According to ABC News: For U.S. Olympic gymnasts Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber, the pressure is off and it’s time for some well-deserved pampering.

It has been an exciting ride for Jordyn and Gabby, two members of the gold medal-winning “Fabulous 5″ of U.S. gymnastics.

Gabby, nicknamed “The Flying Squirrel,” walked into history when she became the first African-American to win the individual all-around gymnastics competition at the Olympics. She also won a gold medal with her team.

All of a sudden, she is a superstar.  She’s picked up a few new nicknames, including “Gabylicious,” “Gabulous” and “Golden Gabby.”

Everyone wants to take a picture with her, and privacy now comes at a premium.

“Everyone knows you now … we can’t go anywhere now,” she said in an interview with ABC News‘ Cecilia Vega at the Procter & Gamble U.S. Family Home in London. “They’re like, ‘Can we have a photo? An autograph?’ When we’re eating, it’s kind of awkward.

“We’re eating and we’re kind of smiling and we have food in our mouth,” Gabby said, laughing.

But being in the spotlight has meant exposing herself to public criticism. When Gabby was competing and focused on her routines, some viewers were focusing on — and disparaging — her hair.

“I’ve just got to say, they have no idea what they’re talking about,” she said. “What? Do you want me to wear it down?

“Me and my mom were joking, ‘What, do you want me to throw on some hoops in there?’” she said, laughing.

Her mother, Natalie Hawkins, said the comments made her angry.

“I’m thinking, ‘Who says that about a 16-year-old child?’” Hawkins said.

Gabby might be young, but she stands to rake in a lot of money on endorsements. For a family that struggled financially to support her – Hawkins filed for bankruptcy earlier this year – that payday can’t come soon enough.

“I looked up at that scoreboard and saw her name in first place. I couldn’t contain myself because all of the years, sacrifice, struggles. The victories, even that she’s had competing, it was overwhelming,” she said.

At age 14, Gabby left her mother in Virginia Beach and moved to Iowa to train with the best. Gabby said her father, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, was often absent.

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