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VMAs: Laurie Hernandez is all of us when she hugs Beyoncé
2025-04-26 21:55:34

Laurie Hernandez has a gold medal, a silver medal and a hug from Beyoncé.

The Final Five (save a sick Gabby Douglas) presented Beyoncé with a Moonman for Best Female Video at the VMAs and Queen B embraced each of the gymnasts before addressing the audience.

After Hernandez recovered from her moment in Bey's sequined squeeze, she reacted like, well, anyone who's ever been in the presence of (or dreamt of being in the presence of) Beyoncé.

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Hernandez also took a selfie with Kanye West. NBD.

Mashable ImageKanye West poses with Laurie Hernandez during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden Credit: Neilson Barnard/MTV1617/Getty Images for MTV

And she couldn't help but giggle when Simone Biles' mic was dropped down.

Via Giphy

Oh, and then she met Ariana Grande who made a weird face, but it didn't faze Laurie.

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