Jordan Chiles On Her Gymnastics Journey, Angela Yee Comparisons, Historic Podium Moments, + More
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Its way up with Angela Yee and literally this woman
right here be way up when she does her gymnastics betweens,
we have Jordan Chile's in the building.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Hello, thank you so much for having me. I just
feel like I should be saying what's up to in
because at this rate, everybody think me the same.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Let me tell you something.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I get tagged so much like when you're doing something amazing,
which is great because I get tagged damn near every day.
But they're like, oh, she could play you in a movie.
Are you sure you guys aren't related. I take it
as a compliment.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Oh I do too, because the very first time somebody
tagged me and something and they were like, oh, you
look like Ali And I was like, okay, let me
look this up. And I was like, oh, I'm fine
with that. I was like this girl gorgeous, beautiful and
all like I'm good.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I was very I was like, okay, I'll take that one,
you know. But and then looking into your background, your
mom and your dad, your mixed just like I am.
But I'm Asian and black and you're Latina, and those
people think I'm blazing, right, you do kind of I
think it's the Persian in me. I think my eyes
they give that Asian to them. And you know what's
(01:06):
interesting I saw in an interview you said that sometimes
people question like you being black, and you know, and
I think that is a real thing, especially now you
see Kamala Harris running for president and people will be like,
she's not black. She's there, and it's like, been black
my whole life.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
The last time. I remember when I walked into a room,
my skin was black.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
And you I had a moment on that podium.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, three black women you know at first ever, what
was going through your mind during that time?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
There were so many emotions going through me, Like I
was just one when I first saw it. I had
told Simoon and I was like, Yo, this is an
all black podium, Like we just made history. And I'm
so happy that it was like the last event, the
last of our competition, that we could just you know,
embrace that moment. That's history in the book. So I
was really happy. I was getting emotional as well. But
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you know, those girls deserve everything, and I feel like
in that moment, it was more of people should recognize
the fact that it's not just about your skin color.
It's about the talent, the expectation, the dedication that each
and every one of us have put out there. So
it was really cool just to be involved in that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
It is important too, though, because I do feel like gymnastics,
you know, it has been kind of before this and
it still is i mean, let's be clear racist, and
so it is a moment too though for this to
be the first time, because it wouldn't be unusual if
it was what it used to.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Be, Like, yes, it would.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It would definitely have been something like if we take
it back to you know, when Dominique does or you know,
Dian Durham or that whole situation like with Gabby Douglas
and our hair. Like, yes, there have been a lot
of things, but I think now with the diversity changing,
because we've been able to, you know, as women put
that on the platform of gymnastics, it's been easier to
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kind of recognize it. But it's still you know, people
still hate here and there. Don't worry, I still see
your comments, your you know, everything like that. But I
feel like now that we've been able to see it more,
we can handle it as women of like we can
handle the you know, the comments and be like it's okay,
Like I've done everything that I needed to do to
make sure I can put myself in the position like
I made a name for myself. Yes, she's a moone
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made a name for herself, but record ond Rogie made
a name for herself, So that's in that moment.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
It's just I don't understand why people were so upset
about the bowing to Rebecca and Johnny. I thought it
was a nice unifying moment to show good sportsmanship, to
show like, you know, dope, like everything that you've accomplished,
and the two of you did that together. I thought
it was nice to see something like that because it
is a competition, you know, still, but the fact that
y'all have this sisterhood is amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, it's one hundred percent. Obviously, people are gonna say
what they want to say. But I feel like it
was more of, oh, those two are you know if
they're bowing, Like what does that even mean? There's no point,
like she's already good like it was for us, Like
I'm a girls girl, I'm gonna recognize you no matter what.
I'm gonna give you your flowers, your crown, whatever it is,
because you did what you needed to do. Yeah, right,
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Like the sisterhood that we have, we're not always competing
against each other. We still have a relationship outside of
our sport, which I feel like people don't see because
all they see is, oh, you're head and head, you're
doing this, you're doing that. But I, yeah, people are
just people. I just let them be.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Let me ask you this. I was thinking about this.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
When you win a medal like early on in the Olympics,
do you feel like it takes some of the pressure off,
Like okay, well we did, you know, yeah, so now
we could just you know, I'm just wondering what goes on,
like as you're winning medals early on, you know, you
guys got a team goal, But then does that make
you feel like, okay, you know, at least I did this,
So I feel it does.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I for me, since I've never got like been in
an event final. So for me, when we got gold
for team, I was like, okay, you know, this whole
thing has been a redemption tour for all of us.
So I was just like, oh, this is great. The
goal is good. Like let's just keep going, you know,
just keep feeling good each and every day. I feel
like for the other girls, it was more of like, Okay,
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if I could do this once, let me do it again.
Especially for Sunnie, I felt like I gave her motivation
to kind of just be like, Okay, I have all
these event finals coming up. Let me just put myself
out there and be like, Okay, this is like a
team final, this is this, that and the other. So
it was definitely with winning gold, it gave us a
spark for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I love how Sunny was talking about her confidence at
first and have an imposter syndrome, which has to be
really difficult in this sport, and how you guys really
like hyped her up to be like walk in that
room like you own, like you're a winner, You're a
team already.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeahs one hundred percent. We did have a conversation before
team finals even happened, and I realized there was just
something off about her. I was like, Sunny, what is
going on? Like I don't like you're very quiet, like,
but when you're outside the gym, like there's just things
You're not the same person, Like I feel like you're
shying from something. And we just all had a conversation
about it and we were telling her like you have
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to own you have to stand your ground, like stand
your ground, like you just were the reigning Olympic All
Around champion in twenty one, Like you have a name
for yourself, go out there and be your So we
wanted to kind of put that in her, and I
think it worked because girl was out here doing her
big one. I was like, okay, period one after the next,
after the next, I was like, okay, yes, do your thing.
So I'm happy that we were able to have that
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conversation because it is it is hard as an athlete
just in general, to you know, put yourself in that
position like for instance, Sidney mcgoughlin just got another gold medal,
like her continuing and continuing, Like that's really hard to do,
especially when you have that spotlight.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Oh and you're going back to college UCLA. Congratulations are
that thing? When did you know you were going to
do that? Was it before the Olympics or was it
something that while you were there you were like, I think, like,
how long have you known that's what you wanted to do.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I've known for a while. I actually decided after championships,
so I would say June time made time frame. I
had talked to my coaches, and I was like, look,
I think it'd be really cool to go back to school.
You know, I have two more years, Like let's just
see how everything turns out. But I also have goals
for myself and I just wanted to accomplish within my
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college career. And then I was like, Okay, this is
I guess we'll do this, Like, let's just go for it.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
You on college, Like, how are you going to go
to class? You know, I'm not gonna be like I'm sitting.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Next to Joy. Everybody keeps telling me. Everybody keeps telling
me that you're not going to be a normal person
going into college. But for me, I feel like I
want to, you know, be a normal college student. Like
I do appreciate everybody you know, telling me congrats and
all like that, but I don't consider myself famous. So
in my head, I'm like, I'm just gonna walk on
campus and be perfectly fine.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Are you going to bring the medals to the dorm room?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Yes, I'll bring my medals with me. They will be
with me everywhere I go. My purse be heavy as
i'll get out, but yeah, they'll be with me.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
What are you majoring in?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
So I used to, So I switched my major three times.
