Nurse's Twitter post for a 'celebrity boyfriend' lands her a match
A nurse's cheeky appeal on Twitter for a 'celebrity boyfriend' like pop star Hozier paid off when a stranger joked that he had been a bass player in a cartoon - and now they're happily married.
Jill Sennett celebrated the 'third anniversary' of her fateful meeting with Casey Serrano on Twitter by re-sharing her daring post - and getting married on the same day.
The 34-year-old had jokingly posted a selfie on Twitter on May 20, 2020 during lockdown in a bid to find a 'celebrity' to date tagging her idol singer Hozier in the Tweet.
And when the selfie popped up on Casey's feed, he was eager to strike up a conversation.
Casey, 36, replied to Jill's tweet with a funny message stating that he was not Hozier but his bass playing had featured in the Alvin and The Chipmunk movie sequel, which she found hilarious.
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Casey Serrano, 36, and 34-year-old Jill Sennett on vacation in Hawaii. (Kennedy News/ Casey Serrano)
Casey Serrano and Jill Sennett on their honeymoon in Morocco. (Kennedy News/ Casey Serrano)The pair quickly hit it off exchanging messages and two days after meeting online they had their first 'virtual' Skype date.
A week later, Casey from Denver, Colorado, US, spontaneously flew out to Philadelphia, New York, US, to see Jill and within a month of first messaging the pair were boyfriend and girlfriend.
The couple both say there was instant chemistry between them from the first message and when Casey popped the question on March, 26, 2022 Jill immediately said yes.
On May, 20, 2023 - three years after their first Twitter conversation - the couple tied the knot in Southern Spain surrounded by close family and friends.
Jill Sennett, 34, with her now husband 36-year-old Casey Serrano at their wedding in Southern Spain after meeting as strangers on Twitter. (Kennedy News/ Casey Serrano)
Jill Sennett, 34, with her now husband 36-year-old Casey Serrano at their wedding in Southern Spain. (Kennedy News/ Casey Serrano)Oncology nurse Jill, who has now changed her surname to Serrano, said they chose to get married on their Twitter anniversary to make it their 'forever anniversary'.
Jill, originally from Buffalo New York, US, said: "The wedding was really a full circle moment and we decided this date as it was the day our lives collided and changed forever.
"Our relationship is better than what you see on TV. I am astounded by how well he completes me.
"I think it shows that true love is real and we are so in love.
"Our honeymoon stage started on May 20 2020 and it has never stopped."
"When I Tweeted the selfie, I was never actually looking for a celebrity to date, I was just feeling isolated and bored in lockdown and wanted my Tweet to seem light hearted and funny.
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"Casey's reply to my Tweet was genuinely one of the funniest things I had ever seen and he was kind of cute too.
"I instantly felt chemistry from his first reply and when we first video called, I felt like I had known him for over a decade.
"After exchanging on Twitter for a while I slid into his Dm's first.
"I sent him a message along the lines of 'If Twitter was real life, I would totally date you'."
When the couple first met in Philadelphia, Jill said she was nervous which was unusual for her.
Jill said: "I met him for the first time on my front porch.
"I felt really nervous and awkward and this isn't normally what I'm like.
"I didn't run into his arms and kiss him when I met as he was still a stranger but we gave each other a big hug and then I showed him my dogs and the apartment.
"There seemed like a lot of pressure on the meeting because we both really liked each other and wanted it to go well.
"Before we met, I was already a little in love with him and I wanted it to go well.
"I think that's why I was a bit nervous, but once we met it felt really natural and fun."
Three months after their first meeting, Jill quit her job and moved 2,000 miles to her own apartment in Denver to be closer to Casey.
By December 2020, the pair had moved in together and spent their free time traveling the world visiting Hawaii and road tripping around Spain.
Casey proposed to Jill in her hometown in Buffalo, New York, US, under the Eternal Flame Falls waterfall and after their wedding the couple jetted off on a romantic holiday to Morocco.
Casey said the honeymoon was the 'epitome of romance'.
Jill Sennett, 34, on her honeymoon in Morocco with husband 36-year-old Casey Serrano. (Kennedy News/ Casey Serrano)Casey, a copywriter, said: "We went to the Atlas mountains and went to see where Game of Thrones was filmed. It's a national heritage site and it was incredible.
"We also did a sunset camel tour into the desert and it was just the two of us.
"They brought us back to a tent and in the middle of the desert we had the best tagine ever and there were candles everywhere."
The couple are now looking forward to their new future as husband and wife in the next few years want to move to Norway to set up an Airbnb business.
Casey added: "I think the reason me and Jill work so well is that whilst we do have similar core values and our speeds and energy are the same, both of our histories are similar.
"I have been divorced twice and it made me feel very unlovable.
"Jill kind of had an opposite background where she had only had one serious relationship but she has been told that she is too much or too loud in the past which has made her feel unlovable.
"Both of our broken parts matched up and we have this unnatural compatibility with each other."
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