--- title: Watch Channing Tatum Get Very Excited to Meet Simone Biles description: The actor — a major Biles fan — got a chance to meet the Olympic gymnast during an appearance on The Ellen Show, even trying on a medal. canonical: https://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T18:44:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:12.277Z og:title: Watch Channing Tatum Get Very Excited to Meet Simone Biles og:description: The actor is a superfan, just like the rest of us — but he got to meet her. og:url: https://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Channing Tatum Get Very Excited to Meet Simone Biles twitter:description: The actor is a superfan, just like the rest of us — but he got to meet her. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Channing Tatum Become a Human Shrine to Simone Biles > Sponsored content. 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Channing Tatum, he of _Magic Mike_ fame, supremely enviable [dancing ability](http://time.com/3943377/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-dance-moves-vanity-fair/?iid=sr-link10), and [a Harvard education](http://time.com/4356475/channing-tatum-harvard-business-school/?iid=sr-link1) (took an Executive Education course,) happens to be one of them. So the thoughtful Ellen Degeneres made his dreams come true by introducing the six-foot-one actor to the four-foot-nine Olympic athlete. In an _Ellen Show_ clip, Tatum explains his theory about Biles’s insane athletic ability: he’s convinced that gravity just works differently on her, basically. “She’s so tiny that she has a harder time holding onto the ground than just going up,” he muses, “because she’s always just flying away.” Finally, Biles — who’s a _Magic Mike_ fan herself — gets the chance see Tatum at his best. That is, he transforms into a human display case for four of her medals. Graciously, Biles even allows him to wear one around his neck. 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