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Shawn Johnson East is sharing however a celebrated relationship astir flamed out.
The Olympic golden medalist got candid astir her enslaved with chap gymnast Nastia Liukin, with whom she competed connected Team USA successful the 2008 Summer Games successful Beijing.
“Nastia and I were champion friends, training, and astatine the Olympics we were roommates,” Shawn, present 32, told Access Hollywood successful a conception published Nov. 4. “We were 16 and 18 years old. We were kids. I felt similar we were nether the spotlight and scrutiny truthful overmuch to beryllium each other’s top, biggest competitors, and we had figured retired connected the contention level however to beryllium champion friends and competitors.”
However, the pressures of young stardom soon had a antagonistic interaction connected their friendship.
“When the satellite started benignant of interjecting however we should grip it,” the jock continued, “they said we should besides beryllium each other’s worst enemies arsenic well, truthful we didn’t talk for 8 years.”
Eventually, the 2 were capable to reconnect and enactment things out, with a small assistance from their important others.
“Our boyfriends astatine the clip got truthful bushed of proceeding america speech astir each other,” Shawn explained, “that they said, ‘Enough of this, conscionable spell speech to each different again,’ and we did. And ever since then, it’s conscionable been similar we haven’t skipped a beat. We’re each other’s champion friends, biggest supporters and we conscionable emotion each other.”
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After some athletes retired from the athletics successful 2012, Nastia went connected to merchandise her publication Finding My Shine successful 2015 and has been dating Ben Weyand since 2022, portion Shawn has her hands afloat with kids Drew, 4, Jett, 3, and Bear, 9 months, whom she shares with hubby Andrew East.
In September, she told E! News however she and the erstwhile NFL pro negociate their engaged household.
“I consciousness similar we've got a beauteous bully regular going," she said. "We don't bash immoderate screens during the week if we person school. I consciousness similar erstwhile you premix cartoons oregon thing successful with it, for us, it makes it harder. So successful the greeting we'll bash a batch of play time.”
Keep speechmaking to spot Shawn's sweetest household photos.
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Welcome Baby Bear
Shawn and Andrew look with their 3rd baby, son Bear, successful December 2023.
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Baby No. 3
Shawn Johnson East and Andrew East welcomed their 3rd kid connected Dec. 12, 2023.
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Moment With Daddy
The erstwhile NFL subordinate already has a saccharine transportation with babe No. 3.
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Sibling Bonding
The newborn shared a hug with large sister Drew, calved successful 2019, and member Jett, calved successful 2021.
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Bear-y Cute
The gymnast captioned this cute changeable of her thirdborn with the carnivore emoji.
Family of Four
Shawn and Andrew, who tied the knot successful 2016, posed with Drew and Jett. She captioned the 2022 portrait, "Just the Hulk and his family."
A House Divided
For Halloween 2023, the guys chose their fighters arsenic the girls went for magical vibes.
Taking After Dad
"Well… can’t marque this up," Shawn wrote successful August 2022. "Little dude has a caller favourite toy. Giggles, smiles, won’t enactment it down."
Red, White and Baby Blue
The fam was acceptable for fireworks connected July 4, 2022.
Pool Time
Shawn and Andrew relaxed with a aquatics alongside their kids.
Struttin' Her Stuff
Drew modeled her one-piece swimsuit during a household excavation day.
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