"IT'S A BIT MUCH,"
"So, I know today whatever pictures, videos being taken of me is going to be all over the internet for the next couple of days,"
"My stuff stays viral for days and days and days. I just be like 'Yo, are you guys not done yet?' Oh my god,"
"People just like me, or don't like me, I don't know, but they're obsessed with my lifestyle,"
"Me and Pap together -- I am a professional world champion; he's one of the best rappers -- it's fascinating to them and the littlest stuff be viral."
Claressa Shields prepares for a ringside appearance at Madison Square Garden and converts a room in her boyfriend Papoose's New Jersey apartment into a personal salon. She expects intense online attention and viral coverage of her appearance and lifestyle. Shields follows disciplined training and diet habits, including shadowboxing at a gym and eating fish, rice and spinach before getting ready. She makes deliberate makeup and wardrobe choices, favoring shimmer and bold colors, and notes public fascination with her relationship with Papoose. Shields won Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016 and spent more than a decade grinding in relative obscurity before rising to prominence.
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