According to the teacher, Mrs. Vernon of Hermitage Primary School, the 'Watermelon Sugar' hitmaker was 'a little bit of a monkey' and 'cheeky' when he's young.
- Jun 17, 2022
AceShowbiz - Harry Styles just had a touching moment during his latest show. The former One Direction member paused his Manchester concert to locate his primary school teacher in the crowd on Wednesday night, June 15.
The "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" singer wanted to pay a special thanks to Mrs. Vernon of Hermitage Primary School in Holmes Chapel, Crewe, which is just an hour outside of Manchester, and the pop star dedicated his performance of "Canyon Moon" at Emirates Old Trafford Stadium to her.
Harry then had her beamed onto a giant screen behind him and asked her, "How are you? I heard you're retiring." He went on, "I just want to thank you for everything in those formative years. Thank you so much."
"It means a lot to me that you're here tonight, you were truly a wonderful teacher," Harry continued. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart it means a lot that you're here and I'm dedicating this next song to you."
Harry then joked, "Can you imagine dealing with me when I was four?" The 28-year-old crooner went on to add, "I was very fun."
The night after the gig, Mrs. Vernon appeared on BBC Radio 2's "The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show", where she revealed that Harry was a "cheeky monkey" when he was little and showed all the signs of wanting to be a performer early on.
"I taught him when he was four and five and he was adorable. He was a little bit of a monkey, cheeky, and he had lots of friends so a lot of his personality that you see now was quite evident from an early age," she shared.
"Later on in the Key Stage 2 he was in lots of performances, so it's really in those years we saw how talented he was with his music. The best performance that I remember was when he was Elvis in the performance of 'Joseph' that he did," Mrs. Vernon added. "But yeah, in everything he was amazing, all the teachers here are just so proud of him and so excited about this and everything that he's achieved."
She added of the sweet gesture at the show, "Thank you Harry for that lovely message, I was very touched by it."
