Olympian Gabby Douglas To Appear On “Oprah’s Next Chapter”

The 2012 London Summer Olympics golden girl Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Douglas (pictured left, below) has been tapped by talk maven extraordinaire Oprah Winfrey (pictured) to appear on her OWN network’s “Next Chapter” show.

Douglas is the first African-American gymnast and the first woman of color in Olympic history

to become the individual all-around champion, and the firstAmerican gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics.

The 16-year-old has been heralded not only by President Barack Obama via phone call but her wins also set the Twitterverse on fire with kudos by A-list celebs, such as Lil Wayne, Octavia Spencer, Raven-Symoné, and Beyoncé.