Overview
- Wanda Dench, 68, and Jamal Hinton, 26, celebrated their decade-long tradition with a Green Giant partnership tied to the brand’s 100th anniversary.
- The duo reunited in person in Phoenix after last year’s virtual check-in during Dench’s breast cancer treatment, which she now says left her cancer-free.
- Their annual gathering traces back to a 2016 misdirected text that became a lasting friendship they describe as chosen family.
- Reports highlight how they supported each other through Lonnie Dench’s 2020 COVID-19 death, which Hinton publicly honors each Thanksgiving.
- Coverage of a possible film adaptation conflicts, with CNN noting a Netflix project in the works and People reporting a previously considered version was shelved.