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Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Reponds to Hair Comments

By on August 5, 2012

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There’s been a lot of negative talk about Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas‘s hair. Everyone had an opinion about it after she won the gold.

To me, the issue wasn’t a big deal but let’s find out what 16-year-old Gabby had to say about all the chatter:

“I don’t know where this is coming from. What’s wrong with my hair?” said Douglas, the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in team and all-around competition. “I’m like, ‘I just made history and people are focused on my hair?’ It can be bald or short, it doesn’t matter about (my) hair.”

Gabby uses gel, clips and a ponytail holder to keep things in place while she competes, a style she’s worn for years.

“Nothing is going to change,” she said. “I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well just stop talking about it.”

Gabby had no idea she was lighting up social media until she Googled herself hours after winning her gold medal.

“I don’t think people should be worried about that,” she said. “We’re all champions and we’re all winners. I just say that it’s kind of, a stupid and crazy thought to think about my hair.”

[AP]

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  • http://www.facebook.com/willboywonder Will Saunders

    It would be so easy to tell those people to go jump off a bridge. Those people who made those comments are so anal. Give me a break!