--- title: Video: Beyonce Did Not Show Up to Teen Wisdom Teeth Dental Surgery description: Hilarious video of a teen upset Beyonce did not show up to wisdom teeth removal surgery canonical: https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-06T15:28:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:36.210Z og:title: WATCH: Teen Is Sad Beyoncé Didn't Show Up to His Dental Surgery og:description: Don't we all... og:url: https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Teen Is Sad Beyoncé Didn't Show Up to His Dental Surgery twitter:description: Don't we all... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Teen Is Devastated Beyoncé Didn't Show Up to His Dental Surgery  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2014 3:28 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 6, 2014 3:28 PM UTC [A North Carolina teen](http://abc11.com/entertainment/video-benson-teen-calls-out-for-beyonce-after-dental-surgery/337732/) has been going viral ever since his mom uploaded a YouTube video last week of him tearing up during the car ride home because Beyoncé was not by his side in what is supposed to be a painkiller-induced meltdown after wisdom teeth removal surgery. Talk about being [drunk in love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JPKLa-Ofc). Regardless of whether the hysteria was really caused by pain medication or is actually just a masterpiece in performance art by 17-year-old Cody Lanphere, who calls himself [a dancer and actor on Instagram](http://instagram.com/codylanphere), it’s flawless. And the clip is reminiscent of the 2008 viral video “[David After Dentist](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/19/from-led-zeppelin-kid-to-david-after-dentist-6-hilarious-videos-of-children-in-cars/slide/ill-have-what-hes-having/).”Refresh your memory below: (h/t [_Gawker_](http://gawker.com/teen-is-super-sad-beyonce-didnt-show-up-to-his-dental-s-1642824626)) **WATCH:** [6 Hilarious Videos of Children in Cars](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/19/from-led-zeppelin-kid-to-david-after-dentist-6-hilarious-videos-of-children-in-cars/slide/ill-have-what-hes-having/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/"},"headline":"Teen Is Devastated Beyoncé Didn't Show Up to His Dental Surgery","datePublished":"2014-10-06T15:28:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:36.210Z","description":"Don't we all...","url":"https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3474953/beyonce-dental-wisdom-teeth-surgery/","name":"Teen Is Devastated Beyoncé Didn't Show Up to His Dental Surgery"}}]}] ```