[ APPLAUSE ] >>> SO, FIVE-TIME OLYMPIC
MEDALIST, SIMONE BILES, IS
CONSIDERED THE GREATEST AMERICAN
GYMNAST EVER.
SHE IS CERTAINLY A BUSY ONE, TOO.IS CERTAINLY A BUSY ONE,
TOO.
NOT ONLY IS SHE CURRENTLY
TRAINING FOR THE 2020 OLYMPICS
BUT SHE IS HEADING TO COLLEGE.
AND HER LIFE STORY IS ABOUT TO
BE TOLD IN A LIFETIME TELEVISION
MOVIE.
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SHE
HAS SHOWN US ALL THAT SHE IS STRONGER AND EVEN BRAVER THAN WE
KNEW.
KNEW.
TAKE A LOOK.
SIMONE BILES, THE MOST DECORATED AMERICAN GYMNAST OF ALL-TIME.TED
AMERICAN GYMNAST OF ALL-TIME. >> SHE IS CALLED THE GREATEST
GYMNAST TO EVER LIVE.
>> Reporter: WINNER OF
THREE-CONSECUTIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.IVE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AND WOWING THE CROWD AT THE RIO
OLYMPICS BY TAKING HOME FIVE MEDALS.S BY TAKING HOME FIVE
MEDALS.
FOUR OF THEM, GOLD. >> YOU ARE SEEING THE GREATEST
OF ALL-TIME.
OF ALL-TIME.
>> Reporter: KNOWN AS MUCH FOR
HER BUBBLY PERSONALITY.
>> WAVING TO EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: AS FOR THE SKILLS
THAT TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY.
>> SHE IS A 48" GIANT.
>> Reporter: THIS MONTH, AN
EMOTIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THE
POWERHOUSE SAID SHE, TOO, WAS A VICTIM OF DR. LARRY NASSAR.AS A
VICTIM OF DR. LARRY NASSAR. WE NEED TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS
ABLE TO TAKE PLACE FOR SO LONG
AND FOR SO MANY OF US.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER
HAPPENS AGAIN.
HAPPENS AGAIN.
LAST WEEK, AFTER A DRAMATIC AND EMOTIONAL SEVEN-DAY SENTENCINGD
EMOTIONAL SEVEN-DAY SENTENCING HEARING, THE JUDGE AGREED,
SENTENCING NASSAR UP TO 175
YEARS IN PRISON FOR MOLESTING
YOUNG GIRLS, FELLTELLING THE BRA
WOMEN WHO CAME FORWARD, YOU ARE
NO LONGER VICTIMS.
>> Reporter: TO JUDGE AKWAQUILNA
YOU ARE THEBRAVE AS YOU ARE.
EVERYBODY WELCOME, SIMONE BILES.
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THATS AWESOME.
THATS AWESOME. FEEL THE LOVE.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> THERE WE GO.
SEE?
SEE? THE WAY YOU MAKE US FEEL IS
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
SOMETHING SPECIAL. ITS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
WHEN WE GOT TO THAT PIECE AND
THAT TAPE SETUP, WHERE WE TALKED
ABOUT LARRY, THERE WERE AUDIBLE
GASPS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE AN
INVESTMENT IN YOU AND EMOTIONAL
INVESTMENT IN YOUR WELL-BEING.
YOU CAME OUT AND SAID HE WILL NO
LONGER HAVE THE POWER TO STEAL
OUR HAPPINESS OR JOY.
DID HE STEAL YOUR HAPPINESS?
DESCRIBE THE EFFECT HE HAD ON
YOU.
YOU. >> I THINK E LEADLITE ATHLETES T
HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.
I THINK WERE REALLY GOOD AT
COMPARTMENTALIZING THINGS.
COMPARTMENTALIZING THINGS. I THINK WE PUSHED IT IN THE BACK
OF OUR HEAD THAT IT DIDNT
HAPPEN TO US.
ONCE YOU REALIZE IT HAPPENED TO
YOU, ITS SADDENING.
I REMEMBER BAWLING MY EYES OUT.
AND I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME.
MY PARENTS WOULD ASK, HEY,
SIMONE -- THEY WOULD NEVER PUSH
ME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT MY AUTOMATIC RESPONSE WAS,
NO.
NO.
I WOULD BE ANGRY. NO.OULD BE ANGRY.
NO.
IT COULDNT HAPPEN TO ME.
AND YOU COME TO REALIZE THAT IT
HAS HAPPENED.
AND I THINK THATS WHEN I BROKE
DOWN ABOUT IT.
NOBODY WANTS THEIR DAUGHTER OR
JUST EVEN AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO
HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO THEM.
IT FEELS LIKE HE TOOK A PART OF ME THAT I CANT GET BACK.PART OF
ME THAT I CANT GET BACK. IM WORKING ON THAT PART.
SO, IT WAS VERY HARD.
>> NO ONE LIKES TO THINK OF
THEMSELVES AS A VICTIM.
THAT WORD CAN BE DISEMPOWERING,
ESPECIALLY TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU
WHO IS A CHAMPION.
FOR A TIME, YOU BLAMED YOURSELF.
YOU SAID, I KNOW NOW ITS NOT MY
FAULT.
FAULT.
YOU KNOW THERE ARE WOMEN WHO MAY
BE STRUGGLING.
AND MAYBE BOYS AND MEN, TOO.
