sean o'brien called the dans man was mocked online for his dance moves but this weekend he was a bigalifornia. lori perez from our los angeles station kcbs reports. >> reporter: all eyes are own sean o'brien as he's dancing and this time he's feeling the love. a far cry from this night in london back in march when strangers laughed, took these pictures of him dancing and posted these pictures online with body shaming messages. >> i just ask why. what did they hope to achieve? why did they feel better trying to post an anom miss image. >> he felt better after supporters who saw it. two echo part women went so far as to find him and organize this party in l.a. to keep him dancing. we got the vendors and music, the plane tick and hotel, all donated. celebrities of all sorts stepped forward to help and start a conversation with bullying and o'brien with the so-called dance free move snnlt. >> be department of yourself. just think positive. >> the l.a. efforts raised $70,000 that will go to anti-bullying and positive body image programs in the u.s. and uk. organizers will be posting new p

. >>> dozens of people that love to dance came out to support sean o'brien.he is the so-called dancing man. o'brien shot up to near celebrity status. on saturday organizers threw a massive party in l.a. to celebrate the 47-year-old make a statement against cyber bullying. ferrell and moby performed. o'brien says he is overwhelmed by the power of positivity. >> positivity. there are so many good people out there. this all started because someone tried to be nasty and it changed so good so quickly. the message is there are so many more nice people out there than good people. >> o'brien threw out the first pitch at the dodgers game and he danced on the jumbo tron. >>> one of the nice ones rosemary orozco. >> sometimes. [ laughter ] >> oh sometimes. she is always nice to me. >> no, i'm not stop accusing me of being nice. >> weather is nice. >> yeah if you're inland. i was in san francisco yesterday, oakland, alameda gray all day. it was cool. i had people tweeting me and facebooking me. if you were inland a nice one. we had sunny skies and mild weather. and for t

. >> more than two months ago, sean o'brien bus ago move in public when he noticed someone laughing andto stop. o'brien was body shamed and bullied after the video went viral on line. now, some supporters named him the dancing man, decided to throw a huge party in his honor, where co-show everyone what he got. >> so many good people out there. so quickly ... the message is there are so many more like people out there. >> now, he said he was overwelmed by people's kindness and really enjoyed his party. looks like everyone had a great time. that's what it is all about right there. >> so glad they could turn that around. >> oh, no doubt. and 'd great time. >>> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", we have more memorial day celebrations for you around the area. >> now, before you fire up the grill, we have a chef here with some recipes that are sure to be a hit at your barbeque today. >> and don't let those pesky mosquitos ruin your outdoor plans, doctor rob here with some advice, that you don't get bugged during your outdoor plans. >> bugged? >> i got it. >> no one likes that. w

sean o'brien is his name. i think he lives in ireland. believe it or not, women felt for him, flew him to the u.s. last saturday night, pharrell monica lewinsky had a huge dance party for him. >> well, good for him. >> just because they felt bad for him and they thought, no you should be able to dance no matter who you are, what your size. >> there are nice people in the world. >> absolutely there are. >> that's a great way to push back at bullies, too. >> yes, absolutely. >> thanks. >> good to see you both. >>> well, now developing first at 4, a major city shut down by severe flooding. >> flooding brought houston to its knees. we're live in the disaster zone next. >>> lost for weeks, now found. a couple turns up in the california desert. >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. >>> it's described as historic and catastrophic. dozens of people missing after severe storms dumb pd another foot of rain in central texas in morning. at least one river is more than 30 feet above flood stage. drivers in houston ran for their lives and abandoned

. >> a look, sean o'brien made national headlines after a cyber bully posted a video making fun of hisdance moves and here he is saturday night in hollywood. he was dancing without shame and two women started a massive social media campaign to bring o'brien to l. a. and then throw him a big dance party. >> positivity that is going on in there. this all started because someone tried to be nasty and it turned good so quickly and the message is there's so many more nice people out there than there is bad people. >> people have confidence in their bodies and not feel shame you know. for how they look. >> let it go. the party included performances by farrell and mo by. and o buy weapon hopes the experience just shows others the power of kindness. some heavy hitters at that party too. >> good for him. >>> still to come, a plan to help ease californian's historic drought may cost a bay area community some big bucks. >> good morning everybody. you ready? can you feel it? game four with the warriors? well, you are just going to have to wait. but i've got a little something to maybe hold you ove

. >> dozens of supporters of people who love to dance came out to part which sean o'brien.e is a london native who fell in the spotlight after cyber bully posted photos have him dancing. party organizers launched a campaign to bring the 47 year-old to los angeles to attend this massive party here. they say the hope, that they hope the event makes a statement against both bullying and also body shaping. >> it is amazing. it shows the power of people. everybody just comes together to do something nice. look at what we can accomplice. >> monica was there to support the the cause. o'brien is overwhelmed by the power of people. >> that is interesting what do they say, dance like nobody is watching. >> is that what you do. >> that is how you are supposed to do. >> yes. >> if people are watching then you are not subconscious you let it all hang out, just relaxed and let shoulders go. >> you let it all hang out. >> i'm in the a very good dancer you are a a good dancer. >> it the is all relative. if you are having fun, to me you are a good dancer. that is a all that matters. you hav