Add The New York Post on Google She’s 96 years old, has millions of fans, and absolutely refuses to let anyone kill her buzz.
Internet superstar Lillian Droniak was warned she could get the boot from her Connecticut retirement home if she doesn’t stop throwing shindigs for her squad of silver-haired sidekicks — but the feisty great-grandma says she’s not about to trade cocktail hour for cocoa and lights out.
“I can do what I want,” she said in a hilarious Instagram video. “They can’t stop me.”
Known to millions online as Grandma Droniak, the red-haired rabble-rouser has 4 million Instagram followers and a jaw-dropping 12.6 million TikTok fans, proving that social media isn’t just for spring chickens, it’s for party hens, too.
For her part, she only follows one person — her beloved grandson Kevin.
Her Instagram bio boldly declares: “I’m a celebrity and a 96-year-old grandma. I can be your grandma too.”
The Shelton, Conn. merrymaker recently shared a video that had fans howling with laughter after she received a stern warning letter from management.
Wearing a T-shirt that read “Eyes Are Up Here” in hot-pink lettering, Lillian dramatically put on her glasses and announced the shocking news.
“Getting kicked out of my nursing home,” she read aloud from the typed letter. “Parties are not allowed . . . and you cannot serve alcohol to other residents. This letter serves as a final warning.”
View this post on Instagram If the retirement home expected an apology, they picked the wrong grandma.
After briefly considering the warning, Lillian ripped the letter in half and dropped it.
Then, as causally as if she were discussing the weather, she pulled out a hair pick and fluffed her bangs.
“I can do whatever I want,” she declared. “I pay $12,000 dollars a month to live here and I can party if I want to. We’re gonna drink and gossip. It’s not a party, but we do get rowdy.”
Then she ended by saying, “I can’t help it. I love to party! You can’t stop me!”
After she applied a touch of lipstick, there was a knock at the door.
“They’re here!” she squealed before speeding off in her wheelchair to greet her guests, cackling like a gangster — unapproved speakeasy open for business.
The clip ended with her signature sign off: “Love ya!”
And just like that, another legendary Grandma Droniak party was underway.
Long before she was collecting likes, Lillian worked on the assembly line at Sikorsky Aircraft, building helicopters.
Her husband passed away nearly 25 year ago, but Lillian never lost her sense of humor or her appetite for adventure.
Today, she’s a mother of three, grandmother of five, and great-grandmother of three.
Grandson Kevin, 29, who helped launch her online career, said, “Grandma is just as hilarious in person as she is in her videos.”
His best memory of their good times is when “she taught me to drive a car,” he said. “She was a good teacher and made it a fun ride every time.”
The pair first started making YouTube videos together in 2012. What began as family fun eventually turned Lillian into one of the internet’s most beloved characters.
Kevin says his family lived only a few minutes from her when he was a growing up.
Now, he lives in the Big Apple and works as a travel influencer.
“I try to visit her every day when I’m not traveling,” Kevin said. “It’s just a one hour train ride to her from New York City.”
He’s got 336,000 Instagram followers — impressive by normal standards, but in the Droniak family that’s basically opening for the headliner.
“I think everything she does is great,” he said.
Her post about getting ready for a date three years ago — her first in 25 years and the first since her husband passed away in 2000 — went viral after she announced: “All I want is a free dinner. I’m not even going to bring my wallet.”
In another viral post, Lillian dished on all the dates she went on during the year — five of them — proving that retirement isn’t slowing her down, it’s giving her more time to raise hell.
In one of the kookiest clips, she outlined strict instructions for her funeral, including one unforgettable command: “Bertha is not invited. Don’t let her in.”
The nature of Bertha’s crimes remains unknown.
Whether she’s reviewing boyfriends, hunting for free meals, or allegedly running an underground gossip-and-cocktail ring from her retirement home, Grandma Droniak remains living proof that age is just a number.
And if management wants her to stop partying — they’re gonna need a bigger note.
