Cuteness overload: The Twitter crush between Simone Biles and Zac Efron

August 12, 2016 at 12:30PM
United States' Simone Biles waves to the audience during the medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Biles (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Simone and Zac sitting in a tree, T-W-E-E-T-I-N-G ...

How in the name of Gabby Douglas did we watch the Olympics before Twitter? These summer games have provided social media obsessors with a buffet of meme-ready moments. Michael Phelps' death stare? Gold! Oiled-up Tonga flag bearer? Gold! Purple cupping bruises on athletes' backs? Weird, but gold!

The best social media moment so far has got to be the budding Twitter affair between Simone Biles and Zac Efron. Turns out Biles (aka the best gymnast ever) and Efron (aka the best shirtless guy ever) really dig each other. The two have exchanged a few public tweets — the cutest being this one (which came after Efron congratulated Biles):

"Thanks Zac! I hope you can watch Team Final tomorrow night," she tweeted.

Efron's response: "Of course I'm watching the #FinalFive dominate the floor!" (And he attached a photo of himself making a "heart" sign with his hands.)

Adorbs, guys!

Tom Horgen

Zac Efron arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates" at the Cinerama Dome at Arclight Hollywood on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Efron (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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