McKayla Maroney thinks ‘Not Impressed’ NFT will sell for over $1 Million

McKayla Maroney thinks ‘Not Impressed’ NFT will sell for over $1 Million

McKayla Maroney is entering a new profession.

The 25-year-old gold medal-winning gymnast recently launched The McKayla Collection on the NFT marketplace OpenSea starting at 15 Ethereum (worth approximately $47,776). She thinks her auction will sell for over $1 million.

“There really has been a gap in sports and capturing iconic moments like that,” Maroney told TMZ Sports at Enso Art Gallery & Studio in Malibu, Calif. “And to put my meme out, I’m just so excited to do that because it’s something that meant a lot to me and it really changed my life.”

The listing includes digital art of Maroney’s “Not Impressed” meme made famous at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after Maroney won a silver medal.

It also comes with a private gymnastics lesson, a Twitter follow, a meet-and-greet and a signed copy of her upcoming book.

“In honor of the 2021 Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team wrapping up their competitions in Tokyo, I’m releasing my 1/1 Not Impressed meme,” the description of the auction states. “This will be the only one of its kind ever minted.”

NFT stands for non-fungible token, meaning the currency is unique. NFTs are one-of-a-kind pieces of digital art – including trading cards, music, AI or drawings – with intrinsic value that can be collected.

Ethereum is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Bitcoin. Initially released on July 30, 2015, it is the most actively used blockchain.

McKayla Maroney Selling ‘Not Impressed’ NFT, Expects To Rake In 7 Figures

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McKayla Maroney is selling an NFT featuring her “Not Impressed” meme – one of the most memorable moments in Olympics history – but it could run you 7 figures!!

Sure, it ain’t cheap … but what’d you expect from such an iconic moment?!

TMZ Sports caught up with the gold medalist at Enso Studio art gallery in Malibu … where we asked Maroney about the release of the NFT.

“There really has been a gap in sports and capturing iconic moments like that. And to put my meme out, I’m just so excited to do that because its something that meant a lot to me and it really changed my life,” Maroney says.

Of course, McKayla was photographed looking anything but impressed after winning the silver medal in the vault at the 2012 Olympics. The image went crazy viral.

The 2x Olympic medalist even met then-President Obama … and they took a picture together doing the “not impressed” pose.

“I think it just stands for being imperfect is okay. And to be not impressed, even the President [Obama] said he is not impressed sometimes.”

It wasn’t just politicians … a bunch of A-list stars like Miley Cyrus also hopped on the bandwagon.

Now, you can own the NFT.

But, you won’t just get the iconic image … Maroney says she’s also throwing in a private gymnastics lesson AND a copy of her soon-to-be released book.

The auction is currently live at OpenSea … and has a starting bid of 15 Ethereum (crypto) – which converts to around $47k.

But, McKayla tells us she expects the NFT to bring in a whole lot more … saying she could easily see it smashing the million dollar mark.

If you’re doing the math at home … that’s about 318 Ether.

McKayla Maroney says she competed with broken foot at 2012 Olympics, was left ‘alone, naked, with Larry Nassar on top of me’

“When I was under ‘your care’ in Tokyo [for the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships] competing for Team USA at 15, and my parents weren’t allowed to stay in my hotel, or see me in person… When I was all alone, naked, with Larry Nassar on top of me for 50min balling. [Whose] fault is that?” she wrote in another tweet.