Adam Sandler reunites with viral Manhasset IHOP hostess on Milkshake Monday

Rose Weldon
Manhasset IHOP hostess Dayanna Rodas, left, with comedian Adam Sandler. The comedy star's reaction to Rodas' viral TikTok about not recognizing him in the restaurant inspired "Milkshake Monday" at chain locations throughout the country. (Photo via Instagram)
Manhasset IHOP hostess Dayanna Rodas, left, with comedian Adam Sandler. The comedy star's reaction to Rodas' viral TikTok about not recognizing him in the restaurant inspired "Milkshake Monday" at chain locations throughout the country. (Photo via Instagram)

“Pleaseee come back,” a hostess at a Manhasset IHOP beseeched comedian Adam Sandler. So he did on Monday.

They got together after a video about their initial  interaction at the restaurant went viral.

Hostess Dayanna Rodas posted a 15-second video to a media-sharing platform two weeks ago, with the first half featuring Rodas in a clown-face filter with the song “Be a Clown” by Osuna playing.

The words “Not realizing its Adam Sandler and telling him it’s a 30min wait and him ofc leaving bc hes not going to wait 30mins for IHOP,” appear above Rodas’ head, and in the last half, security camera footage from the Northern Boulevard restaurant is shown.

Support local journalism by subscribing to your Blank Slate Media community newspaper for just $35 a year.

The April 25 footage, filmed off of a computer, shows Sandler, dressed casually in basketball shorts and a North Face sweatshirt, and one of his daughters speaking with Rodas, the hostess ostensibly telling them about the wait time, and then the Sandlers leaving the restaurant.

“Pleaseee come back,” Rodas, of New York City, captioned the video.

Since being uploaded, the TikTok post has been viewed over nine million times, received over 2.3 million likes and shared over 28,000 times.

@dayanna.rodas

Pleaseee come back ##comedy ##fyp ##foryou ##viral ##adamsandler

♬ Be A Clown – ָ࣪ ۰♥︎ Osuna ࣪?꒷

Sandler commented on the interaction in a tweet early last week, joking, “For the record, I only left the IHOP because the nice woman told me the all-you-can-eat deal didn’t apply to the milkshakes.”

The chain wound up running with Sandler’s idea, albeit for one day only.

On Monday, IHOP restaurants across the country welcomed guests to “Milkshake Monday,” where for $6.50 per guest, they could enjoy all the milkshakes they wanted from noon to 8 p.m. Eastern time.

For every milkshake sold, IHOP donated $1, up to $50,000, to Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit safety net for the comedy community that is helping struggling comedians who have lost income as COVID-19 forced closures of comedy clubs and venues. Sandler headlined a virtual event for the charity last year, raising money for its COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

Rodas publicized the event with a video on her TikTok where she dressed in full IHOP uniform and held milkshakes, soundtracked to “Milkshake” by Kelis.

The hostess finally met Sandler again at the Manhasset restaurant on Monday, which she revealed with a montage of pictures set to “Best Day of My Life” by American Authors in a TikTok video released the same day.

“Couldn’t have been more excited!!” Rodas captioned the video. “Thank you Adam Sandler!”

Sandler himself tweeted a picture of his bulldog Matzoball attending the event.

“Thank u IHOP for Milkshake Monday,” the comedian tweeted.

Share this Article