- Rachael Gunn appeared on the Today show on Monday.
- He also gave a surprise performance at the Tones And I concert.
Australian breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn has admitted she will ‘never be able to process’ one aspect of her fame: the incredible popularity of the Halloween costume based on her Paris Olympics look.
Gunn, 37, has barely been out of the headlines after her routine at the Games made her world famous for all the wrong reasons.
The Sydney resident has since been crowned the world’s number one breaker in controversial circumstances – linked to a move to Australian reality television – and apparently retired before stating that while she will not compete in the Games again Olympics, intends to continue breaking.
Gunn appeared on Channel Nine’s Today show on Monday, shortly after making a stunning appearance on stage with singer Tones And I during a concert at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night.
She told hosts Sarah Abo and Alex Cullen that she still can’t believe the green and gold tracksuit combo she wore while performing in Paris was one of the most sought-after costumes when Americans celebrated Halloween last month.
‘That’s just crazy. “It’s very wild,” Gunn said.
‘It’s still something I’m trying to process and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to fully process it.
“It wasn’t on my bingo card this year as it was the number one Halloween costume; I just wasn’t expecting it.”
Gunn was stunned by the popularity of the Halloween costume which is based on her green and gold look from the Paris Olympics (pictured).
The 37-year-old took to the stage again on Saturday night when she made a stunning appearance at a Tones and I concert in Melbourne (pictured).
The B-girl said she will never stop breakdancing as she clears up reports that she had announced her retirement last week.
NFL star Camryn Bynu (pictured, center) imitated Raygun’s routine when he scored a touchdown on Monday morning Australian time.
His popularity in the United States was underlined on Sunday when Minnesota Vikings NFL star Camryn Bynum performed parts of his infamous routine when celebrating a touchdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The B-girl also took pains to clear up any confusion over whether she had retired from breaking after making headlines with her radio comments last week.
“It’s not a decision I made,” he explained.
“I was talking on 2DAY FM about how I’m not going to participate in certain competitions anymore, which didn’t seem like a big deal to me because breaking won’t be in the Olympics (2028) anyway, but I’m still going to be part of Community Jams or I would like to go to community jams and continue dancing and relaxing.
“I never used the word retire, but you know, it just became popular in the news cycle…I’m not retiring!”
‘Honestly, try to stop me. I’ll never stop dancing, so if you hear that again, you’ll know it’s not the truth.’
When asked to compare the experience of dancing with Tones and I to the Paris Games, Gunn joked, “I tried to get them to use the confetti cannons at the Olympics, but for some reason they just wouldn’t agree.”
“But the energy in that stadium was amazing and of course I didn’t have the same level of pressure that I had on the Olympic stage, so (it was) completely, completely different.”
When Cullen asked him why he dances, Raygun replied, “I love dancing, it just makes me feel good.”
“I feel free when I move and when I express myself, even if I’m being a complete idiot in my living room – or if I’m doing my best on the world stage – it’s something I can never stop doing.
‘For me, breaking up is a culture, it’s a community, it’s a lifestyle. “You can’t withdraw from culture, you can’t withdraw from an art form, that’s why I’m never going to stop.”