Dallas mom Candace Panye has broken Facebook’s records for the most views on a video after a video of her wearing a Chewbacca face mask went viral.
The mom of two of two explains in her Facebook video that she took a trip to Kohl’s to buy yoga pants, but after feeling discouraged, she walked into the toy section to buy a gift for her kids.
Payne told Good Morning America, “ I walk through the toy section and I accidentally bump my shoulder into this box. And I had seen this before, but I didn’t realize it made sound until that moment. It accidentally started making the growl, and I went, ‘I need to get that. Like, I don’t think my kids need that, I think I need that.’”
Payne purchased the Chewbacca toy mask, and said that once she got in her car, it was calling from the bag.
“I was thinking, ‘I’ve got 30 minutes before I have to be responsible and pick up my children from school and once they see this I’ll never get to see it again,’” she recalled. “So I thought, I’m going to share this with my Facebook friends and family, and if anybody wants to see it, they’re going to have to see it now. And I’m going to document. This was mine to begin with. This was never theirs.”
And all of Facebook tuned in! Payne posted the video of her trying on the Chewbacca face mask to Facebook, and it has already received over 137 million views.
Payne captioned the video, “It’s the simple joys in life,” and it showcased her enjoying a good belly laugh as soon as she put the Chewbacca mask on her face.
She told Good Morning America, “I feel like I deserve a gold medal, just to say that I actually have broken a record that deserves maybe a podium and a whole song and maybe some flowers.” But most importantly, Payne is happy that she was able to share joy with other people, saying, “In all honesty, I think the world as a whole is in need of a good laugh.”
“I had one lady message me and tell me she has an autistic daughter that hadn’t laughed in two months, and she said every time she showed her the video, she laughed and laughed. And from one mama’s heart to another mama, to see a child laugh that you haven’t seen laugh, those are the stories I will take with me every day,” Payne said.
Watch this hysterical video of ‘Chewbacca Mom’ below if you haven’t seen it already, and pass on the joy by sharing this video with your friends and family on Facebook!
[Featured Image Credit: Facebook- Candace Payne]
Mom Goes Nuts Over A Chewbacca Toy Mask is an article from: LifeDaily