My first major was business, and then I switched it
to sociology and now I'm doing educationmmunication, one of.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Those Okay, it's good. So you could come feeling for me.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah I'm down, and pretend you're me and then I
feel yeah, No, I actually can't feel in for you.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
No, I think you could. I think you could. I
think it can go, you can go flip here and there.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Absolutely not. I barely could tumble, really yeah, barely.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
When I tell you we I remember in high school
having to do like we all had to do some gymnastis.
There was one girl who was so good. We used
to have to hang on the pull up barn because
we couldn't do pull ups, but she could do pull
ups and every yeah, And I was like that upper
body strength is no joke.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, our upper body chair. I don't know how we
do half the things we do. I still being like,
I look at myself and I'm like, how do I
do that? It doesn't comprehend it.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
And when you're dan, you always like you know you
did it.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I always have some type of hype moment, whether I'm jumping,
clapping screaming, there's a bunch of pictures. Sometimes I get
really embarrassed about what the pictures look like.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Though it looks amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
People get so hype to see you, even your music choices.
So we got to talk about this because it's kind
of like, I let me clear my throat. There were
certain songs I think you played, like a jade song.
I'm like, how does she know these throwback songs from
some of them? Maybe you weren't even born or you
were a baby. Where does this musical taste come from?
Speaker 3 (09:14):
My family's been We are musically inclined. My dad he
played the instruments, he sings, my sisters sing, My brothers
can rap and sing. So I used to play the
clarinet first chair in middle school. So I'm just musically
inclined my whole life. Yeah. Like so, but music is
something that I feel like kind of brings the world together.
(09:37):
I know, like especially during COVID, a lot of people
were like, I don't know what to do, Like I
have no music to produce or anything like that. So
just being able to kind of I feel like if
the crowd is entertaining us, because we're entertaining them. So
I want my music and my Florentine to kind of
be like, Okay, I want you to feel like you're
going to a concert, like you know every song in
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my Florentine. So yeah, that's just like with Beyonce. My
whole routine is Beyonce. So I was really like for
that inspiration part of it, it was more of like, Okay,
everybody knows the Renaissance Tour, so why not bring the
Renaissance Tour to gymnastics. That should be a fun thing
to do. And then my throwback all my nineties and
so I really you know, for rest of Vach, Salt
(10:19):
and Pepper, like, there was just a lot of different
things in Vogue that was just more of giving the
audience like, you know, things that they've listened to, and
I feel like it should be recognized more.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
And Beyonce was levanatt two.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
You know, I saw since you are named after Michael Jordan,
I saw Michael Jordan's said all right, let's get up
when he wished you good luck. Has he really like
contacted to see what can happen?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
No, he has not contacted me. He said, yes he's not.
He's not. But you know, for me, I'm not somebody
who kind of like, oh, I'm expected, you know, to
get a response. He did say it, but hey, whatever
happens happens. If he community, if he communicates back, you
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go see it on social media probably, but.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Yeah, try to get that cause you're already at Nike.
Yes you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, yes, you know what I saw. That was interesting
and I want you to get some insight on this.
Dwayne Wade was talking about the basketball team, right and
how they should get paid to go, and I'm playing
a lot of people don't understand how the Olympics works
as far as pay, so I know it says like
country by country because then I was like, let me
do a deep dive and I never thought about that before.
So you get paid when you win, right, But what
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about just for participating?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
How does that work?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
The participation You just get participation points, Okay, Like there's
really no pay out. We win by our medals. So
like for gold, there's a certain amount of money you
get for bronze it's each country, but for the participation part,
you don't get paid for that.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
What did you think about those comments then? When he
was saying that people do spend time going out there
and they are making money off of him.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
I think I feel like for our sport, it's a
little different. Like I can understand the you know, the
men's basketball and the women's basketball. I get it because
they're they're constantly playing a game, right, Like they're every
single day doing this, doing that. You're a Disney and
I'm a Disney and they're still playing Like what is happening?
So yeah, I feel like for them that makes a
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lot of sense, and I get it one hundred percent
because they only do like for us, we have the
ability to get multiple medals. For them, it's just one
medal at the very end of all their tournaments that
they get. Uh So it makes sense for why he
was saying that, But for us, it's it's kind of this.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It's a difference.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yeah, all right.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
And as for you, I said that you bought a
house and you've done all these things, So tell me
about that process because that's exciting.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
M So, after Tokyo and I want to say, two
years of being in college, I decided to it's actually
my parents' house. I bought them the house. Parents, I
bought them, Thank you. I bought them the house because
and for me, I like being able to get back
to my community or like just people within my life
that has dedicated, like they sacrificed, like my siblings sacrificed
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a lot. When I mean sacrifice, I'm pretty sure I'm
surprised they have not like strangled me at this rate,
like they sacrificed a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Paid.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yeah, for sure. So with that process, I don't that
was I feel like that was more difficult to buy
a house than it is to actually do my sport. What. Yeah,
I think that was the most adult thing that I've
ever done in my life.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
But your whole life, you've been preparing for gymnastics.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I don't know that you could. What was so difficult
about it?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think it was like the understanding of like taxes
and then income and then it's like, okay, you have
to do a certain It was just a lot, like
how much you know you can get back from your equity.
And I was like in Hawaii on a girls trip,
my sister was telling me all these things, and I
was like, I don't comprehend what is happening. But now
if you told me like okay, let's go buy another
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house again, I can be learned a lot. Yeah, I
could be like, Okay, yes, I know what to do.
I know all this stuff.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
So that's the fact.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Though, once you do it one time, it does get
a lot easier and you think about investing. But it's
nice to know that they have a place to live
with all the like you said, they've made a lot
of sacrifices. I know you guys moved to Texas. Yes,
So did the whole family move or just your like,
how did that work?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
So my whole family didn't move. It was at first
the first two years it was just me, my mom,
and my dad, and then my siblings. Actually they were
like okay. My brother was like, I'm gonna move out there,
so it took him like he just moved with us.
Now my older sister she's gonna move in March. So
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they're all like trickling in one by one by one
coming to Texas. But I never thought they were I
never thought they were gonna move to Texas. I thought
they were they were gonna stay in Washington. But I
was like, bye, I'm gonna see y'all later, like I
have things to go do. So yeah, you've.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Been open about the fact that at a certain point
you wanted to quit, and Simone Boles was really like,
come out here, chain with me and how I'm in
having the right coach can be. And I was thinking
about applying the principles that you apply to gymnastics to
real life.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Like if you could write a book about.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Certain things that you learned from your sport that are
real life lessons, what are some things you would say
are lessons that you learned.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Throughout my sport. I've learned a lot about when to
say no. I think the biggest thing is like standing
your ground and being able to kind of put yourself
in a position to understand yourself as a person. Because
the maturity level. I've been in my sport since I
was seven. I'm twenty three, so I had to learn
a lot, progress a lot with the maturity aspect of
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things and being a twenty three year old in real
life it's totally different. One thing I learned was time management.
When I was I didn't know time management at all.
