Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas got tsk-tsk’d by the food police captain herself last night after admitting to eating fast food.
Douglas and first lady Michelle Obama were on Jay Leno’s show, where the host asked the winning gymnast how she celebrated.
“We didn’t have time to celebrate,” Douglas said. “It was team finals and all-around finals and event finals after that. But after the competition, I splurged on a Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s.”
“Egg McMuffin?” Leno asked.
“Gabby, we don’t — don’t encourage him,” Obama said. “I’m sure it was on a whole-wheat McMuffin.”
“On a whole-wheat bun,” Leno said.
“Yes, yes,” Obama responded. “You’re setting me back, Gabby.”
“Sorry,” the teen medalist said.
The Egg McMuffin is actually one of the lowest calorie fast-food sandwiches at 300 calories.
Does Moochelle have no sense of decency? No shame? What exactly has she accomlished in her life, other than marrying a very, very bad president?
Gabby has actually worked for and accomplished something ON HER OWN, by her own effort.
And Moochelle chiding anyone about food issues is laughable. She’s a cookie away from a pilot truck and a wide-load sign on her posterior.
I really don’t think she should be telling anyone what to eat.
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Gabby has actually worked for and accomplished something ON HER OWN, by her own effort.
“She didn’t do that!” Somebody somewhere built a bridge so she could get to her gym to work out and practice. Somebody had to build a road so her coaches could come and help her. She didn’t do that on her own…Gummint gave her the equipment, the buildings and the roads needed to allow her to succeed. That medal belongs to the Obamas, doncha know? For without their supreme magnanimity, Gabby would never have even gone to the Olympics. That’s right, the GOVERNMENT that certified the plane to take off to fly to London and the other regulations in place that allowed a person of color to participate. GOVERNMENT allowed her the equal opportunity to be better than all those crackers in the gym. Dass rite! Word!
Now…whatchu be doin’ eatin’ one dem MAC-muffinz, girl?
PJ you sir are fantastic WELL SAID!
WONDERFUL! You just brightened my day!
closer than a cookie……take a look!
Classy of the FLOTUS to big foot her way on to The Tonight Show to steal some of Gabby Douglas’s limelight.
Insightful observation.
Michelle’s comment to Gabby really does speak volumes.
It’s so pleasant to be lectured at by such shallow, self-centered and fundamentally ignorant individuals as the Obamas.
Does this make Michelle Obama a racist?
– set-up by Leno to give the Obamas publicity.
Good Lord. Yeah, Olympic gold medal winning gymnasts are all overweight and out of shape.
/sarc
I’m sure Gabby has been eating healthy for years, if anyone deserves an Egg McMuffin, it’s her.
i would love to see some mcdonald’s commercials with gabby douglas finishing a routine, sticking it, then running off to grab a bite of a mcmuffin with a “thumbs up”
unlike that idiot spenklemeyer and his mc donalds diet documentary, the restaurant actually has some decent items that an athlete can use for sustenance- especially in an unfamiliar area where the quality of food is not known- the pancakes and egg mcmuffin are perennial winners here
the way the first hag responded, like a kindergarten teacher scolding one of the kids for getting her hands dirty, was sickening and disrespectful
“the way the first hag responded, [...], was sickening and disrespectful”
Respect only flows one direction in this administration.
“Respect only flows one way..”
Really? Respect is either mutual or it is tyranny in uniform. In the case of Gabby, I seriously doubt that she respects the FLOTUS for snubbing her on national television on top of ruining her moment in the spotlight. For the FLOTUS, she’s merely doing the same job that school administrations now do in policing children’s paper bag lunches, which is not respectful in the slightest. Instead, it is tyrannical, cynical, and overwhelmingly disgusting. Gabby should have responded by telling her: “With all due respect, I do not believe you have any room to speak about unhealthy eating. I just won an Olympic gold medal, which required a tremendous amount of training and proper eating. What Olympic event have you been dieting and exercising properly for?”
