--- title: Chrissy Teigen Talks Meeting Beyoncé at the 2018 Grammys description: Chrissy Teigen proved she was Beyhive for life when she met Beyoncé at this year's Grammys and promptly dropped to her knees. canonical: https://time.com/5127151/grammys-chrissy-teigen-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-31T17:28:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:14.865Z og:title: This Is What Happened When Chrissy Teigen Met Beyoncé og:description: Beyoncé for life og:url: https://time.com/5127151/grammys-chrissy-teigen-2018/ 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: This Is What Happened When Chrissy Teigen Met Beyoncé twitter:description: Beyoncé for life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chrissy Teigen Has the Most Universally Relatable Story About Meeting Beyoncé at the Grammys > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2018 5:28 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2018 5:28 PM UTC From [showing off her skin blemishes](http://time.com/4882224/chrissy-teigen-period-skin-twitter/) on Twitter to admitting that her [favorite date night](http://time.com/4998979/chrissy-teigen-on-john-legend-date/) with husband [John Legend](http://time.com/4476379/john-legend-activism-fatherhood-music/) is “watching housewives,” [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/4776490/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-trolling/) is one of the most relatable celebrities, something that she further confirmed when she revealed just how much of [a Beyoncé fan](http://time.com/4657826/beyonce-pregnant-twins-photos/) she is. The model, who’s currently expecting her second child, a baby boy, revealed on _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ that she had a fan girl moment at the 2018 Grammys when she met Queen Bey face-to-face, admitting that “there’s nobody like seeing Beyoncé in person…she just emits this aura that’s spectacular.” According to Teigen, when she and John went to say hi to Jay Z and Beyoncé during the ceremony, she proved that she was a very loyal member of the Bey Hive, the star’s avid fan base. “On our way out, I was like, ‘We have to say something, right?’ ” she said. “And I took both her hands — I don’t do this for anybody, it was very weird — and John’s like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ And I took her hands and I got down on my knees and I was like, ‘Sorry to bother you, my Queen.’ Like, who says that? It was like, m’lady. Like, what do you — who am I?” When it comes to Beyoncé, Chrissy Teigen is really all of us. 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