Wait your turn, Taoiseach.
When you’re on your J1, you expect to meet a lot of Irish people but you never think that you will meet someone as well-known as this.
While Leo Varadkar, the Taoiseach of Ireland, might be well known to me, you and nearly everyone in this country, he just wasn’t a familiar face to Emma Kelly.
Kelly is on her J1 in Chicago where Varadkar is taking a little vacation and the Dublin student just didn’t clock who it was.
Leo varadkar comes into our restaurant in Chicago, first I ask is he Irish then I put him on a wait list and then I put him at a tiny table
— Emma Kelly (@__Emmax3) August 14, 2017
Posting a tweet she said: “Leo varadkar comes into our restaurant in Chicago, first I ask is he Irish then I put him on a wait list and then I put him at a tiny table.”
Not only has poor old Emma Kelly completely blanked the fact that it’s the Taoiseach she’s also given him some unintentional cold treatment.
Then, the realisation hits Kelly like a Dublin bus and after she has the lightbulb moment that the Irish man in the casual attire is who he is, she tries to save it all by taking a photo with him…
Painfully awkward pic of us and Leo when I realised it was the Taoiseach pic.twitter.com/7zxs4ugAW1
— Emma Kelly (@__Emmax3) August 14, 2017
Leo Varadkar saw the funny side to the whole thing and decided to reply to Emma’s tweet about her awkward encounter with him.
Thanks Emma. The food & service was gr8. Enjoy the rest of your J1
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) August 14, 2017
Varadkar said: “Thanks Emma. The food & service was gr8. Enjoy the rest of your J1.”
