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# Elle Fanning Was Mostly Watching Channing Tatum at the Beyoncé Concert

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## Melissa Locker


Dec 15, 2016 4:51 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Dec 15, 2016 4:51 PM UTC

There are few things that could distract most people from a [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4599168/beyonce-mariah-carey-family-photo/?iid=sr-link3) concert, but [Channing Tatum](http://time.com/4480619/channing-tatum-ellen-simone-biles-video/?iid=sr-link3) is one of them—at least for Elle Fanning.

When Fanning stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Wednesday, she confessed to Jimmy Fallon that when she went to see [Beyoncé](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-beyonce-runner-up/?iid=sr-link1) in concert at Dodgers Stadium, she was captivated by the presence of the _Magic Mike_ man himself in the audience. 

At first Fanning didn’t recognize the [_Step Up_ star](http://time.com/4382086/channing-tatum-jenna-dewan-youtube-step-up/?iid=sr-link5) as he had shown up to the show in disguise, wearing a beard and a baseball hat leading her to include he was your regular reluctant dad at a pop star concert. “I told my friend, ‘ha ha you have to sit next to the dad who is bringing his daughters to the Beyoncé concert’,” said Fanning, laughing. She soon realized he was no mere dad, though, but [Tatum](http://time.com/4356475/channing-tatum-harvard-business-school/?iid=sr-link1) and Fanning realized her fatal mistake, “I was so jealous!”

Being a [major fan](http://motto.time.com/4596452/jenna-dewan-channing-tatum-sex/?iid=sr-link10), Fanning tried to surreptitiously take a photo of Tatum at the show, but as anyone who has ever tried to sneak a photo of a celebrity can attest, it didn’t really work out. As proof, Fanning presented Fallon with the blurriest photo of Tatum, ever. Not that Fanning learned her lesson about trying to snap pictures of celebrities, though.

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