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Little girl entered a talent show without telling her mom, and the crowd was here for it

This is what pure confidence looks like.

One little girl is somersaulting her way into people’s hearts, and reminding us all of how important it is to put yourself out there every once in a while.

In a now-viral TikTok clip posted by @ashleydkennedy14, we learn that her kindergarten-aged niece had apparently entered herself into a talent show without telling her mom—a feat that involved forging mom’s signature onto a permission slip, no less.

Woman's art contest 'victory' dance is interrupted when she realizes boyfriend is proposing

The crowd was cheering, but not for the reason she thought.

We take the wins where we can get them. And sometimes that win is showing off your amateur painting to a "paint and sip" group, only to have the audience erupt in cheers.

That's what happened when a woman and a man stood before a group and were prompted to reveal their renditions of a red and black "model" painting. "Three, two, one!" we hear on the short clip posted on Australian YouTube user @pintoandpicasso's channel. They reveal their work simultaneously, and the crowd goes wild.

One dad's wholesome game at Pride events has made him a living legend

"Can I play catch with you?'"

So much about allyship is helping to make those who are excluded feel welcome again. And there are numerous ways to accomplish that.

For John Piermatteo, allyship came in the form of simply playing catch. Over the past five years, Piermatteo, a straight dad, has been showing up to Pride events offering to toss a ball around with members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Kermit the Frog delivered 3 pieces of advice to college grads in iconic commencement speech

We all need to "leap together."

Certain graduating classes get major bragging rights for snagging celebrities to perform pretty epic commencement speeches. From Arnold Schwarzenegger’s meditation on what it means to be “self made,” to Taylor Swift’s advice about overcoming mistakes, some icons truly know how to make this milestone, well…iconic.

However, you’d be hard pressed to find a better commencement speech than the one given to the 2025 class at University of Maryland (UMD), Muppet creator Jim Henson's alma mater, delivered by the one and only Kermit the Frog.