It's official; Channing Tatum is just as gorgeous on the inside as he is on the outside.
After word got out via Facebook that 18-year-old Alisa Finley wanted nothing more in life than to kiss Channing (and who doesn't?), the movie star took a little time out from his busy schedule to blow her a kiss via video message.
But the video meant a lot more to Alisa than you might first realise. Because Alisa is no ordinary fan.
The brave teenager is battling stage-four brain cancer, and "kiss Channing Tatum" is No. 1 on a 48-item bucket list that her loved ones posted to the Facebook page that they created in her honour, called "Alisa's Butterflies."
The bucket list can be read in full below:
1. Kiss Channing Tatum.
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Indoor sky diving.
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Throw a big party.
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Go on a disney cruise.
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Swim with dolphins.
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Go to Europe.
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Go to Vegas.
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Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Hot air balloon ride.
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Learn to shoot a gun.
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Ride a mechanical bull.
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Ride an elephant.
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Try every cheesecake at the cheesecake factory.
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Go on a taxi ride and say “follow that car.”
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Release a bunch of lanterns into the sky.
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Get chocolate wasted.
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Give people a reason to remember me.
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Say yes to everything for a whole day.
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Pie war.
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Drive all day blasting music.
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Travel to every state.
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Go to New York and go sight seeing.
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Go to Alaska.
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Kiss under the Eiffel Tower.
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Walk on the Great Wall of China.
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Live a happy life.
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No Facebook for 2 weeks.
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Pay in pennies.
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Go zip lining.
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Go to Times Square for New Year’s.
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Water sliding from dusk ‘til dawn.
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Bake a rainbow cake.
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Hold a baby lion.
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Drink from a coconut.
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Go through a drive thru on a horse.
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Bake in the middle of the night with someone you love.
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Go to the drive-in movies.
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Have a glow stick fight.
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Have a guy sing to me.
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Propose to a stranger.
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Tie messages in balloons and release them.
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Kiss underwater.
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Ride a dolphin.
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Play messy Twister.
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Have a paint fight.
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Jump in a pool fully clothed.
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Make an adventure book.
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Go mudding.
And, when Channing found out her number one wish, he decided to help her tick it off the list once and for all.
"Hey, Alisa, what's goin' on, it's Chan," the actor begins in his video, titled 'A Kiss for Alisa'.
After moving in for a kiss, Channing adds: "Just wanted to send you a little vid and say what's up and hope you're doing good today and...oh, we were at the Oscars the other night and Pharrell came on and we can't ever be, you nkow, not dancing and happy when that song comes on...So we made a little ditty, a little song for you...
"Just know that you're loved and that we're givin' you a big ole kiss from over here."
Watch it below for yourself:
For her part, Alisa seemed at least partly satisfied.
"Almost done," is written next to the item on the list.
In a note on Facebook, Alisa’s mother praised her daughter's strength and resilience:
“Alisa knows in life there is no guarantees for tomorrow for anyone, and that she only needs to live for today. When Alisa was told by the doctors [that] there was no more they could do, she had a tear in her eye when she looked at her mom and said 'Nope, I’m not going to do this.'
"She smiled at the [doctors], told them 'Thank you,' and was ready to go home. There is a hope in her that if her dad and sister can keep surviving their cancer just maybe today can be her good day!
"My daughter Alisa has a sparkle in her eyes and strength beyond anyone I know.
"She has a biological father with heart problems that she witnessed him flat line for several minutes; a father who raised her that was told he had a terminal brain tumour; and a sister at age 22 who fought ovarian cancer twice.
"They are keeping an eye on her youngest brother for suspicious spots on his thyroid glands and lymph nodes. She has triumphed through so much and still remains positive through all she is going through.”
You can follow brave Alisa's journey on Facebook here. Or why not donate to the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity dedicated to helping young people with cancer?