As the world zooms in on Simone Biles’ road to the international games after overcoming years of emotional trauma from people teasing the Olympic gold medalist about her hair — Gabby Douglas, who also faced criticism for her hair, has had what fans call a glow-up moment.
It’s significant to note that before social media dragged Biles for her coarse edges critics were just as mean when talking about the 2012 triple gold medalist.
“What’s wrong with my hair?” Gabby rhetorically asked during a 2012 interview with CBS.
Around the time of her epic year, when she won the individual all-around women’s gymnastics gold medal at the Olympics, Gabby said that people would cyberbully her, tearing her down because of her kinky hair that may have looked unkempt after she sweated it out after rocking her competition and representing the nation on the highest level.
“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. Nothing is going to change,” she continued. “I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well just stop talking about it.”
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