Starstruck Shrewsbury Woman Posted To Beyoncé's Instagram

SHREWSBURY, MA – It was by chance that Susan Monaghan ended up in the same hotel as music royalty. The Shrewsbury resident told the Boston Globe she and her family were staying in the Sheraton New York Times Square for her granddaughter's gymnastics competition and to celebrate her daughter's birthday. Saturday night, a gaggle of celebrities converged on the hotel for a series of Grammys weekend events.

Monaghan was returning to her room after dinner when she hit a wall of security guards and photographers. Standing to the side as they passed, she ran into Jay-Z, though at first she couldn't figure out how she knew him, according to the Globe. It clicked when she saw the woman to her right: Beyoncé.

She told the Globe's Steve Annear that she started saying out loud, "No one is going to believe me. No one is going to believe me," and the superstar smiled at her. The moment, which Monaghan described as "calming and surreal," was caught on camera and posted to the singer's Instagram page – as was her reaction.

Monaghan's awestruck face – open-mouthed and wide-eyed – was a hit among fans who could relate to encountering their idol in the flesh. The slideshow that features the picture has since been liked over 4 million times on Instagram (Monaghan is featured in the fourth image):

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