I was like, oh, yeah, I have so much time
to do this, Like no, that's not how life really
works like in the real world. So that was one
lesson I learned. And then the disciplined part of things.
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Being disciplined from your parents compared to being disciplined in
a sport are two different things. So I had to
figure out how to separate the two and kind of understand, Okay,
my parents are telling me this one thing that I
have to learn for real life, but this is also
something that I can, you know, kind of take away
and do it differently in my sport.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
And you know what else I was thinking even when
you won the bronze and that was all through like
the challenge of having to review, but sometimes you do
have to question things and go hard for yourself. Yeah,
and you can be right, you know. So how often
does that happen? Because I saw there was like some
controversy over that and people were alive with some type
of unique situation. But it is something that really does happen.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Yes, it happens a lot. I mean, it just depends
on what you know, the judges really look at. I
had a certain it's really the difficulty in what my
floor team was supposed to be or wasn't supposed to be. Again,
it does come down all down to the judges. I
didn't do anything wrong, my coaches didn't do anything wrong.
So the biggest thing I think a lot of people
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are just taking away from it is like, well she
changed the score, and it's like, I can't control that.
I can't control something that they did. It's a rule.
It's literally in the handbook. Go look at the handbook.
At this rate, like half of y'all don't even do
our sports. So what do you like?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
What are you complain about people that don't follow the sport.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
No, it's just they only follow it. That's what gets
on my nerves. They only follow our sport when they
come and it's the Olympic part of things. You don't
see anything before that. You don't even tune into half
of the things we may post on social media. It's
only during the Olympic game. So with those people, all
they see is oh, she did this on the other
and it's like, well, you only saw the two days
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that we competed, right, and you're already complaining about something.
But when I think of that, I'm like, okay, it's
I always say when it comes to people who have
these hate comments or something, it's say they have something
within themselves that they can't control or they don't like. Yeah,
that's a reflection on yourself, like you're looking at your
off the mirror and you're you're annoyed with something that's
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in yourself, so you're gonna go on social media and
go attack somebody else. What's what is? What is that?
And that's when you just be like I got it,
Like that's why I'm like, okay, Yeah, you guys are
say what you want to say, and you know it
only sparks me more. It feels me. I will go
and show you even more. I'll go and give you
more entertainment at that rate, and you are very entertaining.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And then you had some great tiktoks too. Yes, you
guys are out there.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yes, I love that girl. We enjoy TikTok. TikTok is
so fun. Sometimes sometimes I'd be deep diving into like
sad stuff relationship prop like it's just be going at it.
But TikTok is fun, especially during that timeframe when you're
always together, like our sisterhood together, our bond together, just
like all the five of us. We were just enjoying
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our time, so having tiktoks was like our outlet.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
You know.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I also was seeing some people hate the Olympic village.
I sell people like.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
I'm sleeping outside. What was that like for you? Because
it seems like y'all were having fun.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Yeah, so our Olympic village experience, I can tell you
it's like it was like fifty to fifty. I'm gonna
give you that. Definitely. The cardboard beds were not it whatsoever.
I did not. My back was hurting, a girl was hurting.
But we did get mattress toppers, which was really cool.
Our coach was like, Okay, we're gonna go get you
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guys mattress toppers. But I think the cool part about
being in the village though, was really being able to
see all the different countries and all the different athletes,
and you get to interact, trade pins, you know, just
enjoy the time that you never realize how many countries
actually have sports, right, and it's really cool just to see,
you know, you know who's a volleyball player, you know
who does swimming, you know who's like a rower, you
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know who does skateboarding, Like you just know every sport.
So it's really cool and just being able to kind
of like us we had this balcony and look over
our balcony and just be like, wow, we've come so far,
and we've made it to this point and you just
realize that you just you just did it.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
You're also doing this goat tour.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Yes, the Gold Over America Tour.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
So talk to me about that and why that's important.
This isn't the first time, So Mom Bowles does this,
and that's that's your sister for sure. I love the
relationship that you guys had because it is so nice
to know that you could rely on other people and
lift each other up. You've had to step in for her.
She's been like, come on, girl, don't quit the sport.
Come out here. That's what is like sisterhood really is about.
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So talk about this tour and what that means to.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You, the Goldover America Tour. Like you're saying, it's not
the first time we did it. We did it back
in twenty one, and in twenty one it was to inspire,
to encourage, to let people know that there's gold in
all of us and that you can, you know, have
the ability to shine bright. And so with this now
that we're doing it again, it's the exact same thing.
We just want to inspire. We just want to know
that each and every one of us has that Golden
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Spark and you know, to encourage the younger generation just
to go out there and be themselves. And you know,
at the end of the day, we like to entertain,
so we want to make sure, you know, the crowd
gets involved and we have the ability just to you know,
show the world that there's more than just us flipping
and that we actually can have fun.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
I saw like for the VIP package, you have to
be between the ages of seven and twenty five. I
was like, now, this feels like ageism. We can't be
fifty years old coming to meet too in the VIP.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
There is there are they if you want to meet
us in the VIP. I didn't even know there was
an age limit on that. That's crazy. I got to
go look at that though.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Yeah, you know, it's so funny because they say the
Golden Girls, and it's so interesting you talk about the
younger generation. I feel like you are the younger generation.
But it's interesting in this sport. How you know, for
Simon Vows being like the oldest one, you know, to
still be competing and at the level that she is,
that's so crazy to me because that's so young still.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
It's it is crazy again It goes back to the
understanding of us being like, oh, yeah, she's twenty seven
in the gymnastic world, which is old, but in real
life that's young. Like we have to literally two different
brains at this rate. Like I'd be going into the
gym and being like, man, like, what are we doing?
My back hurts. I feel like I'm forty years old.
And then I like walk out of the gym driving
my car and I'm like, oh wait, I'm twenty three,
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like or she's twenty seven, but yeah, I feel like
for us, like when we say younger generation, we mean
like literally even the infence, like the people who have
not yet stepped up to you know, what they're trying
to do with their life. But I I always say,
whether you're older than me, younger than me, the same
age as me, it's typically the same, Like just be
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auth ino to who you are because you know you
just you have a life to live. We only have
one life. We don't have nine lives like cats. Unfortunately,
we can't just you know, fall out of a tree
and land on all fours, like we gotta do something
and just enjoy life.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Now, Listen, when you go on campus, yes, and the
guys are sliding in your dms and coming up to
you on campus, like, so, can I take you out?
What would be an ideal date for you?
Speaker 3 (22:53):
An ideal day? I would just I'm I I don't know.
I feel like, okay, I can be romantic, but at
the same time, if you literally just take me shopping
or on a picnic, I don't know. It just depends
on what my mood is or.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
We have goals and standards.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I'm very like for me, people always are like, oh,
do you like flowers? I'm like, I would prefer sneakers
over flowers.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Okay, that's just.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
How I like the class and it's something that yeah,
like I just but I do enjoy. Don't get me wrong,
I do enjoy flowers, like roses are my favorite flower.
But I just I don't know. I'm That's just how
I am.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
But what has been What has been your best date?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Then?
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Like, would you say what happened? Where did you go
something creative?
