Current:Home > FinanceOlympics 2024: Simone Biles Reveals She’s Been Blocked by Former Teammate MyKayla Skinner -Wealth Momentum Network
Olympics 2024: Simone Biles Reveals She’s Been Blocked by Former Teammate MyKayla Skinner
View
Date:2025-04-17 11:14:53
Simone Biles is flipping a switch on MyKayla Skinner’s latest moves.
Hours after MyKayla showed her support for the Team USA gymnasts’ latest win at the 2024 Olympics, Simone shared her former teammate has blocked her.
“Oop,” Simone wrote on X, formerly Twitter, July 31. “I’ve been blocked.”
And in case it was unclear just exactly who the 27-year-old was talking about, her teammate Jordan Chiles set the record straight by sharing a snap of MyKayla’s Instagram account under which Jordan wrote, “When she blocks Simone.”
The latest update comes after Simone celebrated her latest gold medal win in Paris, seemingly calling out MyKayla’s previous comments disparaging the rest of the gymnasts on the American team. Alongside a photo of the athletes—including Jordan, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera—Simone wrote on Instagram July 30, "Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions."
Her fellow gymnasts shared some cheeky responses under her Instagram post. “Put a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you,” Suni commented alongside an open palm emoji, while Jordan simply wrote, “And that’s on periodt!!”
Meanwhile, Olympian McKayla Maroney, who competed with Simone at the Summer Games in 2012, also shared her thoughts while celebrating the win. “It doesn’t get more iconic than this,” she wrote. “She f’d around n found out fr. Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name.”
Simon seemingly referenced MyKayla’s reaction to the gymnastics trials. In a now-deleted YouTube video, she said, "Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be."
"A lot of girls don't work as hard," she explained at the time. "The girls just don't have the work ethic."
Her video received intense scrutiny online and the 27-year-old issued an apology, saying that her comments were “misinterpreted or misunderstood.”
"A lot of the stuff that I was talking about wasn't always necessarily about the current team, because I love and support all the girls that made it,” MyKayla said on her Instagram Stories earlier this month. “I'm so proud of them.”
But Simone wasn’t impressed with her apology, sharing on Thread at the time, “Not everyone needs a mic and a platform.”
Now, keep reading to see the U.S. women’s gymnasts spring into action and land on gold at the 2024 Olympics.
Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Jade Carey and Suni Lee celebrated after winning gold.
The Team USA gymnasts had some fun with their medals on the podium after winning the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final.
Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles waved the national flag around the arena to celebrate their win.
The team was all smiles after hearing they had won the gold.
Biles looked confident as she performed her floor routine.
Lee shined during her uneven bars routine.
Biles reacts after finishing her routine on the uneven bars.
Chiles and Biles enjoyed a sweet moment together during the competition.
Biles soared during the vault competition.
Chiles had the best reaction after finishing her routine on the uneven bars.
After falling during her floor routine at qualifiers, Carey returned to the arena for the team finals, where she dominated the vault competition.
Lee delivered a jaw-dropping floor routine for Team USA.
It was another strong performance from Biles on the uneven bars.
After completing her incredible floor routine, Chiles broke down in tears.
Biles hit the balance beam in style.
Jordan Chiles fell while competing on the balance beam, but battled back to finish her routine.
The Olympian's husband Jonathan Owens, who took a break from NFL training camp to fly to Paris, and mom Nellie Biles cheered her on in the crowd.
Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics daily on NBC and Peacock until the summer games end with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.veryGood! (29285)
Related
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Phil Knight, Terrell Owens and more show out for Deion Sanders and Colorado
- BTS star Suga joins Jin, J-Hope for mandatory military service in South Korea
- Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Colombia’s presidential office manipulates video of President Petro at UN to hype applause
- The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?
- Yemen’s southern leader renews calls for separate state at UN
- Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
- California bill to have humans drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- As the world’s problems grow more challenging, the head of the United Nations gets bleaker
- Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of Colorado
- How will the Top 25 clashes shake out? Bold predictions for Week 4 in college football
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- First-of-its-kind parvo treatment may revolutionize care for highly fatal puppy disease
- Risk factor for Parkinson's discovered in genes from people of African descent
- Virginia shooting leaves 4 kids, 1 adult injured: Police
Recommendation
Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
First-of-its-kind parvo treatment may revolutionize care for highly fatal puppy disease
Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows
Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail
Small twin
In Milan, Ferragamo’s Maximilian Davis woos the red carpet with hard-soft mix and fetish detailing
Report: Chicago Bears equipment totaling $100K stolen from Soldier Field
20,000 Toyota Tundras have been recalled. Check if your vehicle is impacted