Idris Elba sends Twitter into meltdown as he promises 'night to remember' for lucky Valentine's Day date

The actor joked that he would let the lucky winner "pound his yams"
Emma Powell12 January 2017
The Weekender

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Idris Elba could be making your heart skip a beat this Valentine’s Day.

The Luther actor, 44, is on the hunt for a date to spend “quality time” with at his favourite restaurant – and it’s all for a good cause.

Elba has teamed up with Omaze and the W.E. Can Lead charity campaign to give one lucky fan the ‘night they’ll never forget’.

Elba made his plea with a tongue in cheek video in which he promises his date will get ‘whatever they want’.

Dressed in a grey suit and sipping on champagne he says: “I’d like you to be my Valentine. That’s right, love. Just you and me no one else around, just us.”

Explaining how the date will pan out he continues: “We’ll get things started off with cocktails or perhaps champagne. Once we’re feeling comfortable we can order whatever your heart desires maybe some truffles, a steak, pepper soup and fufu.

“That's an African dish, and you pound the yams. And you know what? I'll let you pound my yams.

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“For desert you can have whatever you want – and I mean whatever you want.”

Elba's proposition left fans in shock with one tweeting that she had gone "a little weak at the knees".

Another posted: "I'm comin baby. I'm on the WAYYYYY."

One fan joked: "I can't pound yam but I can make you fried rice with sweet plantain and cold super malt on the side ?"

The W.E. Can Lead campaign works to empower and educate girls throughout Africa.

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