Gabby Douglas — and her mother — were not initially OK with cameras following them for a TV series.
“Douglas Family Gold” premieres on Oxygen on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET (the entire first episode of the reported six-week series is also viewable now here).
The series was the idea of Douglas’ older sister, Arielle, but it took several approaches by major companies before the family agreed to take part.
“For the most part, I was a little bit hesitant on doing this show because I was like, woah, woah, woah, the main goal is Rio,” the 2012 Olympic all-around champion said last month while promoting one of her sponsors, P&G, in New York.