Fairfield’s native Leo Kelly loves Shirley Temples and for a six-year-old, he is gaining a lot of attention for his obsession. The Shirley Temple King, aka your new Instagram obsession, posts adorable videos giving reviews of Shirley Temples at chain restaurants in Connecticut. Each video starts with “hey guys, it’s the Shirley Temple King” before diving straight into an honest review. Leo rates his Shirley Temples on the number of cherries, the grenadine to Ginger Ale ratio, and the type of glass. The perfect Shirley Temple, according to Leo, usually has three cherries and is served in anything but a plastic cup. The first-grader has so much influence that Longhorn Steakhouse seemingly changed their recipe after his negative review.
After going viral online, the little guy went on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk more about his favorite drink. Leo loves Shirley Temples so much that when he was on Ellen he said, “every drink you’re like, ‘That’s good!’ And then you get the spark and you’re like ‘mmm!’ Then you get the cherry flavor and the grenadine and then you get the ginger ale!”. Ellen brought celebrity chefs Curtis Stone, Susan Feniger, and Cat Cora on the show to concoct what hopefully would be the perfect Shirley Temple and had him rate them. After trying each one, Leo was less than impressed. Leo rated Cora’s drink an 8.2 whereas Leo gave Feniger a ruthless score of five. Stone was the winner in the end with a rating of 8.22, partially due to incorporating ice balls of lemonade. Give Leo a follow on Instagram @TheShirleyTempleKing ASAP so you do not miss his next review!