--- title: Watch Olympian Aly Raisman Keep Calm During Prank on Ellen description: The Final Five gymnast and her famously anxious parents have very different reactions to a scare, as seen in a new clip on 'The Ellen Show.' canonical: https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-07T15:54:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:15.251Z og:title: Watch Olympian Aly Raisman Keep Her Cool No Matter What og:description: Aly and her parents have very different reactions to scare tactics. og:url: https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt815bf9be236e85c1/6988a50d656a3f1472bccff6/aly-raisman-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Olympian Aly Raisman Keep Her Cool No Matter What twitter:description: Aly and her parents have very different reactions to scare tactics. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt815bf9be236e85c1/6988a50d656a3f1472bccff6/aly-raisman-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Keep Cool When Ellen Degeneres Tries to Scare Her  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 7, 2016 3:54 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City.Allen Berezovsky—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 7, 2016 3:54 PM UTC [Aly Raisman](http://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/?iid=sr-link5) is absolutely unshakeable. The two-time Olympian, Final Five gymnastics captain, [and celebrity bestie](http://time.com/4468682/aly-raisman-chrissy-teigen-twitter-friends/?iid=sr-link2) was joined by her [famously anxious parents](http://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/?iid=sr-link6) on _The Ellen Show_ to discuss Raisman’s plans going forward — and to get the real story on those super-stressed photos of Lynn and Rick watching their daughter perform from the Rio audience — only to be interrupted in the middle of their interview with a fright in the form of a man saying “Boo!” (Very original.) Lynn and Rick, who are known for their expressive reactions, were duly shocked. But Aly, as ever, remained cool, calm, and collected. The athlete just doesn’t snap under pressure. This may have come in handy when she delivered some of the most consistent routines of the Games every time she stepped up to compete. Raisman also shared that she’s planning on taking a year off before getting back on the mats and making another go for the 2020 Olympics, as she keeps “getting better with age.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/"},"headline":"Watch Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Keep Cool When Ellen Degeneres Tries to Scare Her","datePublished":"2016-09-07T15:54:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:15.251Z","description":"Nice try, Ellen","url":"https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","entertainment","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt815bf9be236e85c1/6988a50d656a3f1472bccff6/aly-raisman-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt815bf9be236e85c1/6988a50d656a3f1472bccff6/aly-raisman-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals","caption":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Allen Berezovsky—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4481976/ellen-aly-raisman-video/","name":"Watch Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Keep Cool When Ellen Degeneres Tries to Scare Her"}}]}] ```