By: Frances C.
On December 9, 2012,
Melissa Harris Perry’s daughter, Parker Lacewell, got a chance to interview
Olympic gold medalist, Gabby Douglas. The interview took place in New York City
on the Melissa Harris Perry show. Lacewell was so excited to interview Gabby.
Lacewell exclaimed, “I found out while I was in Times Square and I literally
started screaming I was so happy!” This
was because she LOVES Gabby and it would be her first time meeting her but, it
was her mom’s second time meeting her.
Lacewell was a little nervous but
not too nervous because she had been on her mom’s show before dancing to “Gangnam
Style.”
Lacewell said, “I like being on
live TV because I think I do extremely awesome!”
Gabby has just written a book called Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith. The book is about
Gabby’s perseverance, determination, and of course her faith. It also tells you
how you should always follow your dreams because when you do, you can do big
things with them! Gabby always wanted to be a gymnast so she followed her
dreams and look where she is now!
Lacewell stated, “I have read about
half of Gabby’s book and I planning to finish it soon.”
Lacewell got to learn
about the reason why Gabby wanted to be a gymnast.
Lacewell informed, “Gabby said she
always knew she had talent and that she wanted to do big things with it so, she
traveled across the country without her family, to do gymnastics.”
Lacewell commented, “A
surprising thing that I learned about Gabby was that she liked Taylor Swift.”
Lacewell also got to talk to Gabby outside of the interview while she
was getting her makeup done, and when she was done signing A LOT of papers.
Lacewell DEFINETLY enjoyed getting to do this
interview.
“I enjoyed being on TV, hearing all of the
answers to the questions and how her life is when she isn’t on TV” Lacewell
shared.
Lacewell had a hard time picking
which questions to ask Gabby, but she picked some really good ones!
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