Michelle does like being called “excellency.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/03/michelle_obama_i_kind_of_like_being_called_your_excellency.html
Talk about ignoring the person in front of you to focus on your own obsession: a very fit gymnast allows herself one tiny “indulgence”, showing off her discipline = fast food junky in need of public shaming.
Can you imagine if a white FLOTUS chided Gabby this way?
Meanwhile, just for fun: I kid you not, over at Kos they are ranting in righteous racist rage about Gabby being called “articulate” and “energetic” by reporters. It seems “articulate” suggests surprise that a Black person can talk (apparently the Black person who posted this gets illiterate when she reads Joe Biden) and “energetic” is racist emphasis on a Black person’s physicality.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/05/1116516/-Gabby-Dominique-Barbara-and-Black-women-s-rarely-rewarded-quest-for-the-recognition-we-deserve
Funny thing is, those right-wingers are also using loaded terms like “articulate” and “energetic” to describe … Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney! They’ve even used the term “squeaky clean” — a sly echo of Slow Joe calling Barack “clean” and “articulate.” Will the racism never end??
I also understand that neither Ryan nor Romney speak with a “negro dialect”…probably even if they wanted to.
But I’m glad they are both clean and articulate.
And:
Look Ma, no teleprompter!
Only in the Orwellian Age of Obama would he have a woman with an ass the size of Texas lecturing an Olympic athlete on their calorie consumption.
I have nothing to add to this but..
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Now THAT’s funny, IMHO
The only person keeping Moochelle out of the gold medal for posterior presentation is . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilarious Clinton!!!
She could have been a finalist in the Big Butt Olympics.
As a Texan, I resent any comparison of either Obama to Texas.
Okay, make it Bolivia.
Typical of either one of the obamas…”you’re setting ME back”…it’s all about them.
Michelle’s husband woofs all kinds of crap, is often seen indulging in all manner of “junk” food.
I guess primarily when he’s out of the White House and not under the watchful eye of the Food Nazi in Chief.
Who says he quit smoking???? Gabby you are a class act and it’s a shame you have to be in the same room with Mo
Sanctimonious, condescending, I-know-better-than-you, government-has-all-the-answers, nanny-statist talking down to an Olympic gold medal winner. Unbelievable. Lecturing a world-class, winning athlete on diet – brassy indeed.
Health advice & healthy living begin at home, Michelle. How long did Barack SMOKE? He quit just 2 years ago, and you’ve been married for what, 20 years? It took you 18 years to get Barack to quit smoking? And yet you expect the rest of us, including a gold medal winner, to follow your advice?
Awhile back, Barack (being cute) told his audience:
“Never get between Michelle and a tamale.”
He quickly added (likely in the spirit of covering his ass and not incurring the wife’s wrath) that it was ok in her case because “She moves”.
I wish they’d both move.
He never quit smoking. It’s known that he’s a chain smoker and that’s why he golfs so much – so he can hit the ball into the trees and sneak a smoke and not get on camera smoking.
Wish she would have gone all “Ann Barnhart” on her and tell her what she eats is none of her business.
I think it was McDonalds the first lady was ultimately shooting at cause a egg mcmuffin fits in with a nutritious breakfast. It doesn’t have the injected butter (substitute?) that their biscuit have.
And she claims America has been mean! What a classless twit.
Get a grip, folks. It was a joke.
How many Republicans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
That’s not funny!
Sanctimonious, preachy women like Michelle don’t joke.
I hope this helps.
A. Two, but don’t ask how we got in there.
LOLOLOL!!!! Now THAT is funny!
Fantastic! If not for Lolly I’d have missed this gem.
McDonald’s is an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team. They contributed money and other support (meals during the competition, perhaps?) to Gabby Douglas and all the U.S. athletes before and during their trip to London.
Mrs. Obama bullied a member of the U.S. Olympic Team for saying she enjoyed one of her sponsor’s products.
This article is over reach. Who gives a shit what Michelle says on Leno, or Lettreman, or what ever.
