Hollywood actor Channing Tatum has described his performance with Beyonce on US TV show Lip Sync Battle as the "the most terrifying thing" he has ever done.
The Magic Mike star surprised fans by dressing up as the pop star and then performing alongside her to the singer's track Run the World during an episode of the show which aired earlier this month and also featured the actor's wife Jenna Dewan Tatum.
Channing has now revealed he bombarded the pop star and her assistant with text messages to persuade her to join him onstage, but he never expected her to agree and had planned to dance alongside a cardboard cut-out instead.
He was then crippled with nerves when Beyonce agreed to take part.
"I had never met her before.
I won't even tell you what I had to do to essentially get her assistant's phone number.
Or text her, I was texting her," he declared during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.