{"id":151363,"date":"2025-02-20T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/becca-tilley-redeems-herself-with-laurie-hernandez-after-2016-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:58:59","slug":"becca-tilley-redeems-herself-with-laurie-hernandez-after-2016-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/becca-tilley-redeems-herself-with-laurie-hernandez-after-2016-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Becca Tilley Redeems Herself With Laurie Hernandez After 2016 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"98.074308128132\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3893108\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Becca Tilley, Laurie Hernandez.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images(2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bachelor Nation alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/becca-tilley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Becca Tilley<\/strong><\/a> learned firsthand that the second time\u2019s the charm when it came to meeting Olympian<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/laurie-hernandez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Laurie Hernandez<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo, remember back in 2016 at the heart festival where I indulged too much and ended up horizontal on the bathroom floor?\u201d Tilley, 36, recalled in a Wednesday, February 19, Instagram Story post. \u201cWell, my final memory of the night, while I was still vertical, was me following @lauriehernandez around telling [her] thank you for representing America so well at the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to Tilley, \u201cit was very important\u201d that she shared her \u201cgratitude\u201d with Hernandez, now 24, directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnyways, I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/celebrities-whove-gotten-starstruck-meeting-fellow-a-listers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carried this haunting memory<\/a> for nine years. She was probably 16 at the time,\u201d Tilley added. \u201cAlways, now we get to work together all year and I\u2019m obsessed with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.512528473804\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/laurie-hernandez-predicts-gymnasts-joining-simone-biles-at-olympics\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Laurie-Hernandez-Predicts-Which-Gymnasts-Will-Join-Simone-Biles-on-Team-USA.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Laurie Hernandez Predicts Which Gymnasts Will Join Simone Biles on Team USA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Laurie-Hernandez-Predicts-Which-Gymnasts-Will-Join-Simone-Biles-on-Team-USA.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/laurie-hernandez-predicts-gymnasts-joining-simone-biles-at-olympics\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Laurie Hernandez Predicts Which Gymnasts Will Join Simone Biles on Team USA<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWith Olympic gymnastic trials just days away, two-time Olympic medalist and gymnastics icon Laurie Hernandez is sharing her athletes to watch heading into Paris. \u201cAn obvious one is Simone Biles,\u201d Hernandez, 24 \u2014 who competed with Biles as part of the \u201cFinal Five\u201d in 2016 \u2014 told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting On Location Olympic [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cWhen I vulnerably shared this with her, she (allegedly) didn\u2019t remember and I can finally sleep at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tilley also uploaded a photo of the two women walking on a sidewalk during their recent reunion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:158.2056892779%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-3893109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=914&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Becca Tilley Redeems Herself From Awkward Laurie Hernandez Moment in 2016\" width=\"914\" height=\"1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Becca-Tilley-Redeems-Herself-From-Awkward-Laurie-Hernandez-Moment-in-2016-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Becca Tilley\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI recently went to Seattle for the very first time, and since I\u2019m working with Starbucks, I got to go to the headquarters and it was such a cool experience,\u201d Tilley narrated a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@beccatilley5\/video\/7473329475074280734?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-8u3vk6nVn03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> video. \u201cWe went on a tour, where we got to learn about their coffee and where it comes from and do a little tasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In one clip, Tilley tied Hernandez\u2019s apron before they walked around the test kitchen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.271889400922\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/becca-tilley-loves-seeing-her-girlfriend-bond-with-ex-ben-higgins\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/becca-tilley-loves-seeing-her-girlfriend-bond-with-ex-ben-higgins-001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"\u2018Bachelor\u2019 Alum Becca Tilley Loves Seeing Girlfriend Hayley Kiyoko Bond With Ex Ben Higgins\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/becca-tilley-loves-seeing-her-girlfriend-bond-with-ex-ben-higgins-001.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/becca-tilley-loves-seeing-her-girlfriend-bond-with-ex-ben-higgins\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Becca Tilley Loves Seeing Her Girlfriend Bond With Ex Ben Higgins<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBachelor alum Becca Tilley is loving her life \u2014 and that includes watching current girlfriend Hayley Kiyoko bond with her ex boyfriend Ben Higgins. Tilley, 34, first witnessed Kiyoko, 32, and Higgins, 34, coming together at Bachelor in Paradise\u2019s Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Dean Unglert\u2018s September 23 nuptials in Colorado. \u201cIt was so fun to watch [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just have to say how excited I am to be joining the Starbucks Ambassadors this year because it is the most amazing group of people,\u201d the \u201cScrubbing In\u201d podcast host gushed. \u201cWe had the best time \u2026 and I cannot wait to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tilley and Hernandez had both attended the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-nominees-and-winners-list-w201243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> iHeartRadio music festival in 2016<\/a>. At the time, the gymnast attended with her <i>Dancing With the Stars <\/i>partner<strong> Val Chmerkovskiy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hernandez had competed in the Rio Olympics months before joining \u2014 and winning \u2014 <i>DWTS<\/i> season 23.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI do want to inspire others and that\u2019s my goal, every day,\u201d Hernandez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/laurie-hernandez-winning-dwts-ties-with-earning-olympic-gold-w452207\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusively told <i>Us Weekly <\/i><\/a>in November 2016 of her ballroom victory. \u201cAnd because of Val, he\u2019s taught me that it\u2019s a good thing to go out and feel that pressure and have that responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hernandez retired from competitive gymnastics in 2021 and now works as a sportscaster during Olympic meets. She also attends New York University\u2019s theater program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI love being able to act and work with scene partners,\u201d Hernandez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/laurie-hernandez-details-post-gymnastics-life-with-partner-charlotte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told <i>Us <\/i>in June 2024<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a very different style of art than live performance theater or gymnastics, but still in that similar breath where the pressure\u2019s on, it\u2019s live, people are watching, but you\u2019re also working for something and you get to show the fruits of that labor at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/becca-tilley-redeems-herself-with-laurie-hernandez-after-2016-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becca Tilley, Laurie Hernandez. Getty Images(2) Bachelor Nation alum Becca Tilley learned firsthand that the second time\u2019s the charm when it came to meeting Olympian Laurie Hernandez. \u201cSo, remember back in 2016 at the heart festival where I indulged too much and ended up horizontal on the bathroom floor?\u201d Tilley, 36, recalled in a Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}