Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabrielle Douglas told Oprah Winfrey that her days at a gym in Virginia Beach were uncomfortable and that she felt bullied and isolated, a claim the gym’s owner calls hurtful and her former coach and teammates flat out deny. Douglas and her mother, Natalie Hawkins, revealed to Winfrey on Sunday’s “Oprah’s […]
Dominique jokes with the crew about Lozada filing for divorce, the baby with straightened hair, and more on TJMS.
As Gabby continues to make her media rounds in celebration of her gold medal wins, her family is feuding over her millions. Reports have surfaced that her parents are fighting over her endorsement deals which are expected to start at $10 million in the next couple of weeks. Sources said that her earnings may even […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabby Douglas admitted indulging in post-Olympics fast food to the wrong person: First lady and healthy eating advocate Michelle Obama, who teased the gymnastics champion. "You're setting me back, Gabby," Obama told Douglas during a taping Monday for NBC's "Tonight Show," according to a network transcript. "Sorry!" replied the 16-year-old athlete, […]
As Gabby Douglas took gold as the first Black individual all-round gymnast, Black women around the country began picking apart the young athlete’s hair. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter became infiltrated with messages focusing more on criticizing Douglas’ team uniformed hairstyle rather than her performance. In the middle of the controversial tirade was […]
Gabby Douglas' hair has been a hot topic for over a week now. Stephanie Robinson joins TJMS to discuss why people are obsessed with Douglas' hair and what it represents in the black community.
So, all of this hoopla over the hairdo of 16 year-old Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas this past week was pretty pathetic. All this hoopla about Gabby’s hair instead of her incredible and historic gymnastic accomplishments on the world stage…pathetic. That said, there were some interesting threads (no pun intended) that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Gabby Douglas is golden when it comes to online popularity, too. NBC says the gymnastics gold medalist is the most clicked-upon athlete on its Olympics website. Through Sunday, her profile on the site had more than 18 million page views. That's far above the second-ranked athlete, swimmer Michael Phelps, whose profile […]
To me, the silliness over Gabby Douglas’ gelled, less-than-perfectly-permed edges is symbolic of a larger issue. It’s symbolic of how too many of us focus on shallow things, and, in the process, wind up setting unnecessary limits for ourselves. I won’t fill too much space taking everyone back here, but we all know how Twitter […]
Like Mitt Romney’s tax files situation, Gabby Douglas’ hair controversy just doesn’t seem to want to go away. In fact, in a recent interview with Fashionista.com, Gabby’s mother, Natalie Hawkins, says that this wasn’t the first time her daughter’s hair had come up. “I started hearing about [her hair] earlier this year actually. I started […]
