{"id":110310,"date":"2024-07-08T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/simone-biles-calls-out-mykayla-skinner-after-us-gymnastics-diss\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:55:09","slug":"simone-biles-calls-out-mykayla-skinner-after-us-gymnastics-diss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/simone-biles-calls-out-mykayla-skinner-after-us-gymnastics-diss\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Calls Out MyKayla Skinner After US Gymnastics Diss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/simone-biles-pregnant-her-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simone Biles <\/a>won\u2019t stand \u2013 or flip or vault or handspring \u2013 for anyone dissing the U.S. Gymnastics team. <\/p>\n<p>Even if they are a former teammate!<\/p>\n<p>Over the July 4th weekend, MyKayla Skinner, a silver medalist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/07\/simone-biles-withdraws-from-olympics-to-focus-on-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 Olympics<\/a>, took some deserved heat after commenting the team headed to Paris wasn\u2019t up to snuff. <\/p>\n<p>This included a not-so-subtle jab from her Simone, who made it clear that not everyone needs to share their opinion. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503449 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1234106298.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US gymnasts Mykayla Skinner (far left), Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum and Jade Carey pose with team members after a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, on July 22, 2021.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by LOIC VENANCE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-simone-biles-shades-mykayla-skinner-after-she-calls-gymnastics-team-not-aggressive-enough\">Simone Biles Shades MyKayla Skinner After She Calls Gymnastics Team Not \u2018Aggressive\u2019 Enough<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cNot everyone needs a mic and a platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s was Simone Biles wrote on July 3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@simonebiles\/post\/C8-tYYwtmXz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a>, without any further comment or dropping any names. But even without calling her out directly, it seemed clear to anyone who was following the drama what Simone was referencing. <\/p>\n<p>A few days earlier, MyKayla Skinner, who stood alongside Simone in the 2020 Olympics, criticized the team headed to Paris\u2019 work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Simone, fellow gymnasts\u00a0Suni Lee,\u00a0Jade Carey,\u00a0Jordan Chiles\u00a0and\u00a0Hezly Rivera\u00a0will\u00a0represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/07\/simone-biles-listen-up-critics-i-didnt-quit-the-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Team USA<\/a>\u00a0in Paris.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"2024 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team\" class=\"wp-image-503450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"2024 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team\" class=\"wp-image-503450 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160019755.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> (L-R) Suni Lee, Simone Biles, Hezly Rivera, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey pose after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women\u2019s Gymnastics Team on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center on June 30, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie Squire\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBesides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn\u2019t like what it used to be,\u201d MyKayla said in a since-deleted YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe girls just don\u2019t have the work ethic,\u201d MyKayla continued, before referencing the\u00a0U.S. Center for SafeSport, a nonprofit organization, helping to end abuse in athletics. \u201cAnd it\u2019s hard too because of SafeSport. Like, coaches can\u2019t get on athletes and they have to be really careful what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich, in some ways, is really good,\u201d she noted, \u201cbut at the same time, to get to where you need to be in gymnastics you do have to be, I feel like, a little aggressive and a little intense.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Simone Biles at the 2024 U.S. Olympic games in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-503451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Simone Biles at the 2024 U.S. Olympic games in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-503451 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159998564.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Simone Biles looks on prior to Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center on June 30, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie Squire\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-mykayla-skinner-apologizes\">MyKayla Skinner Apologizes<\/h2>\n<p>After Simon\u2019s dig, MyKayla responded to the backlash with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gymguyri\/status\/1808708215430885836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a quick video in which she said her comments were misinterpreted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That clearly wasn\u2019t enough to suffice the outcry, so she released a more extensive apology on July 7. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to formally apologize to Team, USA and to our gymnastic community for my comments during my recent YouTube episodes of the gymnastics Olympic trials,\u201d she wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9GKeblSLPT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=ba58ea8e-dc91-4bb3-a80d-918390f648d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cit was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to take away from their hard work. your hard work and dedication has paid off and I congratulate each and everyone of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to explain her comments further, she added that she too is still coming to terms with \u201cthe emotional and verbal abuse\u201d she endured while training under former national team coordinator M\u00e1rta K\u00e1rolyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon reflection, I was comparing the \u201cMarta era\u201d to the current era. I am coming to terms that I have not fully dealt with the emotional and verbal abuse I endured under Marta that perhaps led to my hurtful comments. I take full responsibility for what I said, and I deeply apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, Simone has not responded to MyKayla\u2019s apology \u2013 but maybe she doesn\u2019t have to? She has a lot to focus on now, after all. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA3L3NpbW9uZS1iaWxlcy1zaGFkZXMtbXlrYXlsYS1za2lubmVyLWNvbW1lbnRzLWFwb2xvZ3kv\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles won\u2019t stand \u2013 or flip or vault or handspring \u2013 for anyone dissing the U.S. Gymnastics team. Even if they are a former teammate! Over the July 4th weekend, MyKayla Skinner, a silver medalist in the 2020 Olympics, took some deserved heat after commenting the team headed to Paris wasn\u2019t up to snuff. 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