George Strait Surprises Dairy Queen Worker in Viral Video
The King of Country needs sweet treats too — in a new viral video, a Dairy Queen worker named Becky Gonzalez posted a photo of herself with George Strait ordering at the drive-thru of her DQ in Boerne, Texas, which is a small city in the suburbs of San Antonio.
The short video is captioned "The King George Strait stopped at DQ Today." Gonzalez set the video to Strait's hit "You Look So Good in Love" and she used the hashtags #thekingofcountry, #shookmyhand and #notwashingit.
Fans took to the comments to express their delight that Strait hits the DQ drive-thru just like everybody else.
"Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍," wrote one fan.
Another added, "Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍."
"Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍," wrote a third fan.
Another fan chimed in with a joke about having "the KING at the Dairy QUEEN," to which Gonzalez replied, "Yessss."
In a follow-up video talking about how crazy it was for her video to go viral — it has over 400,000 views as of this writing — Gonzalez said Strait could not have been nicer.
"He's a really cool guy. He was ready to talk, we asked him a few things, he smiled, we shook hands and he was ready to take that selfie as you can tell in that picture, look at that smile! He's all happy," said Gonzalez.
According to KNUE 101.5, Strait owns The Less Ranch in Boerne, which is a 2200-acre property featuring lakes, fields and even a cave with a natural spring inside. Strait also used to have a 12-acre hilltop property with a 7300-square-foot mansion. The property is located inside the Dominion Country Club outside of San Antonio, but The Real Deal reported in 2022 that Strait sold the property for $7 million after being on the market since 2017.
Strait has definitely earned his title of "The King of Country." He has sold over 120 million albums and has 60 No. 1 hits, according to Texas Monthly.
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