Look up the phrase "cool as a cucumber" in the dictionary, and I'm 99 percent sure you'll see a jolly, unfazed photo of David Beckham smiling back at you [1]. The 44-year-old former soccer player just put his chill-AF demeanor on full display on The Ellen DeGeneres Show [2] on Wednesday when he survived an attempted scare by none other than Justin Bieber.

David kicked off his talk-show interview by chatting with Ellen about his four children [3] and his recent acting stint on Modern Family before they got on the topic of Justin. The doting dad recalled sliding into the "Yummy" singer's Instagram DMs on Halloween [4] night to ask about bringing his kids by for some trick-or-treating. In the middle of David's story, Justin himself popped out from a box to startle the retired athlete, but David barely even flinched before cracking a huge grin, keeping his legs adorably crossed, and casually carrying on with his chat.

Compared to the usual arm-flailing, screaming-bloody-murder reactions [5] we've seen to Ellen's notorious scares [6], David's response is likely the chillest we've witnessed yet. Watch it unfold — and hear him gush about his 8-year-old daughter, Harper [7] — in the video above.