--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: USA Women's Gymnastics Has Celeb BFFs description: The gold-medal-winning 'Final Five' is very popular, getting shoutouts from everyone from Zac Efron to Sen. Tim Kaine and Kim Kardashian. canonical: https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-10T15:38:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:18.854Z og:title: The USA Women's Gymnastics Squad Now Has a Ton of Celeb BFFs og:description: Here are the celebrities who are loving the golden success of the 'Final Five.' og:url: https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa4001ab19ac9e3/6988a1d68e060128e9467197/final-five-hands-up.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The USA Women's Gymnastics Squad Now Has a Ton of Celeb BFFs twitter:description: Here are the celebrities who are loving the golden success of the 'Final Five.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa4001ab19ac9e3/6988a1d68e060128e9467197/final-five-hands-up.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The USA Women's Gymnastics Team Has a Ton of New Celeb BFFs  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 10, 2016 3:38 PM UTC  RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: (L to R) Gold Medalists Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Alexandra Raisman of the United States celebrate on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: (L to R) Gold Medalists Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Alexandra Raisman of the United States celebrate on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)Laurence Griffiths—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 10, 2016 3:38 PM UTC When you’re [the best in the world](http://time.com/4445766/rio-2016-olympics-womens-gymnastics-usa-wins-team-final/?iid=sr-link3), people notice. Even big-time celebrities. So when the Team USA women’s gymnastics squad — made up of Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian, and henceforth known as the “Final Five” — [handily secured their team gold](http://time.com/4443386/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-gabby-douglas/?iid=sr-link2) on Tuesday with a series of flawless performances, they started receiving a whole lot of love from some pretty famous names via Twitter. They’ve been quick to respond to many of these stars, too, inviting them to hang out, [asking to party together](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762771659149471744) and [building the groundwork](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762502520229007360) for some very high-wattage friendships. (But even Simone Biles got [a little starstruck](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762803999389151233) by Zac Efron — proving that the champion still is human after all.) There were shout-outs from the Hollywood stars, pop-culture celebrities and American legends: > [](https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/763241965764829185) > [](https://twitter.com/CSiriano/status/763225299945418752) > [](https://twitter.com/ElizabethBanks/status/763132505738317824) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/763130533723254784) > [](https://twitter.com/AustinMahone/status/762809499489034240) > [](https://twitter.com/karliekloss/status/763170683719340032) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/763171558550405120) > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/763221414002434050) > [](https://twitter.com/PTXofficial/status/762797351903694848) > [](https://twitter.com/JakeTAustin/status/763180291527675904) TV and social media personalities and newscasters added to the mix: > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/762498517550051330) > [](https://twitter.com/RyanSeacrest/status/763135159491108864) > [](https://twitter.com/katiecouric/status/763139385969762304) > [](https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/763102515353178112) And, of course, their fellow athletes, both those watching from home and those also competing at the Olympics: > [](https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/763211006134943750) > [](https://twitter.com/kerrileewalsh/status/763138464783167488) > [](https://twitter.com/Nathangadrian/status/763236175385473024) > [](https://twitter.com/allysonfelix/status/763146160630472705) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelMikulak/status/763128210204692480) > [](https://twitter.com/alexmorgan13/status/763183698631983104) Including their fellow gold-medal gymnasts from 2012’s team competition… > [](https://twitter.com/McKaylaMaroney/status/763144348968087552) > [](https://twitter.com/jordyn%5Fwieber/status/763122994059235328) … and Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson East and Kerri Strug, the wunderkinds of 2008 and 1996. > [](https://twitter.com/NastiaLiukin/status/763122903177129984) > [](https://twitter.com/ShawnJohnson/status/763135059226464256) > [](https://twitter.com/kerristrug96/status/763125837247893505) Even politicians gave them their regards. Like Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. > [](https://twitter.com/timkaine/status/763219403982901249) Looks like the Final Five are going to have no shortage of famous friends in high places when they get back to the U.S. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/"},"headline":"The USA Women's Gymnastics Team Has a Ton of New Celeb BFFs","datePublished":"2016-08-10T15:38:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:18.854Z","description":"The 'Final Five' has friends in high places","url":"https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","celebrities","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa4001ab19ac9e3/6988a1d68e060128e9467197/final-five-hands-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa4001ab19ac9e3/6988a1d68e060128e9467197/final-five-hands-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 4","caption":"Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 4","creditText":"Laurence Griffiths—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/","name":"The USA Women's Gymnastics Team Has a Ton of New Celeb BFFs"}}]}] ```