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Gabby Douglas opened up to Oprah on last weekend’s Oprah’s Next Chapter and she tackled a bunch of serious topics we all wanted to know about the Gold Medal gymnast and America’s sweetheart.  

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Of course Gabby mentioned the controversy surrounding her hair, the issues with her father and even admitted to being called a slave by other gymnasts during gymnastic training in her hometown of Virginia.

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“One of my teammates was like, ‘Could you scrape the bar?’” she remembered. “And they were like, ‘Why doesn’t Gabby do it, she’s our slave?’”

“I was the only African-American at that gym,” Gabby went on. “I definitely felt isolated. Why am I deserving this? Is it because I’m black? — those thoughts were going through my mind.”

Wow! Check out the entire interview between Gabby and Oprah and let us know your thoughts down below.