Justin Beiber’s Believe Tour tookover Denver Monday night, attracting nearly the entire female teen population, and that included 4-time Olympic Medalist, Missy Franklin.
Franklin got the VIP treatment, going backstage pre-concert, from which she tweeted the photo (featured) with the popstar and this tweet:
“With the Biebs. He truly is a wonderful and genuine person! Such an honor to meet him.”
Until the meeting, the relationship was entirely social media based. Here is the history:
1) Franklin captures the world’s attention at the 2012 London Olympic Games, and we learn she’s a Bieber fan.
2) Bieber tweets his thanks and appreciation for her performance in London.
3) Bob Costas, NBC’s Olympic primetime host, promises a future Bieber and Franklin meeting.
3) Franklin returns home to find a large Bieber care package.
4) Franklin, very concerned about NCAA rules (and protecting her competitive future at UC Berkeley), returns the care package.
5) Later, the world learns the care package was not a violation of NCAA rules.
6) Bieber’s Believe tour hits Colorado and Franklin goes backstage for a photo op, which she, thankfully, tweets out.
Did Missy stay for the show closer, when Bieber sings his hit, Baby? I’m guessing she did, and she still made morning practice the next day.
Next ondeck for the US Olympic swimming star, you can see her compete at the Austin Grand Prix, January 18-20. Now helmed by USA Swimming sponsor Arena, the US-based pro series has a newly enlarged series purse of $150,000, of which Missy cannot accept if she were to win. However, 2013 is just getting started, and swimming news continues to get more and more interesting thanks to Missy and other Team USA standouts.
You can follow Missy Franklin on Twitter here.
Good to see that you are covering the IMPORTANT swim news at SwimSwam Mel
Slow news day…
Is that a miniature Vanilla Ice?
http://i.imgur.com/WiW9W.gif
haha
Seriously… What is wrong with him in this picture. He couldn’t seem less wonderful (or sober). Hey Maverick, take off the aviators and come back to earth.
And to quote Chris Rock, “Take off that silly – - – hat.”
Obviously you just don’t know cool when you see it
I wonder how many inches in height Missy has on the Beebs?
Don’t confuse the distaste for The Bieb for hating on Ms. Franklin.
Everybody has their weakness or guilty pleasures. Hers happens to be his music.
Still waiting for that 15 minutes to end though, hoping I won’t have to mwait much longer.
Classic. I can’t wait for the 15 minutes to be up. j/K She had a blast…good for her…don’t be haters…I know he drives my buts too. Please have his 15 minutes go away or just start acting a man….
LOL
Funny pic ! one thing is for sure , Missy always smiles .
Neal, Ledecky, and Soni are going to be in my hometown in New Jersey at Cera Ve meet! Cool!
I just love the way Mel wrote the headline that he got to meet HER!
I hope he’ll get 3 months ban for smoking weed…
I’d like to see him do a nickel at Leavenworth…
Missy likes Justin Bieber. Nobody is perfect.
she may like whowever she want to , not our concern after all !
You’re absolutely right but it’s also my right to say again that I don’t still understand how someone can be fan of Justin Bieber. I’m a big fan of Missy and if it’s just her biggest failing it’s good for her.
I’m glad you phrased it as *Bieber* finally meets *Franklin,* and not the other way around. It makes it sound like it was a treat to him, and I think he’s the one on the winning end of this exchange