"The cameras and the fame can stop tomorrow and nothing is changing between us," Jamal Hinton said of his unexpected bond with Arizona grandma Wanda Dench Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE.

Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench first met in 2016 after she accidentally invited him over for dinner in a text message meant for her 24-year-old grandson Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on ...

But Wanda Dench’s annual gathering with Jamal Hinton will look a little different. “I just recently finished up with chemotherapy, so I’m not 100% yet,” Dench told CNN’s Jim Acosta on ...

Jamal Hinton, the “stranger” Dench accidentally texted eight years ago, posted her statement on X/Twitter on Wednesday (October 16). Dench began her message by describing her relationship to ...

It's Thanksgiving, which means Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench are celebrating the holiday together — an annual tradition sparked five years ago by a viral text exchange. The unlikely duo's ...

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton have celebrated Thanksgiving together ever since she accidentally texted him four years ago, mistaking his number for her grandson's. This year is bittersweet ...