And so it begins: A female Marine asks Justin Timberlake to her Marine Corps ball
July 13th, 2011 | Pop culture | Posted by Dan Lamothe
Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, as seen on her Facebook promotional page asking Justin Timberlake for a date.
Some things are abundantly predictable. One of them is that when somebody goes out on a limb and finds success, others will surely duplicate the effort.
So it is for Sgt. Scott Moore, the Marine who has become famous for successfully inviting actress Mila Kunis to his Marine Corps Birthday Ball with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, through a YouTube video that went viral. Marines have joked all week about trying something similar with stars ranging from Taylor Swift to Scarlett Johansson, but one of them would appear to have a leg up: She invited Justin Timberlake, who urged Kunis to accept Moore’s invitation in the first place.
In a new video, Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center for Excellence at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., calls out Timberlake, asking him to attend her unit’s Marine Corps Birthday Ball on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C. She and her friends would appear to be marketing it hard, too, with a new Facebook page backing the effort already up.
“So, Justin: You want to call out my girl, Mila?” De Santis says. “Well, I’m going to call you out and ask you to come to the Marine Corps ball with me on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C. And if you can’t go, all I have to say is, ‘cry me a river.’”
The video is up here:
Other male Marines asking female movie stars to the ball would look like a direct copycat. De Santis sidesteps that smartly, particularly because Timberlake played an instrumental role in convincing Kunis to attend in the first place.
“You have to do it for your country!” he told Kunis Saturday when she was approached about the idea by a reporter.
Er…. Your move, JT.
Tags: Justin Timberlake, Kelsey De Santis, Marine Corps ball, Marine Corps Birthday Ball
Comments
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momof2marines Says:
July 13th, 2011 at 12:03 pmYou go, Girl.
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VRC Says:
July 14th, 2011 at 10:51 amHow could he refuse? On ANY level?
Way to go, miss!
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JEss Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 5:51 pmMueres con juevas… buena!
Wish you all would go awol though and come home and stop killing innocent people there
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Battle Rattle - A Marine Corps Times Blog – Celebrity Marine ball invitations: The good, the bad and the ugly Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 12:06 pm[...] After all, it famously worked for Sgt. Scott Moore, who will be taking one Mila Kunis to the ball for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. It later worked for Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, who leveraged Kunis’ invitation to convince her “Friend with Benefits” co-star, Justin Timberlake, to attend her ball this fall in Washington, D.C. [...]
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Paul S Says:
July 21st, 2011 at 9:29 amNice to see our Marines honoring Hollywood by asking them out!!!
What a pretty girl…Justin is a lucky man!!! -
Military Sports Report - After Action – Marine who asked Justin Timberlake to Marine Corps Ball has MMA fight Saturday Says:
October 21st, 2011 at 11:37 am[...] addthis_share = [];}Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, the Marine who made a name for herself in July by asking Justin Timberlake to the Marine Corps Ball, will be fighting in an MMA bout Saturday in [...]
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Battle Rattle - A Marine Corps Times Blog – Video: Justin Timberlake’s Marine date dominates MMA match Says:
October 24th, 2011 at 3:33 pm[...] Kelsey DeSantis, the Marine who famously invited the singer and actor to attend the Marine Corps birthday ball with her, competed Saturday night in Operation Octagon XVI, a mixed martial arts event in Sterling, [...]
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Military Sports Report - After Action – Video: Justin Timberlakeâs Marine date dominates MMA match Says:
October 25th, 2011 at 7:30 am[...] Kelsey De Santis, the Marine who famously invited the singer and actor to attend the Marine Corps birthday ball with her, competed Saturday night in Operation Octagon XVI, a mixed martial arts event in Sterling, [...]
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