--- title: Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Are Going To Be BFFs Now description: The Olympic gymnast and Sports Illustrated model are about to become best friends, according to a series of cute tweets between the two. canonical: https://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-26T18:16:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:55.702Z og:title: Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Are Going To Be BFFs Now og:description: The Olympian and model are about to be best friends, according to their tweets og:url: https://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/ 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: Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Are Going To Be BFFs Now twitter:description: The Olympian and model are about to be best friends, according to their tweets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Olympic Champion Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Have Decided to Become 'Best Friends' > Sponsored content. 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Besides cleaning up at the Rio Olympics, the team captain of the Final Five gymnasts is also officially [one of the popular girls](http://time.com/4446396/2016-rio-olympics-gymnastics-friends/?iid=sr-link4) in the middle school cafeteria that is the world of celebrity — and everyone just wants to sit with her. That includes model, mom, and [social media phenom](http://time.com/3821043/chrissy-teigen-instagram-stretch-marks/?iid=sr-link4) Chrissy Teigen, who recently tweeted at Raisman asking her to be friends. (Her husband, R&B crooner John Legend, is part of this deal too, of course — and their [baby daughter Luna.](http://time.com/4297000/chrissy-teigen-birth-john-legend-baby/?iid=sr-link1)) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/768925519114932224) It looks like the love is mutual, as Raisman was quick to up the ante — asking Teigen to be “best” friends, not just casual pals. This is going to be one impressive clique. > [](https://twitter.com/Aly%5FRaisman/status/768935486979268608) Teigen is here for it, including the part that involves training up a future (well, maybe) gymnastics star. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/768935753782992896) And we’re here for the inevitable Snapchat gold that will come from this new BFF power couple. Plus, we know that Teigen’s [bestie Kim Kardashian West](http://time.com/4440976/kim-kardashian-chrissy-teigen-phone/?iid=sr-link7) is a [huge fan](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/763812747968733188) of Raisman’s [teammate Simone Biles](http://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/?iid=sr-link3). This can only mean one thing: it’s time for [Taylor Swift’s girl squad](http://time.com/4390634/taylor-swift-july-4th/?iid=sr-link8) to watch out, because there’s a new A-list troupe of ladies in town. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/"},"headline":"Olympic Champion Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Have Decided to Become 'Best Friends'","datePublished":"2016-08-26T18:16:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:55.702Z","description":"A new squad is forming before our eyes","url":"https://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","olympics","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/","name":"Olympic Champion Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen Have Decided to Become 'Best Friends'"}}]}] ```