7-year-old asks a news anchor if she's single and it's the most confident play ever

"Asking for a friend..."

A lot of people get worked up about asking someone out. It takes a lot of guts to get over that all-too-familiar fear of rejection and humiliation.

Not 7-year-old cancer survivor Erin Cross, though.

Erin went on ITV news following her winning a WellChild award. The WellChild Awards are granted to inspirational children who are seriously ill, and Erin won hers for showing incredible optimism in the face of leukemia.

Towards the end of her interview with ITV news anchor Lucrezia Millarini, Erin was told she had 10 seconds left to ask one more question.

"I have a question for a friend," she said, "are you single?"

That. Girl. Is. Bold.

Erin seems like a very self-possessed, confident child in general. She's pretty over meeting Prince Harry, although to be fair she has met him five times.

Erin was already inspirational, and she managed to up her game like an absolute champ. We could all learn a thing or two from Erin.

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