Simone Biles has five Olympic medals sitting in a trophy case somewhere-four of them gold-but that doesn’t mean she can’t fangirl as hard as the rest of us over her celebrity crush.
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People reported that on Tuesday, after Biles won a fourth gold medal in Brazil in the gymnastics floor final, the actor was there.
In an interview with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day”, Biles said Friday that the next games are far away, but after she takes a long vacation and life settles down, she will get back into training to prepare.
“I definitely think it raises some awareness and will get them inspired”, Manuel, 20, said about the significance of her accomplishment. At 19, Biles has already been called the best female gymnast who ever lived by former champions, including 1984 gold medalist Mary Lou Retton.
Biles even has a life-size cutout of Efron in her bedroom.
But he was as much of a fan of 19-year-old Simone as she was of him, not being able to contain his own excitement by picking up the gold medal victor while eagerly posing for photos.
“We joke that we’re like global boyfriend and girlfriend because we see each other at these worldwide meets”, said the Rio Olympic champion. Simone had famously tweeted about her crush.
In true Simone Biles form though, even when she’s dodging killer insects, she has a huge smile plastered on her face – and the audience loves it.
The two and the teammates of Biles are going out for a pizza. She took home three medals in the games – a gold medal in the gymnastics team competition, as well as a silver in the all-around, and a silver in the floor exercise.
He posted a cute snap of him kissing Simone on the cheek, writing: “Hey @zacefron I saw her first…”
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Efron has been showing his support for Biles and Team USA by sending out affectionate tweets to them during the competition.
