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Rock icon shrieks in terror over tiny animal as young daughter rushes to the rescue-Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro
It’s not 2004 anymore.
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You may remember the Kings of Leon’s early songs like 2007’s Charmer, when Caleb Followill’s iconic gravelly voice screeched over the top of rock ‘n’ roll guitar riffs. Well, quite a lot has changed.
After 25 years of making music, the band has transitioned into a much more chilled place as the Tennessee-born members – brothers Kaleb, Nathan, and Jared, and cousin Matthew – creep into middle age.
But Jared Followill has just recreated some of his brother’s iconic guttural screeches – instead this time it was over his genuine terror for a wasp, rather than in the name of rock ‘n’ roll.
Bassist Jared, 37, posted an incredible video – filmed by his wife of 12 years Martha Patterson – which sees him let out the most almighty shriek while attempting to deal with a wasp via some kitchen roll.
Martha is heard chuckling to herself on the sofa while the couple’s four-year-old daughter Adeline James rushes in, genuinely alarmed by her dad’s reaction.
Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill had quite the reaction to a wasp (Picture: @jaredfollowill/Instagram)
He attempted to deal with the critter with a kitchen roll, but it retaliated (Picture: @jaredfollowill/Instagram)
He quickly legged it to the other side of the room after coming in contact with the wasp (Picture: @jaredfollowill/Instagram)
His four-year-old daughter rushed to rescue her dad, asking: ‘Are you okay?!’ (Picture: @jaredfollowill/Instagram)
Little Adeline came to rescue her rockstar dad, shouting ‘Daddy!’ on hearing the scream, but by the time she’d made it into their living room Jared was already on the opposite end after legging it away from the tiny beast.
‘Dad!’ she said on arrival, ‘Are you okay?!’
Adding to the comedy of the moment, Jared firmly responded: ‘No. Get away from there,’ as Martha laughed along at the unlikely situation, and her husband eventually saw the funny side after a heavy sigh.
Jared took to social media with the hilarious video, and captioned it with a self-depreciating comment.
‘You can do all the manly things in the world. But when a wasp touches your face and you scream like this in front of your family, it all goes out the window,’ he quipped.
‘I have a lot of work to do to regain their respect as the man of the house.’
Ironically, the band’s 2024 album release Can We Please Have Fun’s first single repeats the lyrics, ‘Are you a mustang or a Kitty?’
Fans were delighted to pick up on this in the comments section of Jared’s video post, as user seannluiss included a few laughing emoji and asked: ‘Are you a Mustang or a Kitty?’
Jared, Matthew Followill, Caleb Followill and Nathan Followill are touring the UK this summer (Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Bassist Jared wrote a pretty hilarious caption to go alongside the video (Picture: Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)
‘I laughed so dang hard. All 7 times I watched it!!’ commented nikkivthompson, while white_winter_hymnal_soul said: ‘Are you okay? NO GET AWAY FROM THERE.’
‘This made my day already, hahahahahahahaha,’ wrote sassy_fairy, while livehappy_maggie said: ‘I’ve watched this soooo many times.’
Can We Please Have Fun is the band’s 9th studio album, and will be out on May 10.
The Use Somebody rockers are touching down in the UK this year for an appearance at BST Hyde Park on June 30, alongside other legends like Stevie Nicks and Kylie Minogue who are all set to take to the stage over various weekends across the summer.
The Molly’s Chamber hitmakers will also be touring in Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow in June, and will open for the Silverstone Grand Prix in July, before heading over to Dublin, Nottingham and Manchester.
Kings of Leon love performing in the UK as it’s where their fanbase first grew before they broke America.
In fact, their song Fans is dedicated to their British fans, with the lyrics: ‘All of London sing / ‘Cause England swings and they sure love the tales I bring / And those rainy days they ain’t so bad when you’re the King / The King they want to see.’
Lead singer Caleb told The Sun in 2021: ‘We consider [the UK] our homebase. Our fans in the UK have always been there for us and stuck with us through thick and thin.’
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