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Well? I took somebody to Universal Studios. That was our
first date.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
You took somebody on a date, so you asked them
on a date?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, okay, I.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Did, Wait, hold on, was this recent?
Speaker 3 (24:04):
No, it was a year ago. Okay, yeah, it's not recent,
not at all, not recent. A year ago.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
I had some fun and how does somebody get your attention?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
How does a lot of people do slide into my dms?
Or I'll be walking on campus and I can tell
when a guy is staring at me, like I just
feel it, like I have really good purfle vision. I'll
just either too, like I just be like, okay, I realized.
Or the sometimes they'll do a double take and I'm like,
you know, I just saw you do a double take.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Right, Like I know you know who I am?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Right, I know you saw me. I saw you do
a double take. But I don't know. I don't I
don't really put myself out there.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
What people act like they don't know who you are,
but you know they know. They're like, oh what do
you do? And You're like.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
It's I actually just let it be until they actually
are like, wait, just kidding, I know who you are.
And I'm like, okay, that's fine. I prefer people don't
know who I am. That's just how I am.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Yeah, that's gonna be tough.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
Oh yeah, I realized. I realized. Like walking into the
grocery stores, I'm like okay, me and my best friend.
She was really like, okay, Joan, let's see how many
people recognize you. And I'm like, no, nobody's gonna recognize me.
I'm good, we're walking. All I just want to do
is go get my gro She's that's it. No, She's like, oh,
they recognize you. I'm like, don't say anything. She's like,
do you know who this is? I'm like, oh my gosh,
(25:21):
Like why did you have to say something? She was like,
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Aren't too glad you stuck with it now that you
get back at the time that you were like, I
don't know if I want to do this anymore, which
I understand because it can be difficult if you're not
with the right team of people. Yeah, you know, because
that matters a lot. Think about how many people might
have walked away that could have been successful but didn't
have the right team around them.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
It's I'm very happy that I stuck with it, although yes,
I went through a lot of trauma and mental situations
when I was younger, but I'm so happy that I
was able to, you know, conquer that and kind of
put myself in a position to where I can look
back and be like, just because you went through that,
it only made you stronger and made you like be
the person you are today. So I'm happy and I'm
(26:04):
beyond proud of myself.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Really because we're all proud of you.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Man twenty three. I never thought of you here at all.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
We're so proud of you, Like even me watching that
and like looking at everything then I had to flash
back and watch like all your older routines. It is
so like insanely impressive. Thank you just what you've been
able to accomplish. Thank you so much. And I want
to talk about you taking care of yourself physically too,
because that has to take a toll on your body.
Oh yes, So what do you do acupunture? Like what
(26:31):
are some things that you do to make sure that
you stay you know.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Not nice and relaxed. I do do a lot of
self care typically when it comes to that, you know,
whether it's massages I do, you know, I go to therapy.
She works so good, like massaging our calves, like whatever
it is that we need. I've done accupuncture before. I
personally like it. Some people don't. I think it's really
(26:56):
cool that you just have to put a needle on
your body and it relaxes your muscle. I don't know why.
That's just cool to me, But a majority of the
time I just stay in my room watch TV. Like
I kid you not you tell me to go.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
To sleep, I'll go to sleep at any moment.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
At any moment. If you're just like okay, Jordan, go
like you know, close your eyes, go lay down, I
will be sleep because that's just what I feel like
my body needs rather than always constantly doing something on it.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Yeah, rest is important.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
And then I know you have this situation with Two
Good in Coo, so talk to me about that because
it's not Also just what you put in your body.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Is so important for what you do.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
Also, yeah, Two Good and co it was you know
with our on the Ghost smoothies. That's what I love
about them. It's later because my schedules. It has ten
grams of protein, you know, three grams of sugar, and
it's really healthy for you. It helps with it's a probiotic,
so it helps with your digestive system and everything like that.
So having that with me everywhere I go, I think
(27:55):
it's like the fastest thing because not every time I
eat breakfast.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Or eat lunch not a breakfast person.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
It just doesn't Yeah, it doesn't sit right with me
that I have to wake up at seven o'clock in
the morning to make myself some eggs, like that.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
It's too early breakfast makes you really tired.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Yeah, like it's just like it's and you're already ready
to see so, yeah, it's too good to cod. They
really help with a lot of that, just being able
to wake up, especially because my practices are early. I
can take it on the go with me. I'm constantly going.
So yeah, that's that's really how they are with their smoothies.
They have different flavors. They have peach, they have mixed berry.
(28:31):
My favorite is the peach one.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Okay, Yeah, I'm a smoothie person myself.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yeah, they're really good. I definitely tell you to try it.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
They'll tell you.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
My producer would be like, she comes in here with
a juice in the morning, and I don't eat breakfast.
But the only problem is that I do have a
sweet tooth. So sometimes it'd be like there's donuts down
the hall and I try not to do it, but
it's hard.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I have a sweet tooth. But crazy part is I
don't like cake unless my sister makes it.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yes, okay, that's your favorite cake.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
My favorite cake, like if she made it. She used
to make this maple brown sugar like cupcakes, so she
used to make when she was like in her baking era.
But yeah, I don't like any other cake and it
just doesn't sit right with me. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Can you cook?
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Oh no, I mean I can. I can cook. I can.
Let me take that back, I can't. I can cook.
I think it's more so like, do I want to cook?
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Now?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Okay, well, listen, you're getting to the money.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
What when you look at yourself in the future, if
you have to think about, like where you see yourself,
say five years from now, what would be ideal for you?
What do you want to be doing. I know you've
changed your major three times, but if you had to
think in this moment now.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Yes, in this moment now. Obviously at some point in time,
I want to have a family, like I just want
to be able to, you know, to help and develop
my own family just the same way as my parents
did with us. And I want to be in real estate,
so literal, you.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Know, my real estate license really to stop it.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Yes, I want to be in real estate. My mom
actually she does interior designing, which is really cool. You know,
I had the ability to kind of grow up and
that because she also my mom also had her own
property management company. Yeah, so I grew up with you know,
building and designing and all this stuff. So real estate
is something I want to do and kind of just
be able to wake up one day and look at myself,
(30:27):
just like at the ceiling in my bed and be
like I did everything that. I have a car.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I love this, how I love her.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
She's a real estate, interior design, building management. Those are
all things like I just bought a building in Detroit,
in the town and I'm literally right now starting a
management company that I just came up with a name
for with a master plumber, my guy, Albert.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I love that. I have to watch, I have to
look out for it.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
I really appreciate it having the time to sit down
and talk to you. I know you've been doing a
lot and you've been so busy, So thank.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
You, no, thank you for having me. I'm so happy
that I got to meet you, because now everybody can
just now we met, y'all, like we met.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
I love it and I'm so proud that this is like,
who can play me in a movie?
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Oh, I would definitely watch out. Acting might be coming
my way.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
I feel like I feel like they're in some of
those dms. Is offering you all kinds.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Of probably at this rate, I haven't even checked them things.
There so many, All.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Right, Well, the champ is here. Jordan Childs, thank you
so much, thank yea
Speaker 3 (31:30):
Well y'all
What's up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Its way up with Angela Yee and literally this woman
right here be way up when she does her gymnastics betweens,
we have Jordan Chile's in the building.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Hello, thank you so much for having me. I just
feel like I should be saying what's up to in
because at this rate, everybody think me the same.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Let me tell you something.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I get tagged so much like when you're doing something amazing,
which is great because I get tagged damn near every day.
