Simone Biles’ teammates back her MyKayla Skinner shade after Paris Olympics 2024 win
Simone Biles’ teammates have her back.
When the athlete celebrated the women’s gymnastics team’s 2024 Paris Olympics win Tuesday with an Instagram dig at MyKayla Skinner, her fellow Team USA members took to the comments section to chime in.
Biles’ shady social media upload came weeks after Skinner, who retired after taking home a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, blasted Jade Carey, Jordan Chile, Hezly Rivera and Suni Lee’s lack of “talent and depth.”
She said in a since-deleted YouTube video earlier this month that “besides Simone … the girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
Biles’ referenced the critical review in her Instagram caption, which read, “lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions ❤️🥇🇺🇸.”
Rivera, 16, gushed that she was “so proud” of Biles, while Chiles, 23, commented, “And that’s on periodt!!”
As for Lee, the 21-year-old reposted the upload to her Story, writing, “Put a finger down if simone biles just ended you 🖐🏼.”
Many of Biles’ followers joked that the eight-time Olympic medalist deserved an additional award just for the diss.
While Skinner, 27, has yet to respond to the clapback itself, she did share a photo of Team USA via Instagram Stories with heart emojis.
Her fellow retirees have been vocal with their support of Biles, with McKayla Maroney’s scathing comment going viral.
“It doesn’t get more iconic than this,” the 28-year-old wrote. “She f’d around n found out fr. Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name.”
Nastia Lukin called Biles’ post a “micdrop” moment, with Laurie Hernandez adding, ““LMAOOOO.”
Biles’ husband, Jonathan Owens, echoed Maroney when he commented, “F AROUND AND FIND OUT.”
“F.A.A.F.O.” is the team’s name, his wife shared with Aly Raisman in a Tuesday interview.
Biles, who made history with Tuesday’s win and now holds the record as the most-decorated gymnast, later clarified on X that they are the “golden girls” because they’re the “oldest Olympic team.”