TO THOSE WHO ARE DOING THAT TO THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW, WHAT DOO
THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW?
>> IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
SOME OF THEM, ITS A GROOMING
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
THE MAIN PART HE TOOK AWAY FROM ME THAT I WILL NEVER GET BACK IS
TRUST.
TRUST.
ITS HARD TO TRUST SOME OTHER
PEOPLE.
AND I FIND MYSELF WALKING DOWN
THE STREET OR BEING IN PLACES
IM SCARED.
I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.
BUT IT WILL ALL COME BACK WITHIN
TIME.
>> THATS RIGHT.
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>> IN A WAY, YOU HAVE THE
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR RECOVERY ALREADY IN YOU. FOR RECOVERY
ALREADY IN YOU. ITS NOT LIKE YOU HAD LIFE
CHALLENGES BEFORE YOU MET LARRY.
AND SOME WILL BE DOCUMENTED IN
THE NEW LIFETIME MOVIE, WHICH I
LOVE.
LOVE.
ITS SMAR EESS SPECTACULAR. >> TO ME, THE MESSAGE OF THE
MOVIE IS ABOUT RESILIENCE AND
THE SACRIFICE.
THE SACRIFICE. THE SACRIFICE IT TAKES TO BE A
CHAMPION.
CHAMPION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? YOU SEE SIMONE IN ALL OF HER
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS.
YOU DIDNT GET TO GO TO THE PROM AND THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLROM
AND THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES AND HANG OUT WITH YOUR
FRIENDS ALL THE TIME.
DESCRIBE THE SACRIFICE YOU HAD
TO GO THROUGH.
>> ITS HARD, ESPECIALLY FOR A
YOUNG TEEN.
YOUNG TEEN.
A LOT OF KIDS GET TO EXPERIENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE PROMSCE
HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE PROMS AND FOOTBALL GAMES AND ALL THAT.
I HAD TO SACRIFICE SOME OF THOSE
DREAMS FOR A LITTLE BIT BIGGER
ONE.
ONE. AT THE TIME ITS CRAZY BECAUSE
YOU CANT PREDICT THE FUTURE.
I WOULD FIND MYSELF THINKING, IS
THIS WORTH IT?
I COULDNT RUB A GOLDEN BALL AND
SAY, WILL I GO TO THE OLYMPICS?
YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU MAKE THE SACRIFICES IN HOPES
THAT YOULL MAKE IT.
ITS VERY HARD.
I KNOW I DIDNT MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE.I DIDNT MAKE THE WRONG
CHOICE.
>> YOU DID NOT.
[ APPLAUSE ] ONE OF THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE
IS YOUR EDUCATION FOR YOUR
ATHLETICS.
ATHLETICS.
NOW, YOURE GOING TO SCHOOL.
>> UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE.
>> AN ONLINE, ACCREDITED, FREE? >> TUITION-FREE.CREDITED, FREE?
>> TUITION-FREE. AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER AND
THE YEAR, ITS A TOTAL OF
$1,000.
$1,000.
SOME PEOPLE CANT PAY THOSE
MINIMUM FEES.
WE HAVE A SIMONE BILES LEGACY FUND TO GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AWAY
FROM THE MINIMUM FUNDS.
I THINK ITS VERY SPECIAL.
MOST PEOPLE DONT HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL.
IM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> WERE ABOUT TO GO INTO THE
WINTER OLYMPICS.
WINTER OLYMPICS. WILL YOU WATCH THAT?
>> I WILL WATCH IT.
I AM STILL TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY.
>> WHATS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO
WATCH?
WATCH? >> I LOVE LINDSEY VONN AND
NATHAN CHEN.
NATHAN CHEN. >> IF YOU WERE A WINTER OLYMPICS
ATHLETE, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
DONE?
DONE?
>> I THINK I WOULD PICK ICE
SKATING.
>> IT MAKES SENSE.
THERES CORRELATIONS BETWEEN
YOUR TWO SPORTS.
CAN I ASK SOMETHING.
WE WATCH THE TAPE OF YOU FLIPPING AROUND IN THE AIR, WHAT
DOES THAT FEEL LIKE?
>> TO ME, IT FEELS NORMAL.
IF I DO TWO FLIPS AND ADD A
TWIST IN IT, YOU DONT FEEL LIKE
YOURE DOING THAT.
SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK AND FEEL
LIKE, THATS WHAT I DO?
I DONT FEEL IT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT FEELS LIKE
FLYING.
FLYING.
>> IN A WAY. BUT SOMETIMES, GRAVITY IS LIKE,
NOT TODAY.
NOT TODAY. >> GOING INTO 2020, YOU HAVE A
NEW COACH.
NEW COACH.
AND SO, HOW IS THAT CHANGING
YOUR PREPARATION?
YOU TOOK SOME TIME OFF. HAS IT BEEN TOUGH TO DUST OFF
THE WHEELS AND GET GOING AGAIN?
>> IT WAS TOUGH THE FIRST THREE
DAYS, IM NOT GOING TO LIE.
THE THIRD DAY, I WAS BAWLING MY
EYES OUT.
EYES OUT. I COULD BARELY MOVE.
AFTER I GOT OVER THE THIRD DAY,
IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL.
>> THATS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I
HAD TO WORK OUT WITH A ROPE FOR
THREE MINUTES.
THREE MINUTES.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
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