But they're like, oh, she could play you in a movie.
Are you sure you guys aren't related. I take it
as a compliment.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Oh I do too, because the very first time somebody
tagged me and something and they were like, oh, you
look like Ali And I was like, okay, let me
look this up. And I was like, oh, I'm fine
with that. I was like this girl gorgeous, beautiful and
all like I'm good.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I was very I was like, okay, I'll take that one,
you know. But and then looking into your background, your
mom and your dad, your mixed just like I am.
But I'm Asian and black and you're Latina, and those
people think I'm blazing, right, you do kind of I
think it's the Persian in me. I think my eyes
they give that Asian to them. And you know what's
(01:06):
interesting I saw in an interview you said that sometimes
people question like you being black, and you know, and
I think that is a real thing, especially now you
see Kamala Harris running for president and people will be like,
she's not black. She's there, and it's like, been black
my whole life.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
The last time. I remember when I walked into a room,
my skin was black.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
And you I had a moment on that podium.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, three black women you know at first ever, what
was going through your mind during that time?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
There were so many emotions going through me, Like I
was just one when I first saw it. I had
told Simoon and I was like, Yo, this is an
all black podium, Like we just made history. And I'm
so happy that it was like the last event, the
last of our competition, that we could just you know,
embrace that moment. That's history in the book. So I
was really happy. I was getting emotional as well. But
(01:53):
you know, those girls deserve everything, and I feel like
in that moment, it was more of people should recognize
the fact that it's not just about your skin color.
It's about the talent, the expectation, the dedication that each
and every one of us have put out there. So
it was really cool just to be involved in that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
It is important too, though, because I do feel like gymnastics,
you know, it has been kind of before this and
it still is i mean, let's be clear racist, and
so it is a moment too though for this to
be the first time, because it wouldn't be unusual if
it was what it used to.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Be, Like, yes, it would.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It would definitely have been something like if we take
it back to you know, when Dominique does or you know,
Dian Durham or that whole situation like with Gabby Douglas
and our hair. Like, yes, there have been a lot
of things, but I think now with the diversity changing,
because we've been able to, you know, as women put
that on the platform of gymnastics, it's been easier to
(02:46):
kind of recognize it. But it's still you know, people
still hate here and there. Don't worry, I still see
your comments, your you know, everything like that. But I
feel like now that we've been able to see it more,
we can handle it as women of like we can
handle the you know, the comments and be like it's okay,
Like I've done everything that I needed to do to
make sure I can put myself in the position like
I made a name for myself. Yes, she's a moone
(03:07):
made a name for herself, but record ond Rogie made
a name for herself, So that's in that moment.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
It's just I don't understand why people were so upset
about the bowing to Rebecca and Johnny. I thought it
was a nice unifying moment to show good sportsmanship, to
show like, you know, dope, like everything that you've accomplished,
and the two of you did that together. I thought
it was nice to see something like that because it
is a competition, you know, still, but the fact that
y'all have this sisterhood is amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, it's one hundred percent. Obviously, people are gonna say
what they want to say. But I feel like it
was more of, oh, those two are you know if
they're bowing, Like what does that even mean? There's no point,
like she's already good like it was for us, Like
I'm a girls girl, I'm gonna recognize you no matter what.
I'm gonna give you your flowers, your crown, whatever it is,
because you did what you needed to do. Yeah, right,
(03:56):
Like the sisterhood that we have, we're not always competing
against each other. We still have a relationship outside of
our sport, which I feel like people don't see because
all they see is, oh, you're head and head, you're
doing this, you're doing that. But I, yeah, people are
just people. I just let them be.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Let me ask you this. I was thinking about this.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
When you win a medal like early on in the Olympics,
do you feel like it takes some of the pressure off,
Like okay, well we did, you know, yeah, so now
we could just you know, I'm just wondering what goes on,
like as you're winning medals early on, you know, you
guys got a team goal, But then does that make
you feel like, okay, you know, at least I did this,
So I feel it does.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I for me, since I've never got like been in
an event final. So for me, when we got gold
for team, I was like, okay, you know, this whole
thing has been a redemption tour for all of us.
So I was just like, oh, this is great. The
goal is good. Like let's just keep going, you know,
just keep feeling good each and every day. I feel
like for the other girls, it was more of like, Okay,
(04:57):
if I could do this once, let me do it again.
Especially for Sunnie, I felt like I gave her motivation
to kind of just be like, Okay, I have all
these event finals coming up. Let me just put myself
out there and be like, Okay, this is like a
team final, this is this, that and the other. So
it was definitely with winning gold, it gave us a
spark for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I love how Sunny was talking about her confidence at
first and have an imposter syndrome, which has to be
really difficult in this sport, and how you guys really
like hyped her up to be like walk in that
room like you own, like you're a winner, You're a
team already.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeahs one hundred percent. We did have a conversation before
team finals even happened, and I realized there was just
something off about her. I was like, Sunny, what is
going on? Like I don't like you're very quiet, like,
but when you're outside the gym, like there's just things
You're not the same person, Like I feel like you're
shying from something. And we just all had a conversation
about it and we were telling her like you have
(05:51):
to own you have to stand your ground, like stand
your ground, like you just were the reigning Olympic All
Around champion in twenty one, Like you have a name
for yourself, go out there and be your So we
wanted to kind of put that in her, and I
think it worked because girl was out here doing her
big one. I was like, okay, period one after the next,
after the next, I was like, okay, yes, do your thing.
So I'm happy that we were able to have that
(06:13):
conversation because it is it is hard as an athlete
just in general, to you know, put yourself in that
position like for instance, Sidney mcgoughlin just got another gold medal,
like her continuing and continuing, Like that's really hard to do,
especially when you have that spotlight.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Oh and you're going back to college UCLA. Congratulations are
that thing? When did you know you were going to
do that? Was it before the Olympics or was it
something that while you were there you were like, I think, like,
how long have you known that's what you wanted to do.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I've known for a while. I actually decided after championships,
so I would say June time made time frame. I
had talked to my coaches, and I was like, look,
I think it'd be really cool to go back to school.
You know, I have two more years, Like let's just
see how everything turns out. But I also have goals
for myself and I just wanted to accomplish within my
(07:00):
college career. And then I was like, Okay, this is
I guess we'll do this, Like, let's just go for it.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
You on college, Like, how are you going to go
to class? You know, I'm not gonna be like I'm sitting.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Next to Joy. Everybody keeps telling me. Everybody keeps telling
me that you're not going to be a normal person
going into college. But for me, I feel like I
want to, you know, be a normal college student. Like
I do appreciate everybody you know, telling me congrats and
all like that, but I don't consider myself famous. So
in my head, I'm like, I'm just gonna walk on
campus and be perfectly fine.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Are you going to bring the medals to the dorm room?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Yes, I'll bring my medals with me. They will be
with me everywhere I go. My purse be heavy as
i'll get out, but yeah, they'll be with me.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
What are you majoring in?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
So I used to, So I switched my major three times.
