Selena Gomez gave the Telluride High School volleyball team the surprise of a lifetime. The 32-year-old Emmy Award nominee paid the students a visit while attending the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado over the weekend. But her appearance wasn’t a random decision; the athletes had asked the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place star to sing the national anthem at one of their games.
As seen in her Instagram carousel post, Selena shared an orange sign that the students had written, which read, “Selena Gomez, please sing the national anthem @ one of home games: Friday 6:00 p.m., Saturday 1:00 p.m.” The next slide in her post was a video of the moment she walked into the high school gym, where the students couldn’t contain their excitement. As everyone pulled out their phones to record the Hulu actress, she told them, “I saw the sign [you made].”
Other snapshots from her Instagram carousel included a group photo with the whole team and several candid images of Selena greeting other fans.
“They asked!!” the Only Murders in the Building star captioned her post. “Couldn’t help it, it’s my first time in Telluride!”
Several celebs commented on Selena’s carousel, including her boyfriend, Benny Blanco. The 36-year-old record producer dropped several heart-eyed and red heart emojis as a comment, while actress Zoe Saldana wrote, “The kindest heart indeed.”
The Telluride Middle and High School’s Instagram account also shared the photos and thanked the “Single Soon” artist for stopping by.
