Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu tells PEOPLE about the aftermath of finding her long-lost sister, Jen Bricker, and the 'shame' their mom carries, as they premiere their new documentary 'She Looks Like Me'
Sharing their family's painful past in the new documentary 'She Looks Like Me' has "hit me in a way I just was not expecting," Jen Bricker tells PEOPLENatasha Dye is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her previous work appears in The New York Post and Popstar! Magazine."I became extremely vulnerable in this filming process and I couldn't hide it," Moceanu tells PEOPLE of the "emotional rollercoaster.
For Bricker, "hearing my mom talk about my biological mom, and then the adoption scene, or the scene when I was born and they left me at the hospital, I was like, 'Oh, I don't know,' " she says. "It hit me in a way I just was not expecting." Jen Bricker and Dominique Moceanu at the 'She Looks Like Me' premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 11, 2024.Moceanu says she and Bricker are "a lot more open than my family was," which forced the sisters to be delicate with how they shared their story.
"And yet I'm dealing on the other side with not wanting to harm my mother any more than... She's been through a lot, and she's set in her ways at this age, and I never want to hurt her," says Moceanu. "That was never the intent. But I'm dealing with that aftermath behind the scenes all the time, and that is very difficult for me to be in that position constantly.""I was extremely emotional watching them," says Moceanu.
Jones adds, "For me, their story is one of hope, and I believe it will really affect and motivate young viewers in particular — who are facing similar challenges.” to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "I never thought we would both have children that are a year apart," says Moceanu, whose daughter Victoria was born in May 2022. "It's just kind of a wild time to be not only doing this film but also Jen and I are experiencing parenthood again."
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