My first major was business, and then I switched it
to sociology and now I'm doing educationmmunication, one of.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Those Okay, it's good. So you could come feeling for me.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah I'm down, and pretend you're me and then I
feel yeah, No, I actually can't feel in for you.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
No, I think you could. I think you could. I
think it can go, you can go flip here and there.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Absolutely not. I barely could tumble, really yeah, barely.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
When I tell you we I remember in high school
having to do like we all had to do some gymnastis.
There was one girl who was so good. We used
to have to hang on the pull up barn because
we couldn't do pull ups, but she could do pull
ups and every yeah, And I was like that upper
body strength is no joke.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, our upper body chair. I don't know how we
do half the things we do. I still being like,
I look at myself and I'm like, how do I
do that? It doesn't comprehend it.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
And when you're dan, you always like you know you
did it.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
I always have some type of hype moment, whether I'm jumping,
clapping screaming, there's a bunch of pictures. Sometimes I get
really embarrassed about what the pictures look like.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Though it looks amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
People get so hype to see you, even your music choices.
So we got to talk about this because it's kind
of like, I let me clear my throat. There were
certain songs I think you played, like a jade song.
I'm like, how does she know these throwback songs from
some of them? Maybe you weren't even born or you
were a baby. Where does this musical taste come from?
Speaker 3 (09:14):
My family's been We are musically inclined. My dad he
played the instruments, he sings, my sisters sing, My brothers
can rap and sing. So I used to play the
clarinet first chair in middle school. So I'm just musically
inclined my whole life. Yeah. Like so, but music is
something that I feel like kind of brings the world together.
(09:37):
I know, like especially during COVID, a lot of people
were like, I don't know what to do, Like I
have no music to produce or anything like that. So
just being able to kind of I feel like if
the crowd is entertaining us, because we're entertaining them. So
I want my music and my Florentine to kind of
be like, Okay, I want you to feel like you're
going to a concert, like you know every song in
(09:58):
my Florentine. So yeah, that's just like with Beyonce. My
whole routine is Beyonce. So I was really like for
that inspiration part of it, it was more of like, Okay,
everybody knows the Renaissance Tour, so why not bring the
Renaissance Tour to gymnastics. That should be a fun thing
to do. And then my throwback all my nineties and
so I really you know, for rest of Vach, Salt
(10:19):
and Pepper, like, there was just a lot of different
things in Vogue that was just more of giving the
audience like, you know, things that they've listened to, and
I feel like it should be recognized more.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
And Beyonce was levanatt two.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
You know, I saw since you are named after Michael Jordan,
I saw Michael Jordan's said all right, let's get up
when he wished you good luck. Has he really like
contacted to see what can happen?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
No, he has not contacted me. He said, yes he's not.
He's not. But you know, for me, I'm not somebody
who kind of like, oh, I'm expected, you know, to
get a response. He did say it, but hey, whatever
happens happens. If he community, if he communicates back, you
(11:07):
go see it on social media probably, but.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Yeah, try to get that cause you're already at Nike.
Yes you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, yes, you know what I saw. That was interesting
and I want you to get some insight on this.
Dwayne Wade was talking about the basketball team, right and
how they should get paid to go, and I'm playing
a lot of people don't understand how the Olympics works
as far as pay, so I know it says like
country by country because then I was like, let me
do a deep dive and I never thought about that before.
So you get paid when you win, right, But what
(11:37):
about just for participating?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
How does that work?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
The participation You just get participation points, Okay, Like there's
really no pay out. We win by our medals. So
like for gold, there's a certain amount of money you
get for bronze it's each country, but for the participation part,
you don't get paid for that.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
What did you think about those comments then? When he
was saying that people do spend time going out there
and they are making money off of him.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
I think I feel like for our sport, it's a
little different. Like I can understand the you know, the
men's basketball and the women's basketball. I get it because
they're they're constantly playing a game, right, Like they're every
single day doing this, doing that. You're a Disney and
I'm a Disney and they're still playing Like what is happening?
So yeah, I feel like for them that makes a
(12:26):
lot of sense, and I get it one hundred percent
because they only do like for us, we have the
ability to get multiple medals. For them, it's just one
medal at the very end of all their tournaments that
they get. Uh So it makes sense for why he
was saying that, But for us, it's it's kind of this.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It's a difference.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yeah, all right.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
And as for you, I said that you bought a
house and you've done all these things, So tell me
about that process because that's exciting.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
M So, after Tokyo and I want to say, two
years of being in college, I decided to it's actually
my parents' house. I bought them the house. Parents, I
bought them, Thank you. I bought them the house because
and for me, I like being able to get back
to my community or like just people within my life
that has dedicated, like they sacrificed, like my siblings sacrificed
(13:11):
a lot. When I mean sacrifice, I'm pretty sure I'm
surprised they have not like strangled me at this rate,
like they sacrificed a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Paid.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yeah, for sure. So with that process, I don't that
was I feel like that was more difficult to buy
a house than it is to actually do my sport. What. Yeah,
I think that was the most adult thing that I've
ever done in my life.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
But your whole life, you've been preparing for gymnastics.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I don't know that you could. What was so difficult
about it?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think it was like the understanding of like taxes
and then income and then it's like, okay, you have
to do a certain It was just a lot, like
how much you know you can get back from your equity.
And I was like in Hawaii on a girls trip,
my sister was telling me all these things, and I
was like, I don't comprehend what is happening. But now
if you told me like okay, let's go buy another
(13:59):
house again, I can be learned a lot. Yeah, I
could be like, Okay, yes, I know what to do.
I know all this stuff.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
So that's the fact.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Though, once you do it one time, it does get
a lot easier and you think about investing. But it's
nice to know that they have a place to live
with all the like you said, they've made a lot
of sacrifices. I know you guys moved to Texas. Yes,
So did the whole family move or just your like,
how did that work?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
So my whole family didn't move. It was at first
the first two years it was just me, my mom,
and my dad, and then my siblings. Actually they were
like okay. My brother was like, I'm gonna move out there,
so it took him like he just moved with us.
Now my older sister she's gonna move in March. So
(14:39):
they're all like trickling in one by one by one
coming to Texas. But I never thought they were I
never thought they were gonna move to Texas. I thought
they were they were gonna stay in Washington. But I
was like, bye, I'm gonna see y'all later, like I
have things to go do. So yeah, you've.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Been open about the fact that at a certain point
you wanted to quit, and Simone Boles was really like,
come out here, chain with me and how I'm in
having the right coach can be. And I was thinking
about applying the principles that you apply to gymnastics to
real life.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Like if you could write a book about.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Certain things that you learned from your sport that are
real life lessons, what are some things you would say
are lessons that you learned.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Throughout my sport. I've learned a lot about when to
say no. I think the biggest thing is like standing
your ground and being able to kind of put yourself
in a position to understand yourself as a person. Because
the maturity level. I've been in my sport since I
was seven. I'm twenty three, so I had to learn
a lot, progress a lot with the maturity aspect of
(15:37):
things and being a twenty three year old in real
life it's totally different. One thing I learned was time management.
When I was I didn't know time management at all.
