B (2:59)

I think that as a person who grew up around old media, I don't have a very good understanding of what this generation endures. Feeling like social media is not fantasy, it's something that's real. It's not anonymous people. It is the perpetual validation that we're all a little bit addicted to. And I think I underestimate in general the perils of having your doubts voiced at every turn by people who have access to you.

C (3:32)

This generation of Olympian is being attacked.

B (3:35)

More mentally than any generation of Olympian that there has been outside of where it is that you have. You know the politics of war around the Olympics.

D (3:46)

Yeah, I don't think it's just Olympic athletes though. I think it's all athletes. This happens in tennis a lot where you hear people speaking about the treatment they get from fans, the pressure they're under, the online abuse and the mental health issues overriding the whole sport. I think athletes now in that realm have it tougher than athletes have ever had it.

B (4:07)

You've got to think so, right? Like you've got to.

C (4:10)

I don't think I understand what it.

B (4:12)

Is to be a 19 year old addicted to social media, to have that as what is your feedback loop, as where you consume things.

C (4:24)

Because even in the days before social media where athletes were on ESPN or in newspapers all the time, you can't just pick it up and have your addiction feed you validation. The moment you're picking up your phone, it's just not, it's not something that's with you with that kind of intensity.

B (4:45)

And I just think that if you're.

C (4:47)

An athlete who craves applause, it must.

B (4:51)

Feel pretty terrible in this situation where.

C (4:54)

You'Re somebody who feels like you let down a nation and then are having that validated. When you're checking your social media and it seems like you just scroll your name and you see like just people saying an assortment of things. And it's not even a lifestyle where this is the most human nature of things.

B (5:10)

Right.

C (5:10)

There are 10 compliments and then the one negative thing, and then people notice the one thing instead of the 10 compliments. When you're failing in this spot, it ain't 10 compliments anymore, right. It has to feel like you're at your most down and if you go there to feed, you're going to fall.

B (5:26)

Into a hole that's really hard to get out of.

D (5:28)

I think you're entirely right that you can be complimented 10 times. But it's the one criticism that's going to hurt, especially if it's unfounded or if it's malicious. And I've had this conversation with a lot of female sportswriters because they put up with all kind of crap online that male sportswriters don't. Blatant misogyny and stuff like that. And I've had many, from Chris Brennan on, I've had many a female sportswriter tell me that they don't read online comments anymore because if they get one comment that's critic, that's critical in a way that feels really, really personal, that it's just, it sticks with them. And I can only imagine on a stage like this how a figure skater of that stature with that kind of pressure is going to react to it.

C (6:17)

You can't really avoid, though, the online.

B (6:19)

Comments come to you now, right?

C (6:20)

Like, there's no way to actually avoid that now unless you're detaching entirely from your telephone, right.

D (6:26)

And you're going to hear about it because it becomes newsworthy. Almost like if an athlete like him is getting that kind of criticism for quote unquote, failing based on expectations, that becomes a news story. And all of a sudden you're asking in a post match news conference about. About all the criticism you're getting and the disappointment. And that becomes what defines you when all you expected to do was win three or four gold medals. It's. It's crazy what these Olympians go.

E (6:56)

When you said Ilia, all me and Jeremy thought was heating rivalry. Oh, yeah, I thought you were going.

B (7:00)

Come on. I've taken too long to get to what you and Zaz are doing. Is it tomorrow?

F (7:06)

Oh, look at. We're gonna train to be a pro wrestler tomorrow. That's right. WWE is coming here to sunrise on Friday night. WWE smackdown. Of course I'm going, but I'm going to. Oh, awesome. All right. But tomorrow, our boy Domino, he's gonna take. He's gonna meet us at that. The training facility tomorrow. And he's, you know, they got the ring and everything. How about the tights? You're gonna wear the tights.

B (7:29)

Singlet, you're gonna.

F (7:30)

Don't you worry. Yeah, that's right, I'm worried. I'm singlet just like Andrew. No, don't worry about my gear. You'll see my gear tomorrow. And Domino is going to teach us some moves, maybe learn how to Run the ropes a little bit.

E (7:41)

Great day to wake up with a bad back.

F (7:43)

Yep, that's right.

C (7:44)

I saw that today. You're limping around, and you're walking a bit like my father, who's 82 years old. What happened to your back?

E (7:51)

It happened when I got here, and it's not even something I woke up with. I just got here, sat down. I was writing some stuff on a whiteboard and just hit the wrong angle.

F (7:58)

And take a few bumps. Tomorrow, you'll be all right.

E (8:01)

Worst case scenario, I'll learn how to do a promo.

B (8:03)

What do you mean, take a hell, yeah, dude, tomorrow. What are you talking about?

F (8:06)

You know what I'm talking about.

C (8:07)

Can you guys tell me whether or not you think you guys would be good at jumping over rope to, like, making all of that look realistic? When you get slung against the rope.

E (8:16)

Am I gonna be tall enough to walk, like, get in the second? I don't want to do, like, the third lower one?

F (8:20)

Yes, you're not.

B (8:21)

You're not gonna.

A (8:22)

Ray Mysterio.

F (8:22)

You're not five feet tall.

C (8:24)

Yeah, you'll be all right, but it's.

A (8:25)

A lot harder than it looks.

E (8:26)

I wanted to run in and do, like, the thing where I slide into the.

F (8:29)

The ropes are supposed to hurt, though. They're like wires.

A (8:31)

Yeah, you're going to get a little bruise there.

F (8:34)

We're going to learn.

E (8:35)

Got to want to learn.

C (8:36)

Greg, are you laughing and coughing so much because you're laughing?

B (8:41)

Yes. That's one of his catchphrases.

D (8:43)

Yeah. Sorry.

C (8:44)

That you should be. It should be the number. It should be number 10. You really need to think about starting your top 10 with your catchphrase. Number 10 being just you coughing.

D (8:54)

Yeah, I should. You're right. I'm going to think about that.