This video, shot at the Night Of Too Many Stars, may just be the most heartwarming video you’ll see all day. Singer Katy Perry performs her smash hit “Firework” with Jodi DiPiazza, a sweet girl diagnosed with autism at age two. If you’re not tearing up by the end of this you have no soul.
To help give autistic people the chance they deserve to reach their potential donate here or text STARS to 50555 to donate $10. Night of Too Many Stars airs this Sunday, October 21 at 8/7c on Comedy Central and feautures performances by Tina Fey, Seth Rogen, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Louis CK, Bill Burr, Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tom Morello, Sting, and more.
October 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm, Puppies keep a lost little boy warm overnight | Death and Taxes said:
[...] is between zero and one, which would mean I’m already over by more than one cry. First Katy Perry and Jodi DiPiazza did me in, now this: a little boy with Down syndrome who got lost in the woods in Alabama overnight [...]
October 18, 2012 at 5:12 pm, Buzz Hollywood: Celebrity News and Gossip: Watch Katy Perry sing a touching ‘Firework’ duet – Washington Post (blog) said:
[...] Perry on Comedy Central's … ChicagoNow (blog) Starcasm.net - The Inquisitr - Death and Taxesall 7 news [...]
October 18, 2012 at 10:02 pm, Raymond McKenna said:
this is awesome!
October 19, 2012 at 12:51 am, Jacqueline Marrero said:
increible…. que brutal
October 19, 2012 at 12:55 am, Loulou P. said:
Impossibly sweet!
October 19, 2012 at 1:38 am, Paz E Carino said:
she's real awesome!
October 20, 2012 at 3:13 am, Karen Streitmater Johnson said:
Tissue alert!
October 20, 2012 at 5:49 am, Suzanne Skinner said:
I'm not the biggest Katie Perry fan here, but just love the story. Early intervention and great parent support really helps. Thanks Jon Stewart!
October 20, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Vanderbilt Whitney said:
Oh my goodness. How magnificent! To think I didn't care much for Katy Perry or the song:"Firework" before seeing this. Thank you for bringing awareness to autism. Many parents don't know what to do and not having the support/ resources they need, send their children to facilities like the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, MA, USA that uses painful shocks for sometimes as long as 7 hours to children restrained on boards face down as their "treatment". Please do whatever you can to have aversive practices like that stopped and other positive treatment like this, ABA therapy, used instead. Kudos and thanks to Jodi DiPiazza, her parents, Jon Stewart, Katy Perry, Good Morning America, Comedy Central, and everyone else involved in bringing autism to the forefront. Jodi DiPiazza is my hero! I hope other stars and people get involved to stop the JRC!
October 21, 2012 at 12:03 am, Becky Welsh said:
So heart warming and amazing <3
October 21, 2012 at 3:46 pm, Heidi Levin said:
Really beautiful and inspiring!