--- title: Idris Elba Valentine Date description: The actor got a group of children to give him their best dating advice for his big charity Valentine's Day date. canonical: https://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-03T21:19:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:48.389Z og:title: Watch Kids School Idris Elba in Romance and Dance Moves og:description: "Pay for everything and agree with everything she says." og:url: https://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/ 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 Kids School Idris Elba in Romance and Dance Moves twitter:description: "Pay for everything and agree with everything she says." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Adorable Children Schooling Idris Elba on Dating Is as Heart-Melting As You'd Expect  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 3, 2017 9:19 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 3, 2017 9:19 PM UTC Actor, [DJ](http://time.com/4378443/dj-idris-elba-spectacle-hiatus/?iid=sr-link3), and all-around [charming human](http://time.com/4299764/idris-elba-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link1) Idris Elba [is raffling himself off](http://time.com/4631416/idris-elba-date-valentines-day-charity/?iid=sr-link1) as one lucky person’s Valentine’s Day date. So to prepare for his romantic night out with a stranger, he wrangled together a group of children to give him some top-notch, unfiltered dating advice. Their adorable tips ranged from dance move suggestions to the importance of presenting a “bad boy” attitude. “You take the girl somewhere nice, like somewhere she likes—like a girl concert,” one kid recommended. “You pay for everything. And you agree with everything she says.” When Elba protested that, they were quick to admonish him. “It doesn’t matter about you. It matters about the girl!” one boy said. He also got a lesson in the come-hither “criss cross” dance and the art of pulling funny faces, before he treated the children to a short rap-slash-love-song. “I really like you, I wanna be your date / Me and you together, this is fate,” he freestyled. The kids were not impressed by his poetic stylings. When one girl said her ideal date would be James Bond, Elba gave the camera a _very_ cheeky look, though. Only time will tell [what that could mean.](http://time.com/4419222/idris-elba-not-playing-james-bond-rumors/?iid=sr-link1) Anyone can enter the draw for the date, which is raising money through [Omaze for W.E. Can Lead](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/Idris-Elba?utm%5Fsource=youtube.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=omaze&utm%5Fcampaign=experiences.idris-elba&utm%5Fterm=STCLaunch&oa%5Fh=4ibxg1), which supports empowering and education girls throughout Africa. Idris Elba Valentine Date ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/"},"headline":"These Adorable Children Schooling Idris Elba on Dating Is as Heart-Melting As You'd Expect","datePublished":"2017-02-03T21:19:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:48.389Z","description":"Kids teach Idris a lesson in romance","url":"https://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Valentine's Day","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/","name":"These Adorable Children Schooling Idris Elba on Dating Is as Heart-Melting As You'd Expect"}}]}] ```