Eileen Gu Cashes In
The winningest female Jeopardy contender and the historic first female four-star admiral are both men, but at least the highest earning female athlete ever really is a woman, if it turns out to be Eileen Gu. Unfortunately, Gu is also a moonbat, who betrays her own country to side with a communist dictatorship against it:
Gu, 18, first made headlines in 2019 when she announced that she would be competing in the Olympics under the flag of her mother’s home country, China. Gu was raised all of her life in California by an American father and a Chinese mother.
Even Claire McCaskill is disgusted:
“I don’t get it. And never will. I think it is wrong for an American to compete for China.”
The ChiComs are delighted with the propaganda coup this ingrate has handed them. Their state media fawns on her — as does the liberal establishment media here.
As for the human rights record of the regime she chooses to represent in competition against her own country, Genocide Barbie doesn’t want to hear about it:
After winning a major halfpipe contest in Colorado in December, Gu looked distinctly uncomfortable when China’s human rights abuses were mentioned, gave her agent a chance to halt the interview, and then shut it down herself.
“There’s no need to be divisive. I think everything I do, it’s all about inclusivity. And it’s all about making everybody feel as connected as possible,” she said — a dicey choice of words when the enslaved Uyghur Muslims and oppressed Tibetans are harshly punished for trying to “connect” with anyone.
Surprisingly, she didn’t mention diversity and equity, which bookend inclusivity in the DIE triumvirate.
[Gu] describes herself as an “outspoken” advocate for social justice causes, including gender issues, anti-Asian violence, and Black Lives Matter.
She had better not get specific about who is committing the anti-Asian violence. That would undermine the narrative. Annoying either the ChiComs or the liberal establishment would undermine cashing in on her fame:
The sheer number of endorsements the 18-year-old Gu has bagged, even before her recent win, makes her an outlier in China as a marketing force as well as a skier. …
Gu has contracts with more than 30 international and Chinese brands, according to a Wall Street Journal review. The deals span a dizzying array of sectors: luxury watches; cars; clothing; cosmetics; milk; house paint; home appliances; mobile apps; banking; and insurance.
Selling out to communism can produce big profits.
A spokeswoman in China for Kohler, the Wisconsin-based bathroom fixture-and-faucet maker, told The Wall Street Journal it made Gu a brand ambassador in the country because its drive for innovation matched the skier’s “bold spirit.”
By praising her “bold spirit,” they mean that Gu is an ideologically obedient moonbat, like everyone else corporations celebrate these days. Imagine if her spirit were so bold that she criticized the genocide and slavery practiced by the ChiCom regime. Imagine if she dared point out that the liberal establishment narrative that produced hundreds of violent Black Lives Matter riots is a contrived lie meant to keep blacks on the Democrat plantation. Her endorsement deals would dry up faster than spilt Uyghur blood in the Xinjiang desert.
Sports and entertainment marketing experts … estimate that they could put Gu among the ranks of the world’s highest-earning female athletes, such as Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, soaring above the typical ceiling of once-every-four-years Olympic stars. Osaka and Williams made more than $55 million and $35 million, respectively, last year…
Moonbattery ruins the world of normal people, but it can be highly lucrative to those in a position to cash in.
On a tip from Varla.
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