Olympian Chloe Kim Talks Twitter, Sponsorships | CNBC

CNBC's Carl Quintanilla speaks with Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder Chloe Kim about her Twitter usage during competition, being a Korean-American and her various sponsorships.
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Olympian Chloe Kim Talks Twitter, Sponsorships | CNBC

[@joen.8364]

What a mature and intelligent young woman.

[@edwu8253]

This girl is amazing👍

[@rortiz77]

She’s so adorable, bless her!!!

[@65Sherbear]

you go, girl. :-) awesome socal represent!

[@kyle6920]

Shes super chill

[@HowardSantiago-qn4kv]

shes from SoCal , yeah. Congrats Chloe. USA

[@MatthewGonzales77]

Chloe Kim your awesome !! Best post Gold medal interview ever !!! 🍦🥇🥇🥇

[@sydneymcwhinney5302]

Chloe Kim just won a gold medal in the Olympics and we're talking about Alexa vs Siri! You spent this much money on being there to get this interview and you ask questions that I could google? If you watched the Olympic qualifying and follow the sport, you already know she's a Korean American. At this point she's been asked about it so many times. "I don't know, I don't have much to say about that, but yea." Can we focus on how much of an amazing athlete she is? The entire reason for being there.

[@TM-li7bl]

Congress for second gold Chloe❤️

[@ReadyOrNot_HereICome]

Thank you for being so awesome Chloe!! So inspiring!! Hope you had a lot of fun from Korea!!

[@blackhole4466]

Why was every question an attempt to destroy her future? Not one question about how she was enjoying the Olympics or what she's taking away from her Olympic experience.

[@conceptcs]

you go girl!

[@katrina231]

She has the CUTEST smile

[@racecar9910]

He tries to politicize the interview and fails

[@sainimitchell4224]

What a sweet, beautiful young lady!!

[@lz7637]

she's so cool!

[@myrnadeperiolafauci7873]

America is a better place with you in it Chloe Kim! YOu are a breath of fresh air!More accomplishments for you to come!

[@ratchl]

Omg she’s sooo cute .. ILY

[@SeaBassVEVO]

Rachel Kim Wait, serious question, are you related to her?

[@dayoon8786]

[Deleted] AHAHAHAHHA thanks for making my day :)

[@kbean63]

[Deleted] Doubtful, just about everyone from Korea is named Kim. It's more common than Smith or Jones in the US although maybe not as common as Nguyen in Vietnam.

[@stefanmargraf7878]

Give her a break, man, she is only 17!

[@musicalala]

17 and great! I'm Canadian and appreciate her accomplishments.Hope she stays humble.

[@jmacallan448]

break?

[@lofiguy8136]

Lol, she's so super special talented smart girl

[@erroldtumaque3430]

"you did it yourself or did you tell someone else to do it for you?" what a weird question

[@possiblyicy]

Eh, a lot of celebrities and athletes (especially those with sponsorships and such) have publicists or whoever that may partially or fully manage their social media accounts.

[@Daaaanielle]

Tons of people in a position like her have a person on their pay roll just to update their accounts. People like Zac Efron and Selena Gomez do. Also, she is 17 and has a few million in sponsorships so I'm actually pretty shocked they let her use those accounts like that. She is really young and can be seen as a risk when there are millions at stake. Execs are paranoid like that.

[@KDD8]

It's because you have gloves and stuff on, sometimes your pals have your phone so you dont smash it to pieces

[@warrior100girl]

don´t be ridiculous. She said in an interveiw, she indeed has a PR-Lady, a Manager. But tbh she is not that dump to post controversial stuff.

[@user-ok6ef9zn4f]

she has handlers

[@johnpossum556]

I liked the Hoda interview better where Chloe's mom said she was a "powerful baby" and Hoda loved it, so original!

[@shirleylew7389]

LUV HER JOURNEY

[@Gabriel-lm7jw]

Go SoCal!

[@billsmith7078]

Good Job Chloe

[@UYZz-ew4ob]

Inspiration

[@bruh_hahaha]

Smart girl. Congrats America.

[@andrewfreeman88]

She sent a Twit all on her own, so Proud of Her lol....

[@JJ-yu6og]

Andrew Debasque hahaha

[@lllill]

What the heck is that background music?

