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On this episode of Hair Me Out, join tennis icon Coco Gauff and sports journalist and broadcaster Taylor Rooks as they head to the salon for fresh new looks. From the salon chair, the two get candid about hair as a form of self-expression and how it influences their performance.

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Transcript
00:00you can have whatever you like you can have whatever you like
00:10hi i'm coco goth and this is hair me out hello hello how you doing up and down i'm good
00:17look
00:18at all that hair uh it's very thick okay what was the process of like learning how to do it
00:22it was just been trial and error yeah no a lot of youtube a lot of youtube tutorials i knew
00:29you
00:29had a lot of hair yes it was thick yes but the shrinkage is very real shrinkage is real and
00:35it
00:35is a thing and for me i don't mind i know some people you know don't like it it's annoying
00:39but
00:39me i don't really care if i want my hair to like have curls and stuff i'll just do like
00:43a twist out
00:43or like a braid out go to sleep and then when i wake up it's usually pretty much dry and
00:47then i just
00:48undo it and it lasts me about like a week it's so interesting how like when it comes to hair
00:52and
00:52many other experiences black women have such a singular experience yeah so many ever since
00:58joining carol's daughter i like been more open to trying new styles and and things to play with
01:04and i was like okay i want to be that representation especially in my sport of tennis which is not
01:10a lot
01:10of black girls playing i love the carol's daughter origin story yes because so much of it was her mom
01:17encouraging her to begin this line and then when she wrote out a list of all the things that she
01:22was
01:22and wanted to be so much of it was her mom i just think that's really beautiful
01:29what are some characteristics that you are so proud you received from your mom oh from my mom
01:36i think my mom is a very understanding person and i feel like i'm that type of person too my
01:42mom's very
01:42caring and and giving and i think those are the characteristics i got from her that's where i
01:48liked really loved the carol's daughter story because it just again reminds me of my story and
01:54how important family is to be where i am today
02:00so i want to hear the person you met that you were the most surprised most star struck by serena
02:06venus they're my idol so serena she was actually shooting a commercial at the same place i was
02:11practicing saw somebody walking and i thought it was like a stunt double of her or something something
02:14like that looks like serena and she was walking over here and i just kind of didn't pay any
02:18attention to it it was like and then i realized it was her and i was so excited and she
02:22like came
02:22over there to just give me advice and speak to me like i look up to serena too like her
02:27looks and
02:28like her hair and how she always was never afraid to show her curls or her braids and with the
02:33bees that
02:33was so iconic so like for me i was like i want to you know just be as diverse with
02:38my hair as i can be
02:40your hair is such an expression of self i think that we're just all so versatile right we can do
02:46the box braids i've been the locks i've not done the wig i'll do a bob we want everything to
02:51look
02:51good from the hair to fit to the shoes all of it like i love to show like braids i
02:55love to wear my
02:56curls i love all of that because you look good and you feel good and and you feel good about
03:01yourself it
03:02almost makes you perform better oh for sure i don't know you just when you walk on curve with the
03:05outfit
03:06and your hair your braids are fresh and your skin is looking good then you just feel like okay i'm
03:11gonna beat this girl today i'm gonna beat you and you can't beat my outfit and my hair
03:20i want to know the music you're listening to right now i love frank ocean oh and then i love
03:26rihanna
03:26obviously yeah i just love rihanna i love beyonce i love all the girls all the girls yeah oh your
03:31hair
03:31looks amazing bravo i love it bravo you look great no i have not seen myself oh my goodness voila
03:42you
03:44look amazing you look good too okay curls you love the body you love the curls and the volume
03:50you can have whatever you like
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