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Gabby Douglas Slams 'Gold Digging' Dad And Bullies Who Told Her 'To Get A Nose Job'

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Aug. 30 2012, Published 7:00 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas is currently on top of the world, but an insightful interview with the gymnast has revealed new details on her "gold-digging dad" and the bullies who cruelly taunted her to get a nose job.

The 16-year-old nicknamed the Flying Squirrel at the London Olympics opened up to Vanity Fair in the October issue of the magazine, where she told them of the racist torments she allegedly received at the hands of staff members at Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach.

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Gabby was allegedly told by one staffer that she might want to consider reconstructive surgery on her nose because of its "flatness" reported Vanity Fair. Some other gymnasts had also allegedly teased Gabby about her appearance, but she said she found the nose comment “very hurtful.”

Gabby said in an interview last week that the alleged bullies "treated me, not how they treated their other teammates," and that they described her as "their slave." Staffers at the gym have vehemently denied the accusations.

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Gabby said that the off-color treatment was so hurtful that she became determined to leave and train with coach Liang Chow at his gym in West Des Moines, Iowa, telling her mother Natalie Hawkins: "If I don’t change coaches, I’m quitting.”

The gym staffers were not the only negative forces the gymnastic phenomenon claim