[@africasteel1515]

Asian are smart, working hard, beautiful, best

[@renyaben8551]

Hope all African Americans are listening, she got her mothers work ethics. Dream big and honor Dr King,s dreams. No one born in the US should have any excuse for not moving ahead. Stop listening to Al Sharpton and dream big because the sky should be the limit. We Africans take care of dozens of family members back home and still live the American dream,why not you?

[@yyysns9868]

Wow she looks like a super smart kid

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

"nike or under armour?" the correct answer is whoever pays you more, chloe. #thuglife

[@SunshineSurfsup1]

She’s fun.. :)

[@peterkoh8553]

Jeez give her a break. Ur attempt at getting the kid to make some statement about DACA is lame.

[@davidr2383]

COOL KID

[@tofuyam7361]

y you asking a kid about politics?

[@losangels6893]

Super girl!

[@jennyy8092]

👍

[@CarlosMorales-xl7xd]

she is a baddie

[@paintedbird6791]

Instawitter will be calling

[@BookofJob3XVII]

Congrats Chloe, go USA :)

[@jimmyl1606]

Those questions in the end might of turned down some potential offers. I find those questions about brands dumb...

[@JoeBidensaPed0]

Jimmy L I'm sure she'll lose some sleep over pandora not offering her a sponsorship

[@justhewop]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@akbarshoed]

Spotify?!? Really??!😒

[@MarioUcomics]

I think we could have done without the overly dramatic music and just let them talk

[@geryeo1]

Cute funny girl

[@thispak]

HURRY UP AND TURN 18

[@nosnos30]

Instawitter 😂

[@Nick-ps7br]

HULU!?

[@MassDynamic]

Bad questions. Twitter ain't even that interesting

[@monish9951]

stupid rapid-fire questions at the end.

[@marssilvergold3967]

Already more qualified than trump

[@thetrooper4183]

he asks her about being an immigrant? why do they always leave the word legal out?

[@KDD8]

She looks like my next girlfriend

[@beenthesun]

부모가 둘 다 한국인인데 미국 시민권이라... 참나원

[@ReadyOrNot_HereICome]

부모가 미국으로 이민가서 미국에서 클로이가 태어났으니 미국시민권 받는 거고 한국시민권도 미국은 인정할 수 있어. 한국이 중복국적 인정안하니깐 못하는거지. 진짜 개찌질한 ㅅㅋ

[@MrSlowPaper]

She can get half of this pipe..........

[@Pensive_117]

What does that mean?

[@dstorm7752]

Dumb question with the juvenile word "amazing" from Carl. And these Olympic athletes tend to be airheads looking to cash in on sponsorships. Wonder what Chloe knows, say, about the Federalist Papers?

[@portal2passion]

Me wuv yoo wong tyme fukee sukee onwee fi dowaa

[@duckcluck123]

Its interesting she calls herself "korean american" My mother moved from france to the US in her 20s, but i would never called myself "french american", im a full red blooded american. I also have a friend whos parents are from lebanon, but he will never refer to himself as "lebanese american"

[@Matae2k]

duckcluck123 maybe she cares about her roots? Is that racist? Ppl have the littlest things to complain about I swear

[@duckcluck123]

Matthew Kim Never said she was racist. And she has every right to call herself that. I was just making an observation and questioning why some feel the need to do that while others dont. What compels her to identify that way

[@peachsuho3273]

Man, people just want to complain about everything. Even if she did refer to herself as American, there will be another person complaining she isn't actually American but Korean-American. Get a job rat

[@jjoo2216]

I don't really know. It's just thing. I'm Korean-american and I tend to say I'm Korean or American, but Korean-Americans say Korean-American a lot. I think it's a pride of your roots kinda thing. I've never really thought about whether other people say French-American or Lebanese-American, that's interesting.

[@orenji196]

It’s because Asians don’t look white and people ask what are we so we are required to say Korean American all the time. No one is gonna ask a French person “what are you” in America. Obviously they’re white/European. Asian people are always having to explain to people which Asian they are because they’re always being asked. Being French American is not the same experience in the US as being Asian American or someone who isn’t white. it reminds you you’re different and you’re not the average “American” so you get used to saying what you are. No one is gonna look at a white person in the US and say “where r u from?” They assume you’re American. They look at an Asian and they say “yeah but where r ur parents from?” That make sense?