Sarah Paulson absolutely lost her mind when she saw Madonna at the Met Gala

Pure joy.
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Laura Vitto
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Unlike the rest of us, Sarah Paulson is an Golden Globe-award winning actress famous enough to attend Met Gala 2017.

Very much like the rest of us, Sarah Paulson still loses her shit in the presence of Madonna.

Case in point: This series of photos in which the actress realizes who's standing before her, freaks out, and... somehow ends up holding Madonna's camo net accessory.

Let's take a closer look:

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (8770826ir) Sarah Paulson, Madonna and Jeremy Scott The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (8770826ip) Sarah Paulson, Madonna and Jeremy Scott The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock (8770824qk) Sarah Paulson and Madonna The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Gourley/BEI/REX/Shutterstock (8773419f) Madonna The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: Gourley/BEI/REX/Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock (8770824iv) Madonna The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joe Schildhorn/BFA/REX/Shutterstock (8770832mw) Sarah Paulson, Madonna The Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 01 May 2017 Credit: Schildhorn/BFA/REX/Shutterstock

Look at this pure, unfettered joy:

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We imagine that this is what happens every time celebrities run into each other in the Met bathroom.

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Laura Vitto

Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.

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