{"id":10736,"date":"2024-09-08T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistkoala.com\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:51:30","slug":"raygun-apologises-to-breakdancing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devserver.pw\/twistkoala.com\/raygun-apologises-to-breakdancing-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Raygun apologises to breakdancing community and addresses Jimmy Fallon mocking her dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rachael Gunn aka Raygun has apologised to the breaking community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She states that her \u201crecord speaks\u201d to being the best B-girl in\u00a0Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 Olympian breakdancer sat down for her first interview since her controversial dance moves went viral, plastering her name and face around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n

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While appearing on \u201cThe Project\u201d on\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0evening, Raygun publicly apologised to the entire breakdancing community following criticism that she had\u00a0damaged\u00a0the dancing style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a portion of very angry and, you know, awful responses, not only attacking me but attacking my husband,\u201d she said during the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

She added that the \u201cvery angry\u201d and \u201cawful responses\u201d have also been aimed at her \u201ccrew\u201d, as well as \u201cattacking the breaking and street dance community in Australia, my family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe energy and vitriol that people had was pretty alarming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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In addition to the online backlash, Raygun also inspired a comedy bit on US comedian\u00a0Jimmy Fallon\u2018s The Tonight Show, in which Rachel Dratch portrayed the Australian breakdancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether to hug him or yell at him because \u2013 what a platform he ended up giving me, honestly,\u201d Raygun said in response to the sketch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t actually seen the sketch because I don\u2019t think I\u2019m in a place yet to watch it, but I will watch it at some point,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Olympian dancer went on to reveal that Richard Branson had gotten in touch with her following her performance going viral, telling her in a call that it was \u201cplucky and courageous and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that he even asked her if she would perform on a cruise with Boy George.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, Raygun touched on how her own breakdancing community disapproved of her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is really sad to hear those criticisms, and I am very sorry for the backlash that the community has experienced, but I can\u2019t control how people react,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When asked if she thinks she is the best female breakdancer in Australia, Raygun stated: \u201cI think my record speaks to that\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a number of white b-girls in Australia,\u201d she added while touching on the irony that she herself has talked in the past about how the dance form originated from marginalised communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what it is about us white women and being attracted to breaking,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think even if it went to the second or third, that it still would have been a white b-girl representing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something that we\u2019re always reflecting on \u2013 how can we get more people into breaking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite her performance being poorly received at the Olympics, Raygun says she qualified to compete by winning the Oceania qualifier, in which she didn\u2019t know the judges beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was super nervous about it, to be honest, because even though I\u2019d won all these competitions in Australia I was nervous about winning this one because it was all new judges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although she is confident in her skills in Australia, she was aware she\u2019d struggle against other countries\u2019 dancers at the 2024 Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs soon as I qualified, I was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, what have I done?\u2019 Because I knew that I was going to get beaten, and I knew that people were not going to understand my style and what I was going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went on to lose all three round-robin battles, with a viral Change.org petition being created accusing Raygun of having \u201cmanipulated\u201d Olympic qualification processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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