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Australian Olympic fencer Rachael Gunn aka Raygunapparently, he's been doing it hard ever since he embarrassed himself in front of the world by jumping on stage at the Olympics, doing what looked like a kangaroo, rabbit or velociraptor impersonation while jumping around like a toddler. trying to get her mother's attention — and calling it breakdancing.
We all saw how Gunn's performance sparked an onslaught of memes, gifs and relentless social media mockery. There was even a petition against her signed by around 58,000 people. The internet drag was worth it, but it seems to have put the 37-year-old in a state of agony that she's still trying to get out of. Apparently, the global backlash to Gunn's cultural nonsense on social media and late-night TV has taken a toll on her mental health, so she tried to stay away from it all — but still felt the need to tell everyone about it , of course.
From Deadline:
And he hasn't even seen it Jimmy Fallon-Parody of Rachel Dratch. “I don't think I'm in the place to watch it yet,” he says in a new interview with the Australian network TV show The Project.
“I knew I was going to be beaten and I knew people weren't going to understand my style and what I was going to do,” said the 37-year-old bravo. “The odds were against me, that's for sure.”
“Thankfully, I got some mental health support very quickly and also got off social media,” she added.
Elsewhere in The Project interview, Gunn apologized for the negative attention she brought to the new Olympic sport. “I'm very sorry for the backlash the community experienced,” he said, “but I can't control how people react.”
I mean, one could argue that he definitely could have controlled how people reacted — by not putting her hapless, rhythmless self on that stage in the first place.
It's arguable that all Gunn did when she (literally) stepped on that stage was the one thing that ensured the break finish never got a proper chance to be taken seriously in the Olympics.
Gunn—who holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and examines the cultural politics of the divide, bringing both academic and artistic perspectives—had also defended herself in a way that suggested she cared nothing about the culture she supposedly studied and that she is more interested in the limelight and what it has done for her personally.
“What I wanted to do was come out here and do something new and different and creative — that's my strength, my creativity.” she said. “I was never going to beat these girls for what they do best, the drive and the power, so I wanted to move differently, be artistic and creative because how many chances do you have in a lifetime to do that on an international stage.”
If Gunn really cared about the culture she supposedly studied, she wouldn't want to be the only thing people remembered from the time she got to the Olympics, which she probably will. it won't happen again in 2028.
But, sure, I guess it's good that she's taking care of her mental health or whatever. Good luck with all of this.
