Elle Fanning was absolutely enamored with her celebrity crush, Jack Black. As she walked the red carpet at the 2026 Golden Globes on January 11th, the star of "Sentimental Value" was taken by surprise by a video message from the comedian, whom she had previously described as "sex on legs."
"You make me very embarrassed with all this hall pass talk," Jack quipped in an Access Hollywood clip shown to Elle at the award show. "Look, I'm very flattered, but I have to keep my eye closed because I am so embarrassed." Blowing her a kiss, the 56-year-old continued, "Much love to you and yours."
Jack, who has been married to his wife Tanya Haden since 2006, also had a sweet and humorous message for Elle's boyfriend, Gus Wenner, who was her date to the Nikki Glaser-hosted ceremony. "Hi to your boyfriend also," he added. "Dude, I didn't do anything."
Elle was relieved that the School of Rock actor was being such a good sport about her infatuation with him. "Oh my gosh, I was worried that he was gonna have a restraining order against me," the 27-year-old told Access Hollywood. "I just love Jack Black. He's loveable."
In fact, Elle's sister Dakota Fanning had previously revealed that they have a "group chat dedicated to how hot he is." "You once called him 'the perfect man,'" Dakota, 31, reminded her younger sister during their September appearance on Vanity Fair's Lie Detection Test series. "Would you leave your boyfriend if Jack Black declared his love for you?"
Though Elle ultimately said she would not break up with her boyfriend of two years for Jack, the lie detector showed "some deception" in her answer, prompting the sisters to burst out into laughter. "Gus doesn't care," Elle reasoned with a chuckle, adding that when the Rolling Stone exec ran into Jack at the 2024 Golden Globes, he told the Tenacious D musician, "'You're her hall pass, by the way.'"
The scene was filled with laughter and good-natured banter as Elle and Jack shared their mutual admiration for each other, making for an entertaining and memorable moment on the red carpet.
