US gymnast Simone Biles is a hero around the world due to her superhuman gymnastic skills, but the athlete showed she's just a normal 19-year-old girl when she met her long-time crush Zac Efron.
The Olympic gold-medal winner was "on cloud 9" after meeting her screen idol in the flesh, and posted a series of videos and photos showing the High School Musical star kissing her on the cheek and holding her in the air.
She jokingly wrote alongside a photo of her taking a selfie with the actor: "Just call me Mrs Efron already".
on cloud 9 💙☁️ @ZacEfron pic.twitter.com/3lFpi1tuwF
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 16, 2016
he kissed me on the cheek just letting y'all know @ZacEfron 💋❤️ pic.twitter.com/VLyc62DXY7
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 16, 2016
proof : had to do a retake bc I thought we were taking a picture then he kissed me instead ❤️ pic.twitter.com/rld33V14qe
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 16, 2016
😘🌹 just call me mrs.efron already @ZacEfron pic.twitter.com/FF4NTgj4MP
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 16, 2016
😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/L9Zmjij1Dl
— Jamie (@jordynsleftbrow) August 16, 2016
Efron also got in on the action on social media, tweeting a photo of him with the US gymnastic team along with the caption: "My Olympic dream came true."
Surprise!! #Rio2016 #Gold #FinalFive pic.twitter.com/yUswjZeHsa
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) August 16, 2016
My Olympic dream came true 🙏😜 #Rio2016 #FinalFive pic.twitter.com/zcpPispCUS
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) August 17, 2016
Zac Efron surprising the Final Five #ZacEfron #FinalFive #SimoneBiles #LaurieHernandez pic.twitter.com/A3Te4aAS2o
— Rachel (@sparkles_chalk) August 17, 2016
It sounds like Biles wasn't the only one who had jitters over meeting her film-star crush.
Efron said while watching Biles compete in the floor exercise final: "I totally have butterflies right now. I’m getting kind of emotional."
The Baywatch star appeared on the Today show on Wednesday where he revealed how excited he was to meet the girls, saying: "They won gold medals, they were crushing it the entire Olympics, and I was like hiding in a closet waiting to come in, so I didn’t know what to think.
"I kind of was getting nervous myself, but it ended up being so sweet."
He added: "Their story just blew my mind. When I found out Simone and this team were fans, I was like, 'What kind of guy am I if I don’t show up?'"
