer who reviews non-alcoholic shirley temples from different restaurants. The account, which has been run by the 6-year-old's parents gained popularity in January 2020 after his short videos were posted to Twitter by food writers.

Online History

On August 19th, 2019, TheShirleyTempleKing posted his first video on Instagram in which he tries out a shirley temple by the pool at a Rhode Island resort (shown below, left). The video garnered over 169,600 views and 2,800 likes in six months. On November 29th, Kelly gave a scathing Shirley Temple rating of 3.5 and wish everyone a happy Black Friday in a post that accumulated over 127,900 views and 3,200 likes in three months (shown below, right).

On January 28th, 2020, People magazine food editor Shay Spence tweeted a Shirley Temple King video with the caption, "just found this instagram account that’s a kid who calls himself the Shirley Temple King and goes to restaurants and gives brutally honest reviews of their shirley temples. it’s so pure and I love him so much" (shown below). The post gained over 195,200 likes and 25,200 retweets in a month.

On February 10th, Leo Kelly was featured on Ellen and was given the task of reviewing several Shirley Temples. The Ellen Instagram account shared a clip which garnered over 4.4 million views and 343,300 likes in a day (shown below).

Reputation

The Shirley Temple King has accumulated over 255,000 followers in six months on Instagram,^[1] has been featured on Ellen and has been profiled by Vice,^[2] BuzzFeedNews^[3] and The New York Post. ^[4]

Personal Life

As of February 2020, Leo Kelly is 6 years old and lives with his parents in Fairfield County, Connecticut. His mother, Lisa Kelly, describes her son as a "very outgoing child" who came up with the concept of reviewing Shirley Temples online himself.^[3]

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