Gabby Douglas on Oprah's Next Chapter

Gabby needs to look at her passive aggressive self in the mirror. Sounds like she has issues that she is not even aware of and is telling a big false story on national TV about an innocent organization. It comes accross as if she is trying to get more attention from the media even with all the attention that comes with the gold medal. She says she wants to be an acrtress. Sounds like she put on quite an act with Excalibur. Excalibur deserves an apology. I was a fan but now I am not. I hope she finds some counseling and for her real issues and gives Excalibur an apology.

Gabby the Backstabber is more like it.
Oprah the has-been and the REAL racist in all of this.

>>Many African American girls get over looked in gymnastics...

Just like many Whites and Asian-Americans get overlooked in other sports (like basketball). Jeremy Lin, anyone? That damn Asian guy was NorCal Player of the Year, captained his HS team to a 34-1 record, and beating the mighty nationally ranked Mater Dei HS at Championships, and still, he wasn't given a scholarship. His HS coach even said many scouts came over and kept on checking out his new black players on the team who "wasn't even good and had bad work ethics." Lin wasn't even given a partial scholarship from his hometown Stanford. The Stanford black coach, who basically killed the university basketball program, lied and saved the scholarship for a black kid, who ended up sucking. If Lin was black, with his resume/accomplishments, he would've had a full ride to any basketball university of his choosing.
When blacks discriminate, it's okay. When it's anyone else, it's racism.

Ok you guys why so much hate on a 16 year old girl. Anyone can watch television and read papers and interviews about what one person said about someone else. Look we don't know what happen so speculating doesn't do anyone any favors. Think about it how many people are bullied in the US before something is really done about it. Often times its to late and the damage is already done. What was Gabby going to do tell the coach that kids were bullying her I could only imagine what the outcome of that would have been. I am surprise at Morgan Evans and Randy Stageberg. They are both much older than Gabby so how would Gabby even remember the two of them and their failed attempts to make the Olympics back in 2008. Some people just need to get over themselves. Leave Gabby alone and move on with your lives.

Responding on the site Gymnewstics.com, Randy Stageburg, a former senior international elite gymnast who trained at Excalibur, said, "The accusations that are being made against the gymnasts and coaches are just sickening."

Stageburg added, "Gabby was never a victim. In fact, many would say she was one of the favorites. I am not saying that she never felt bullied, because when you are in a sport with a bunch of girls, it is bound to happen. However, anything that she may have felt was never about race, and I can assure you everyone at some point has felt bullied. I never once heard her complain about girls being mean -- funny how it is just now coming up."
Excalibur Gymnastics CEO Gustavo Maure said in a statement to E! News that Gabrielle is lying. "Is Gabrielle a credible person just because she is an Olympic champion? She is not giving any names or dates, leading us to believe that the accusation is fake," he said. "This wouldn't be the first time that the media has made up a story. Thousands of gymnasts and families have supported our good conduct and our professionalism during the last 30 years."

I agree with everything that Sanie San San wrote below!!

And I also blame Oprah for all of this drama!

As a coach in Virginia, I respect the Excalibur gym, coaches, and owners. However, I feel like children do say hurtful things to each other. Sadly, it has happened at the gym I work out. Gabby may have felt some sort of racism. But I don't feel like its at any fault of the excalibur staff. I also don't think Gabby meant to hurt anyone. I think the media likes to dramatize details. I think Oprah should have not encourage the interview to go that direction.

I think people need to lay off Gabby and her mom a bit. Whenever racism is mentioned people go a little nuts and only focus on that, but in the interview Gabby just basically said she didn't feel like she fit in at Excalibur. I don't know about this owing them money business, it could be true but don't believe everything you read (why would a BUSINESS continue to train you when you had racked that much dept up and before Chow Gabby wasn't exactly looking like a future Olympic AA champ).

I understand why Excalibur have countered what was said because it would be bad for business for people to think they were mean but Gabby wasn't necessarily talking about the whole gym just a few individuals. I mean Gabby could have been friendly with that coaches daughter and herself but one person among dozens doesn't mean she fit in there and its not like any of the little girls are going to admit being slightly unkind. The video was also obviously staged to show they weren't racist, it was more like an advertisement which i understand because they don't want to lose business over it.
What I'm trying to say is we don't know what true and what's not so we cant be making mean accusations. As for Gabby and her mum talking about it on TV...well they probably shouldn't have from all the trouble its caused but they are just ordinary people who have been thrown into this celebrity world over night, cut them some slack. Celebrities are always going on about how they were bullied, the reason they talk about it obviously isn't because their proud but they want others know that they are not alone and that even they were bullied, Gabby could have been doing the same. We don't know, so we can't judge.

I posted on Gymnastike before the Olympics of the sleazyness of her mom and the move to try to go to WOGA first and then Chows and owed the old gym tons of money and how the media would reveal it in the end. I got jumped on by everyone at Gymnastike and why bring this stuff up and that the mainstream media would not care and such. NOW Look - while it still could have been handled discreetly - Gabby and her mom go on TV and stir all this up. Now, I notice opinions changing. People will say that now she won the AA that the goal is to tear down the star because she is black. But, the situation was set up too far in advance and no one wanted to notice it.

I totally agree that unless some major recoup is done - this may continue to loom over her. My family has had a very bad situation with a gym and coach and there is so much we could air in public about the situation but that is not what you do - you handle things and you move on.
I dont think the other fab 5 thinks too much of Gabby as a person as well. They were all coached to deal with her professionally and friendly and such, but even in the few off camera moments I have caught, it seems she is odd. The fact that her comments about Jordan who did not make AA was...oh well, everyone has to learn to deal with disappointment....just shows she is off center. I personally think Jordan placed in the right order - but still you dont say that.
Gabby could have ridden this to the brink - but she is going to crash and burn. To me, she and her mom are both PR nightmares. I bet someone is already going behind the scenes and getting the full truth on everything and it is only going to look worse for Gabby.
Former Excalibur Gymnast Randy S - and her family who are very well respected in the National Gymnastics Community has withheld comments until after this interview and they are shocked and heartbroken and totally disagree with her statements.
Mom used the poor stuggling single black mom thing long enough and now take care of my kid for me....because it is the right thing to do...people did and now instead of thanking them - and repaying them with $$ and kind words - you are being rude. Next time a talented kid in my gym needs finanical help -- I am going to think twice or triple before I give a hand out...but it is rarely appreciated.

This may be true. but Excalibur has already shown bad character with the Virginia Pilot article on her mother prior to the Olympics, which was slander. I wish Oprah would have talked about her success instead of seeking to discuss controversial things. Also, they did say in the special that it was not the only reason she left.