LIke She practices what she preaches.
And who paid for FLOTUS to attend the Olympics? One of the biggest “tax eaters” of all time is lecturing someone who earned their trip to London?
Gabby Douglas is delightful, egg mcmuffins all around!
What the heck has Michelle Obama done that even comes close to what Gabby Douglas has accomplished? Oh, I forgot, she is the Pied Piper’s wife. I need to mind my manners.
GABBY SHOULD HAVE TOLD MICHELLE O. THAT SHE’S THE ONE WITH THE FAT A55, NOT HER !!
I’ll bet that FLOTUS couldn’t even hang from an uneven parallel bar without it sagging excessively, if not snapping, from her weight. Seeing as it was FLOTUS scolding her, Ms. Douglas wasn’t cheeky enough to tell her to shut up and eat her arugula.
There are two types of people in the world. Those who actually do things, and Michelle Obama.
An Egg McMuffin has only 300 calories. Way to show your ignorance, Mrs. O.
McDonald’s corporate headquarters is located just outside of Chicago. Way to support the home team, Mrs. O.
The Egg McMuffin is listed on the “Eat This..” side of “Eat This, Not That” so it turns out that this one time, the FLOTUS didn’t know her @$$ from a hole in the ground. I know, right?
Look on the bright side, only a little more than five months with these freaks at the helm. Then we can eat our damn egg mcmuffins without the brow-beating.
She was trying to be jokey and teasing, like everyone who goes on those late night talk shows tries to do. It’s part of the shtick. That sort of thing doesn’t really fit Michelle’s personality, at least what we’ve seen of it over the last 4 years, but I think that’s all it was, she was just trying to be a witty guest.
And what I heard her say was, don’t encourage him, meaning Gabby don’t encourage Jay to eat fast good. I don’t think it was directed at Gabby.
I don’t think there’s much to be gained by criticizing or ridiculing what the candidates’ spouses say, especially in a setting like this which is completely non-serious and intended as entertainment. Banging on her for this comes across as petty and churlish.
Good, she deserves it.
granted it was clumsy at best and revealing at worst
but i disagree regarding what the spouses say- especially when spouses affect policy and definitely when it is of a totalitarian slant
notice how this eating crap comes from one side while on the other side is the big-brother into your car time
the mierda is, if not hitting, on target and heading directly for the fan
the fact that michelle obama’s food crusade is the butt of a joke is enough to get the tyranny sensors tingling
“YOU are setting ME back gabby.”
Well yes this 16 year old just exposed what a self absorbed shallow nobody you are Michelle. Because obviously a gold medal Olympic gymnast needs lessons from you in eating. A single serving of eggs, meat, cheese and bread, which anyone who understands the basics of nutrition would agree is what her body needs after a world class gold medal Olympic performance with this level of physical and emotional stress, is a problem for Michelle. You need protien and carbs with a little fats thrown in after that kind of effort. 300 calories of that is far less than she expended winning for the American team
Michelle could care less about this young American heroine. It is all about ME.
Yes, Michelle Obama, I can see where this young woman is a problem for you.
“Maybe there’s no ‘I’ in TEME…but it is spelt t-e-M-E“
They’ll have to pry my Egg McMuffin from my cold, dead fingers.
Go out and win a gold medal, Michelle and then you can lecture an accomplish super-athlete on their diet. I’d actually just prefer you go to hell you fascist pig! The audacity of this woman.
Moochelle Obama – The Audacity of Audacity
“Let them eat fair trade, sustainably raised, organic, whole grain, low fat, reduced sugar cake.” (Then Michelle Antoinette runs off to Shake Shake.)
That hypocritical food nazi can go shove her hyspocrisy in her hypocritical pie hole.
By Obama’s logic then Moochelle is responsible for giving kids Listeria. As it was discovered in the McDonald’s sliced apples she pushed for in Happy Meals.
It was clearly a violation to discredit any Private Business by a Government representative.