--- title: Fat-Shamed 'Dancing Man' Sean O'Brien Attends Party in Los Angeles description: A man who was body-shamed online after an image of him dancing went viral attended a huge dance party in his honor Saturday in Los Angeles canonical: https://time.com/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-25T09:23:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:16.638Z og:title: Man Fat-Shamed Online Gets VIP Dance Party in L.A. og:description: Event raises thousands for antibullying and positive-body-image charities og:url: https://time.com/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/ 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: Man Fat-Shamed Online Gets VIP Dance Party in L.A. twitter:description: Event raises thousands for antibullying and positive-body-image charities twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Fat-Shamed 'Dancing Man' Who Became an Internet Sensation Attends a Party in His Honor in L.A. by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 25, 2015 9:23 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 25, 2015 9:23 AM UTC A man who was body-shamed online after an image of him dancing went viral [attended](http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/fat-shamed-dancing-man-parties-in-la/story-fnjwmwrh-1227367669180) a huge dance party in his honor in Los Angeles on Saturday. Sean O’ Brien from Liverpool traveled to Hollywood for the event, which was organized by two women who had launched an online campaign to find him, reports News.com.au. > [](https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/573617663655571456) More than 1,000 people also attended the party including DJ Moby on the decks and Monica Lewinsky, who has [spoken](http://time.com/3751535/monica-lewinsky-ted-talk-i-was-patient-zero-of-internet-shaming/) out about her experiences of cyberbullying. The 46-year-old financier became an Internet sensation after a photo of him dancing was posted online under the caption, “Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing.” > [](https://twitter.com/TheElleWord/status/573749831971172352) The post garnered thousands of responses from people condemning the Internet trolls who had fat-shamed him. The furor inspired writer Cassandra Fairbanks to launch a Twitter campaign under the hashtag #FindDancingMan to locate O’Brien. > [](https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/573817848507715585) According to [KCAL 9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ms8stvHJg&feature=youtu.be), the party raised $70,000 for antibullying charities and positive-body-image programs in the U.S. and U.K. O’ Brien even appeared on _The Today_ show in New City York and threw the first pitch at an L.A. Dodgers game the following day. \[[_News.com.au_](http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/fat-shamed-dancing-man-parties-in-la/story-fnjwmwrh-1227367669180)\] > [](https://twitter.com/i%5Fam%5FOTHER/status/602320652498903040) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/"},"headline":"The Fat-Shamed 'Dancing Man' Who Became an Internet Sensation Attends a Party in His Honor in L.A.","datePublished":"2015-05-25T09:23:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:16.638Z","description":"He even appeared on The Today show in New York City","url":"https://time.com/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","celebrities","viral","los angeles","Monica Lewinsky","party","Bullying","People","obese"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"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/3895459/dancing-man-sean-o-brien-body-shamed-fat-dance-party-los-angeles/","name":"The Fat-Shamed 'Dancing Man' Who Became an Internet Sensation Attends a Party in His Honor in L.A."}}]}] ```