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Channing Tatum Freaked The Fuck Out And Got A Bit Weird When He Met Simone Biles, Because Duh

Take a seat, Efron.

by Sinead Stubbins  7 September 2016

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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is a household name on account of her superhuman strength and ability to just sort of hover in the air and defy the basic laws of physics.

Simone Biles Is So Incredible That Her Celebrity Crush Just Flew To Rio For Her

In Rio she won four gold medals and the unofficial title of best one-liner of the whole games. “I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps,” she told reporters. “I’m the first Simone Biles”. Biles’ incredible ability and determination has made her one of the most globally popular athletes in recent memory. And she’s only 19!

Even Beyonce gets excited when she sees her!

Such is Simone Biles importance that during the Olympics her crush, Zac Efron, was compelled to fly to Rio just to take a few cute Instagrams. Simone Biles is queen and she should get what she wants, always.

Well, move over Zac Efron, because there’s another handsome actor waiting in the wings to steal Simone Biles’ heart. When appearing on The Ellen Show today, Channing Tatum expressed how obsessed he was with the gymnast, and he was so weird about it all that you can tell he is genuinely a very big fan.

“I’m going to freak out,” he said to Ellen about meeting Biles. “As we all know she’s going to be the greatest — and is the greatest — of all time.” Then Channing Tatum posed like a trophy stand for her and tried to play it cool, but did a lot of giggling. Bless.

SIMONE BILES FOR PRESIDENT.