Current:Home > ContactOlympics 2024: Simone Biles Reveals She’s Been Blocked by Former Teammate MyKayla Skinner -PureWealth Academy
Olympics 2024: Simone Biles Reveals She’s Been Blocked by Former Teammate MyKayla Skinner
Burley Garcia View
Date:2025-04-11 07:26:35
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! (6)
Related
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- You'll Melt Watching Selena Gomez's Goddaughter Cheer Her on at the 2024 Emmys
- Renowned Alabama artist Fred Nall Hollis dies at 76
- New York officials to release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Microsoft solves 365 outage that left thousands unable to access email, Teams, other apps
- Emmys 2024: See Sofía Vergara, Dylan Mulvaney and More at Star-Studded After-Parties
- Lawsuit says Alabama voter purge targets naturalized citizens
- Family of explorer who died in the Titan sub implosion seeks $50M-plus in wrongful death lawsuit
- Jermaine Johnson injury update: NY Jets linebacker suffers season-ending injury vs Titans
Ranking
- Bodycam footage shows high
- After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons
- Travis Kelce's NFL Suite Features Sweet Nod to Taylor Swift
- Titanic Submersible Passengers’ Harrowing “All Good Here” Text Revealed
- JoJo Siwa reflects on Candace Cameron Bure feud: 'If I saw her, I would not say hi'
- Don't listen to Trump's lies. Haitian chef explains country's rich culinary tradition.
- FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California
- Judge finds woman incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of 3-year-old outside supermarket
Recommendation
North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
'Shogun' rules Emmys; Who is Anna Sawai? Where have we seen Hiroyuki Sanada before?
A Waffle House customer fatally shot a worker, police say
You'll Be Royally Flushed by the Awkward Way Kate Middleton Met Brother James Middleton's Wife
Sonya Massey's family keeps eyes on 'full justice' one month after shooting
Oregon tribe sues over federal agency plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction
Sunday Night Football: Highlights, score, stats from Texans' win vs. Bears
Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media