Do we need an unsportsmanlike conduct call towards Gabby Douglas? The Olympic gymnast seemed like she could totally care less when her teammate Simone Biles won the women’s all-around event, looking so salty and refusing to stand and cheer on her victory. You’ve got to see the video everyone’s talking about.
Uh oh! It looks like Gabby Douglas, 20, really wasn’t feeling any love for teammate Simone Biles, 19, when she so deservedly won the gold medal for the individual women’s all-around event Aug. 11 in at the Rio Olympics. She gave a look of total shade and refused to even stand up and clap for Simone’s achievement, which was in start contrast to Laurie Hernandez, 16, and Madison Kocian, 19, who both leapt to their feet in joy, with big smiles and wild applause showing how excited they were for their teammate’s big win.
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Given, it had to be hard on Gabby not being able to compete in the individual all-around, an event that she won at the 2012 London games and was hoping to defend in Rio. But she finished third in the preliminary competition for the event, and only the top two scorers from each nation can go on to compete, That put only Simone and Aly Raisman, 22, up for women’s Olympic gymnastics’ greatest honor. It had to hurt sitting on the sidelines watching someone become the new champ, but she knew she was going to be on camera and at least could have faked some sort of slight happiness towards Simone’s win
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This has been a rough Olympics for Gabby image-wise, and her sullen behavior about her teammate’s victory just adds to it. On Aug. 9 when she was part of the women’s team all-round that won the gold, she was the only member of the squad to not put her hand over her heart as the National Anthem played, causing her to get pummeled for being unpatriotic and disrespectful. Now she’s showing absolutely no sportsmanship for her teammate’s big victory, which comes across as such a diss!
HollywoodLifers, do you think Gabby was totally being rude by not acting happy for Simone’s win?
