--- 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  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 6, 2016 6:44 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 6, 2016 6:44 PM UTC Simone Biles has a [lot of celebrity superfans](http://time.com/4470578/mtv-vmas-2016-simone-biles-beyonce/?iid=sr-link1). 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. Watch above. > [](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/773224349931180032) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/"},"headline":"Watch Channing Tatum Become a Human Shrine to Simone Biles","datePublished":"2016-09-06T18:44:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:12.277Z","description":"Tatum makes a great medal display case","url":"https://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","entertainment"],"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/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/","name":"Watch Channing Tatum Become a Human Shrine to Simone Biles"}}]}] ```