--- title: Oscars 2018: Adam Rippon Takes Selfie With Shawn Mendes description: After naming Shawn Mendes as his celebrity crush on The Ellen Show, Adam Rippon got the opportunity to meet the pop star post-Oscars. canonical: https://time.com/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-05T20:27:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:07.843Z og:title: Adam Rippon Made His Dreams Come True With This Selfie og:description: The Olympic figure skater got to meet his celebrity crush og:url: https://time.com/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29a237676a97cc0/698929b322fb85e2a5e24f4a/adam-rippon-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2018-Vanity-Fair-Oscar-Party-Adam-Rippon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adam Rippon Made His Dreams Come True With This Selfie twitter:description: The Olympic figure skater got to meet his celebrity crush twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29a237676a97cc0/698929b322fb85e2a5e24f4a/adam-rippon-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adam Rippon Made His Oscar Dreams Come True By Taking a Selfie With Shawn Mendes  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 5, 2018 8:27 PM UTC  Adam Rippon attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Adam Rippon attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 5, 2018 8:27 PM UTC After naming [Shawn Mendes](http://time.com/4748746/shawn-mendes-theres-nothing-holdin-me-back/) as his celebrity crush during a recent appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres_ _Show_, [Adam Rippon](http://time.com/5164137/adam-rippon-figure-skating-olympics/) got the opportunity to meet the pop star [post-Oscars](http://time.com/money/5186292/terry-bryant-frances-mcdormand-oscar-trophy-theft/). While celebrating at _Vanity Fair’s_ after-party, the Olympic figure skater—who had already made waves by wearing a [BDSM-inspired tuxedo](http://time.com/5184833/adam-rippon-oscars-harness/) with a leather harness—shared a selfie he had snapped with Mendes on his Instagram story. “BRUH,” he captioned the post, tagging the singer. “I was sleeping on Shawn Mendes. Not literally—but I didn’t realize how cute he was,” Rippon told DeGeneres, explaining that the “Stitches” singer had replaced Harry Styles as his No. 1 man in Hollywood. Rippon was invited to attend the 90th Annual Academy Awards alongside teammate Mirai Nagasu after stealing America’s heart with an [enchanting routine and unending charisma](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/) at the 2018 Winter Games. Clearly, he has only continued to thrive since departing PyeongChang to return home to the United States. > [](https://twitter.com/JarettSays/status/970694546496483328) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/"},"headline":"Adam Rippon Made His Oscar Dreams Come True By Taking a Selfie With Shawn Mendes","datePublished":"2018-03-05T20:27:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:07.843Z","description":"The Olympic figure skater got to meet his celebrity crush","url":"https://time.com/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29a237676a97cc0/698929b322fb85e2a5e24f4a/adam-rippon-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd29a237676a97cc0/698929b322fb85e2a5e24f4a/adam-rippon-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018-Vanity-Fair-Oscar-Party-Adam-Rippon","caption":"Adam Rippon at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party","creditText":"Taylor Hill/FilmMagic","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/5186347/oscars-2018-adam-rippon-shawn-mendes-selfie/","name":"Adam Rippon Made His Oscar Dreams Come True By Taking a Selfie With Shawn Mendes"}}]}] ```