Watch: Channing Tatum Reveals How He Convinced Beyonce To Join Him Onstage For Their Lip Sync Battle

Beyoncé doesn't say yes to every request.

But when Channing Tatum asked her to make a surprise appearance during his recent Lip Sync Battle performance of her hit "Run the World (Girls)," Queen Bey agreed!

Tatum appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday, where he explained how he managed to book one of the biggest acts in music. "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...I was texting her. I didn't even have the intention of her coming," Tatum recalled. "It was a whole ploy to get permission to do something, 'cause I had gotten it through the grapevine that [Jenna Dewan Tatum] was gonna bring out [Paula Abdul] and I was like, 'Hmm, who can I bring out?' I know Beyoncé's not gonna come, so I wanted to bring like a cardboard cutout of Beyoncé out just to be funny."

Beyoncé left the Lip Sync Battle stage moments after her cameo. "I said 'hi' and she goes, 'Hey, that was really funny. See ya!'" Tatum said. "But she did text afterwards and she was like, "Hey, I would love to meet you guys and hang out when you're not looking like me and so terrifying."

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