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Simone Biles' Play 'Boyfriend' Has a Message For Her Crush Zac Efron

Do we sense a little jealousy? But, hey, who can blame the guy?
Simone Biles' Play 'Boyfriend' Has a Message For Her Crush Zac Efron
Instagram/Simone Biles
By Whitney Gaspard · Updated October 27, 2020
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Watch out Zac Efron! You have some competition on your hands.

Brazilian gymnast, Arthur Nory Mariano is vying for Simone Biles’ heart and he means business.

Mariano took to Instagram today to declare his affection for America’s newest sweetheart.

Everything You Need To Know About Simone Biles

“Hey @zacefron [Zac Efron] I saw her first…She is my girl,” he wrote along with a picture of him tightly squeezing and kissing the petite gymnast.

And he might be right.

 

Hey @zacefron I saw her first… She is my girl ❤️😁🙏🏻 Proud of you Simone! You are phenomal in whole world and special. You made history. Love u "sai daqui ZéKi Éfrom, ta pensando que eu sou bobo é? Desde 2013 estou com ela.. Ela minha garota. Sou da lapa e lá nois breca talaricas. 😂" #love ❤️ Repost from @simonebiles @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost 💚✨ @arthurnory

A photo posted by Arthur Nory (@arthurnory) on Aug 17, 2016 at 11:47am PDT

 

A quick scroll through his Instagram page shows a number of photos with the two looking happy as can be. In one of the photos, Mariano referred to Biles as his “Olympic date”. 

My US girl ❤️ 🇧🇷🇺🇸 👫 #OlympicGames #OlympicDate #Champion

A photo posted by Arthur Nory (@arthurnory) on Jul 29, 2016 at 1:51pm PDT

In another picture, the two are side-by-side kissing their medals — one of Simone’s five Rio Olympic medals and Mariano’s first at Rio for the men’s floor exercise.

“Congrats BABE! You are doing an amazing job here at the Olympics,” he captioned it.

Congrats BABE! You are doing an amazing job here at the Olympics. The crowd and all Brazilians (including me) love YOU! ❤ #Queen #fenomeno #Idol #Start #crush

A photo posted by Arthur Nory (@arthurnory) on Aug 15, 2016 at 1:47pm PDT

Surely Zac didn’t think he would skate off with the most decorated female American gymnast at Rio without any competition.

How does a girl choose between a Hollywood beau and an Olympic hottie? We don’t know.

But we have to admit, this doesn’t sound like a bad problem to have.

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