Olympics breakdancing icon Raygun sends defiant message to trolls as she opens up on going viral in Paris

Olympic prima Raygun has opened up connected nan intelligence turmoil she has endured since going viral for her breakdancing performances successful Paris.

The 37-year-old changeable to fame pursuing her iconic regular during past summer's Games, erstwhile she scored a full of 0.0 points.

Raygun, whose existent sanction is Rachael Gunn, became Australia's first ever female breakdancing competitor astatine nan Olympics. But nan assemblage teacher was subjected to sadistic trolling complete her infamous performance, which saw her hop for illustration a kangaroo.

Gunn revealed nan 'toll' her Olympic acquisition has taken complete caller months, admitting her worry has been 'really bad'.

'People really person tried to shame me,' she said. But Raygun vowed not to fto her 'haters' win.

'It’s been truthful difficult to process,' she told Stellar. 'My full world has changed. My personality has changed. My relationships person changed, for amended aliases for worse. 

'It’s successful times for illustration these that you find retired who your existent friends are, unfortunately. And because things are still changing, it’s conscionable intolerable to wrap your caput around. It’s difficult to foretell what it’s going to beryllium for illustration erstwhile I time off nan house.'

She added: 'I deliberation nan haters want maine to beryllium locked distant successful a room, ashamed and quiet. 

'Every clip I time off nan house, spell retired for dinner, spell to nan shops aliases do a manner sprout and popular my caput backmost up, it’s saying: "No, you did not bring maine down. You did not succeed. I still guidelines by what I did. It’s OK to beryllium different. It’s OK to beryllium yourself. You don’t person nan powerfulness you deliberation you do."'

Gunn revealed why she focused connected reference and 'spring cleaning' earlier speaking out. She besides outlined really nan guidance to her capacity has impacted her intelligence health.

'There was truthful overmuch dislike and emotion that I needed to hold for everyone to calm down a bit,' Gunn told Stellar. 

'This is simply a process that I’m moving through, trying to defy that shame. I’m moving done intelligence wellness worldly - seeing my psychologist, doing workout erstwhile I don’t consciousness for illustration it, doing breathing exercises. 

'(Mental health) is now thing that I person to look aft – it’s being exhausted. It’s decidedly taken a toll.'

She added: 'It’s still a process because I’m having to (prioritize) my ain health. I speak to my family erstwhile I can, but it’s difficult for maine to cognize nan toll it’s taken connected them because I deliberation that will return a toll connected me.'

The Australian does not judge nan guidance would person been truthful fierce if she was a man. 'I would person very quickly been fixed nan (maverick) title and group would person rallied down maine a batch more,' she insisted.

But, contempt each nan mockery, nan 37-year-old said she stays affirmative by keeping a postulation of funny photos and clips. 

'My friends were each sending them to maine and I loved it,' she added. 'I loved nan group laughing pinch maine because, yeah, I was doing immoderate wacky stuff. I cognize that.'