Shawn Johnson East
đ€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
My dream was to go to the Olympics.
I would still get the apparel.
I would still get the Olympic rings jacket.
I would get the ring, whatever, no matter what.
But if you bomb Olympic trials and you don't even get to go...
I wanted to vomit thinking about it.
It was the worst feeling in the world.
If it makes you feel better, I was the same way.
Way worse than gymnastics.
If we had long enough time for me to explain my upbringing and stuff, I was so cripplingly shy.
Gymnastics was rigid and robotic enough for me to like.
perform.
But if you asked me to like show emotion or be vulnerable or like dance, even today, you can't, you will never find me on a wedding dance floor.
That is like my living hell.
I don't know.
I just get so embarrassed.
Yeah, and I would stand in the corner and basically like cry.
I don't know.
It's just not my thing.
My husband has brought out more of that in me.