I was like, oh, yeah, I have so much time
to do this, Like no, that's not how life really
works like in the real world. So that was one
lesson I learned. And then the disciplined part of things.
(15:59):
Being disciplined from your parents compared to being disciplined in
a sport are two different things. So I had to
figure out how to separate the two and kind of understand, Okay,
my parents are telling me this one thing that I
have to learn for real life, but this is also
something that I can, you know, kind of take away
and do it differently in my sport.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
And you know what else I was thinking even when
you won the bronze and that was all through like
the challenge of having to review, but sometimes you do
have to question things and go hard for yourself. Yeah,
and you can be right, you know. So how often
does that happen? Because I saw there was like some
controversy over that and people were alive with some type
of unique situation. But it is something that really does happen.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Yes, it happens a lot. I mean, it just depends
on what you know, the judges really look at. I
had a certain it's really the difficulty in what my
floor team was supposed to be or wasn't supposed to be. Again,
it does come down all down to the judges. I
didn't do anything wrong, my coaches didn't do anything wrong.
So the biggest thing I think a lot of people
(17:01):
are just taking away from it is like, well she
changed the score, and it's like, I can't control that.
I can't control something that they did. It's a rule.
It's literally in the handbook. Go look at the handbook.
At this rate, like half of y'all don't even do
our sports. So what do you like?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
What are you complain about people that don't follow the sport.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
No, it's just they only follow it. That's what gets
on my nerves. They only follow our sport when they
come and it's the Olympic part of things. You don't
see anything before that. You don't even tune into half
of the things we may post on social media. It's
only during the Olympic game. So with those people, all
they see is oh, she did this on the other
and it's like, well, you only saw the two days
(17:41):
that we competed, right, and you're already complaining about something.
But when I think of that, I'm like, okay, it's
I always say when it comes to people who have
these hate comments or something, it's say they have something
within themselves that they can't control or they don't like. Yeah,
that's a reflection on yourself, like you're looking at your
off the mirror and you're you're annoyed with something that's
(18:02):
in yourself, so you're gonna go on social media and
go attack somebody else. What's what is? What is that?
And that's when you just be like I got it,
Like that's why I'm like, okay, Yeah, you guys are
say what you want to say, and you know it
only sparks me more. It feels me. I will go
and show you even more. I'll go and give you
more entertainment at that rate, and you are very entertaining.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And then you had some great tiktoks too. Yes, you
guys are out there.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yes, I love that girl. We enjoy TikTok. TikTok is
so fun. Sometimes sometimes I'd be deep diving into like
sad stuff relationship prop like it's just be going at it.
But TikTok is fun, especially during that timeframe when you're
always together, like our sisterhood together, our bond together, just
like all the five of us. We were just enjoying
(18:48):
our time, so having tiktoks was like our outlet.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
You know.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I also was seeing some people hate the Olympic village.
I sell people like.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
I'm sleeping outside. What was that like for you? Because
it seems like y'all were having fun.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Yeah, so our Olympic village experience, I can tell you
it's like it was like fifty to fifty. I'm gonna
give you that. Definitely. The cardboard beds were not it whatsoever.
I did not. My back was hurting, a girl was hurting.
But we did get mattress toppers, which was really cool.
Our coach was like, Okay, we're gonna go get you
(19:21):
guys mattress toppers. But I think the cool part about
being in the village though, was really being able to
see all the different countries and all the different athletes,
and you get to interact, trade pins, you know, just
enjoy the time that you never realize how many countries
actually have sports, right, and it's really cool just to see,
you know, you know who's a volleyball player, you know
who does swimming, you know who's like a rower, you
(19:43):
know who does skateboarding, Like you just know every sport.
So it's really cool and just being able to kind
of like us we had this balcony and look over
our balcony and just be like, wow, we've come so far,
and we've made it to this point and you just
realize that you just you just did it.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
You're also doing this goat tour.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Yes, the Gold Over America Tour.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
So talk to me about that and why that's important.
This isn't the first time, So Mom Bowles does this,
and that's that's your sister for sure. I love the
relationship that you guys had because it is so nice
to know that you could rely on other people and
lift each other up. You've had to step in for her.
She's been like, come on, girl, don't quit the sport.
Come out here. That's what is like sisterhood really is about.
(20:26):
So talk about this tour and what that means to.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You, the Goldover America Tour. Like you're saying, it's not
the first time we did it. We did it back
in twenty one, and in twenty one it was to inspire,
to encourage, to let people know that there's gold in
all of us and that you can, you know, have
the ability to shine bright. And so with this now
that we're doing it again, it's the exact same thing.
We just want to inspire. We just want to know
that each and every one of us has that Golden
(20:48):
Spark and you know, to encourage the younger generation just
to go out there and be themselves. And you know,
at the end of the day, we like to entertain,
so we want to make sure, you know, the crowd
gets involved and we have the ability just to you know,
show the world that there's more than just us flipping
and that we actually can have fun.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
I saw like for the VIP package, you have to
be between the ages of seven and twenty five. I
was like, now, this feels like ageism. We can't be
fifty years old coming to meet too in the VIP.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
There is there are they if you want to meet
us in the VIP. I didn't even know there was
an age limit on that. That's crazy. I got to
go look at that though.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Yeah, you know, it's so funny because they say the
Golden Girls, and it's so interesting you talk about the
younger generation. I feel like you are the younger generation.
But it's interesting in this sport. How you know, for
Simon Vows being like the oldest one, you know, to
still be competing and at the level that she is,
that's so crazy to me because that's so young still.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
It's it is crazy again It goes back to the
understanding of us being like, oh, yeah, she's twenty seven
in the gymnastic world, which is old, but in real
life that's young. Like we have to literally two different
brains at this rate. Like I'd be going into the
gym and being like, man, like, what are we doing?
My back hurts. I feel like I'm forty years old.
And then I like walk out of the gym driving
my car and I'm like, oh wait, I'm twenty three,
(22:09):
like or she's twenty seven, but yeah, I feel like
for us, like when we say younger generation, we mean
like literally even the infence, like the people who have
not yet stepped up to you know, what they're trying
to do with their life. But I I always say,
whether you're older than me, younger than me, the same
age as me, it's typically the same, Like just be
(22:30):
auth ino to who you are because you know you
just you have a life to live. We only have
one life. We don't have nine lives like cats. Unfortunately,
we can't just you know, fall out of a tree
and land on all fours, like we gotta do something
and just enjoy life.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Now, Listen, when you go on campus, yes, and the
guys are sliding in your dms and coming up to
you on campus, like, so, can I take you out?
What would be an ideal date for you?
Speaker 3 (22:53):
An ideal day? I would just I'm I I don't know.
I feel like, okay, I can be romantic, but at
the same time, if you literally just take me shopping
or on a picnic, I don't know. It just depends
on what my mood is or.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
We have goals and standards.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I'm very like for me, people always are like, oh,
do you like flowers? I'm like, I would prefer sneakers
over flowers.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Okay, that's just.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
How I like the class and it's something that yeah,
like I just but I do enjoy. Don't get me wrong,
I do enjoy flowers, like roses are my favorite flower.
But I just I don't know. I'm That's just how
I am.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
But what has been What has been your best date?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Then?
