Zac Efron Talks About Meeting the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles made it very clear on NBC Nightly News that she is a Zac Efron superfan. After the episode aired, the actor tweeted a picture of himself standing in front of an image of the gymnastics team with his hands in the shape of a heart. Thus began a Twitter exchange, after which Efron decided to go to Rio to surprise Biles and her teammates.

Today host Hoda Kotb helped orchestrate the surprise meeting between Efron and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. When Kotb opened the door to reveal the actor, gymnast Laurie Hernandez literally jumped in the air and screamed.

Efron joined Kotb and co-host Matt Lauer on The Today Show set in Rio to talk about the experience. He said he typically wouldn’t have gone straight to gymnastics when watching the Olympics, but after hearing about Biles, he became a fan and was immediately captivated by what the team was doing.

After meeting the team, Efron said, “They have such heart, ya know? There was clearly something special that was going on, and so I was really excited.”

Efron reportedly promised to take the team out for pizza now that they are done competing.

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