By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Gabby Douglas says she’s too busy focusing on winning Olympic gold medals than to be overly concerned about how her hair looks and her critics have “no idea what they’re talking about.”

There has been a firestorm around the 16-year-old’s scraped back ponytail with many hitting social networking sites to claim that she is not representing her culture by not having a slicker ‘do.

However, the fiery teen told Us Weekly that she does take pride in her appearance but that the nature of gymnastics means that she cannot be primping and preening before she hits centre stage.

“You sweat and all the gel and hairspray comes out,” Gabby said. “Even if we did fix our hair our coach would be like, ‘This is not a beauty pageant! Leave it alone.’”

“There’s no bathroom. We rotate from event to event so there’s no time for them to say, ‘Representing the USA, Gabrielle Douglas’ and me to say, ‘Yeah, thanks!’ as I’m brushing my hair. It’s like, come on.”

Much of the criticism about the two-time medal winner has come from within the African American community, which Gabby said is “so disrespectful!”

“I’m not thinking about that