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Like, would you say what happened? Where did you go
something creative?
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Well? I took somebody to Universal Studios. That was our
first date.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
You took somebody on a date, so you asked them
on a date?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, okay, I.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Did, Wait, hold on, was this recent?
Speaker 3 (24:04):
No, it was a year ago. Okay, yeah, it's not recent,
not at all, not recent. A year ago.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
I had some fun and how does somebody get your attention?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
How does a lot of people do slide into my dms?
Or I'll be walking on campus and I can tell
when a guy is staring at me, like I just
feel it, like I have really good purfle vision. I'll
just either too, like I just be like, okay, I realized.
Or the sometimes they'll do a double take and I'm like,
you know, I just saw you do a double take.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Right, Like I know you know who I am?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Right, I know you saw me. I saw you do
a double take. But I don't know. I don't I
don't really put myself out there.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
What people act like they don't know who you are,
but you know they know. They're like, oh what do
you do? And You're like.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
It's I actually just let it be until they actually
are like, wait, just kidding, I know who you are.
And I'm like, okay, that's fine. I prefer people don't
know who I am. That's just how I am.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Yeah, that's gonna be tough.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
Oh yeah, I realized. I realized. Like walking into the
grocery stores, I'm like okay, me and my best friend.
She was really like, okay, Joan, let's see how many
people recognize you. And I'm like, no, nobody's gonna recognize me.
I'm good, we're walking. All I just want to do
is go get my gro She's that's it. No, She's like, oh,
they recognize you. I'm like, don't say anything. She's like,
do you know who this is? I'm like, oh my gosh,
(25:21):
Like why did you have to say something? She was like,
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Aren't too glad you stuck with it now that you
get back at the time that you were like, I
don't know if I want to do this anymore, which
I understand because it can be difficult if you're not
with the right team of people. Yeah, you know, because
that matters a lot. Think about how many people might
have walked away that could have been successful but didn't
have the right team around them.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
It's I'm very happy that I stuck with it, although yes,
I went through a lot of trauma and mental situations
when I was younger, but I'm so happy that I
was able to, you know, conquer that and kind of
put myself in a position to where I can look
back and be like, just because you went through that,
it only made you stronger and made you like be
the person you are today. So I'm happy and I'm
(26:04):
beyond proud of myself.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Really because we're all proud of you.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Man twenty three. I never thought of you here at all.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
We're so proud of you, Like even me watching that
and like looking at everything then I had to flash
back and watch like all your older routines. It is
so like insanely impressive. Thank you just what you've been
able to accomplish. Thank you so much. And I want
to talk about you taking care of yourself physically too,
because that has to take a toll on your body.
Oh yes, So what do you do acupunture? Like what
(26:31):
are some things that you do to make sure that
you stay you know.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Not nice and relaxed. I do do a lot of
self care typically when it comes to that, you know,
whether it's massages I do, you know, I go to therapy.
She works so good, like massaging our calves, like whatever
it is that we need. I've done accupuncture before. I
personally like it. Some people don't. I think it's really
(26:56):
cool that you just have to put a needle on
your body and it relaxes your muscle. I don't know why.
That's just cool to me, But a majority of the
time I just stay in my room watch TV. Like
I kid you not you tell me to go.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
To sleep, I'll go to sleep at any moment.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
At any moment. If you're just like okay, Jordan, go
like you know, close your eyes, go lay down, I
will be sleep because that's just what I feel like
my body needs rather than always constantly doing something on it.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Yeah, rest is important.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
And then I know you have this situation with Two
Good in Coo, so talk to me about that because
it's not Also just what you put in your body.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Is so important for what you do.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
Also, yeah, Two Good and co it was you know
with our on the Ghost smoothies. That's what I love
about them. It's later because my schedules. It has ten
grams of protein, you know, three grams of sugar, and
it's really healthy for you. It helps with it's a probiotic,
so it helps with your digestive system and everything like that.
So having that with me everywhere I go, I think
(27:55):
it's like the fastest thing because not every time I
eat breakfast.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Or eat lunch not a breakfast person.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
It just doesn't Yeah, it doesn't sit right with me
that I have to wake up at seven o'clock in
the morning to make myself some eggs, like that.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
It's too early breakfast makes you really tired.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
Yeah, like it's just like it's and you're already ready
to see so, yeah, it's too good to cod. They
really help with a lot of that, just being able
to wake up, especially because my practices are early. I
can take it on the go with me. I'm constantly going.
So yeah, that's that's really how they are with their smoothies.
They have different flavors. They have peach, they have mixed berry.
(28:31):
My favorite is the peach one.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Okay, Yeah, I'm a smoothie person myself.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yeah, they're really good. I definitely tell you to try it.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
They'll tell you.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
My producer would be like, she comes in here with
a juice in the morning, and I don't eat breakfast.
But the only problem is that I do have a
sweet tooth. So sometimes it'd be like there's donuts down
the hall and I try not to do it, but
it's hard.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I have a sweet tooth. But crazy part is I
don't like cake unless my sister makes it.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yes, okay, that's your favorite cake.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
My favorite cake, like if she made it. She used
to make this maple brown sugar like cupcakes, so she
used to make when she was like in her baking era.
But yeah, I don't like any other cake and it
just doesn't sit right with me. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Can you cook?
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Oh no, I mean I can. I can cook. I can.
Let me take that back, I can't. I can cook.
I think it's more so like, do I want to cook?
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Now?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Okay, well, listen, you're getting to the money.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
What when you look at yourself in the future, if
you have to think about, like where you see yourself,
say five years from now, what would be ideal for you?
What do you want to be doing. I know you've
changed your major three times, but if you had to
think in this moment now.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Yes, in this moment now. Obviously at some point in time,
I want to have a family, like I just want
to be able to, you know, to help and develop
my own family just the same way as my parents
did with us. And I want to be in real estate,
so literal, you.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Know, my real estate license really to stop it.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Yes, I want to be in real estate. My mom
actually she does interior designing, which is really cool. You know,
I had the ability to kind of grow up and
that because she also my mom also had her own
property management company. Yeah, so I grew up with you know,
building and designing and all this stuff. So real estate
is something I want to do and kind of just
be able to wake up one day and look at myself,
(30:27):
just like at the ceiling in my bed and be
like I did everything that. I have a car.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
I love this, how I love her.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
She's a real estate, interior design, building management. Those are
all things like I just bought a building in Detroit,
in the town and I'm literally right now starting a
management company that I just came up with a name
for with a master plumber, my guy, Albert.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I love that. I have to watch, I have to
look out for it.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
I really appreciate it having the time to sit down
and talk to you. I know you've been doing a
lot and you've been so busy, So thank.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
You, no, thank you for having me. I'm so happy
that I got to meet you, because now everybody can
just now we met, y'all, like we met.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
I love it and I'm so proud that this is like,
who can play me in a movie?
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Oh, I would definitely watch out. Acting might be coming
my way.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
I feel like I feel like they're in some of
those dms. Is offering you all kinds.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Of probably at this rate, I haven't even checked them things.
There so many, All.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Right, Well, the champ is here. Jordan Childs, thank you
so much, thank yea
Speaker 3 (31:30):
Well y'all
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Angela Yee
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