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Does Eileen Gu give anyone else the vibe that she is always reading off a script? All her media interactions feel so.....forced. It's like constantly self-promotional, sales mode. Gives me the rock vibes. Good for her I guess
midwestcoastShe is one of the top earning female athletes in the world right now, and definitely being coached by her PR team. More than any other extreme sports athlete, she has to stay vanilla in order to appease China. It's a bummer - she's clearly American, but the insane earning potential and influence overseas is undeniable. She's setting herself up for generational wealth, knowingly supporting a country that commits humanitarian crimes. It's a tough choice, but at the end of the day she is raising the profile of skiing globally. She's clearly smart and knows what she's doing. I'm interested to see how her story evolves as she grows older..
Someone made a thread about seeing Eileen Gu at Hyland and how rude she was as if she was too cool to talk to anyone. Hunter Hess and AHall were there the same day and was more than happy to have a convo with the person who wrote the thread. She puts up this whole facade of being a "voice" and it really bothers me. Yes she's a great athlete, but she's also a corporate bot.
steez_apprenticeSomeone made a thread about seeing Eileen Gu at Hyland and how rude she was as if she was too cool to talk to anyone. Hunter Hess and AHall were there the same day and was more than happy to have a convo with the person who wrote the thread. She puts up this whole facade of being a "voice" and it really bothers me. Yes she's a great athlete, but she's also a corporate bot.
steez_apprenticeSomeone made a thread about seeing Eileen Gu at Hyland and how rude she was as if she was too cool to talk to anyone. Hunter Hess and AHall were there the same day and was more than happy to have a convo with the person who wrote the thread. She puts up this whole facade of being a "voice" and it really bothers me. Yes she's a great athlete, but she's also a corporate bot.
Can confirm she puts off unfriendly vibes. She had her head down and definitely did not want to tak last time I saw her at COP. Hunter Hess and Simon D’artois both talked to me for 5 mins before the comp and then came and found me in the crowd to chat after they landed their runs. Totally different.
Granted I am a dude quite a bit older than Eileen and she probably gets creeped on a lot so I get why she might be like that.
SlowbroCan confirm she puts off unfriendly vibes. She had her head down and definitely did not want to tak last time I saw her at COP. Hunter Hess and Simon D’artois both talked to me for 5 mins before the comp and then came and found me in the crowd to chat after they landed their runs. Totally different.
Granted I am a dude quite a bit older than Eileen and she probably gets creeped on a lot so I get why she might be like that.
This is something that Taylor Lundquist has talked abt in podcasts about contests being too serious and something I learned when I used to race, too. Its possible that when Eileen is skiing she is so hyper focused that when you try to be like hey good luck or talk to them in the start theyll just come off as assholeS but its more of a mental concentrarion sports psych thing. Which I think its even stronger mentality to be able to chit chat and be chill at contests rather than just shutting everything out.
