MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles are not on good terms, Jordan Chiles confirmed. One day after Team USA won gold at the Paris Olympics, Jordan, 23, shared a photo of a phone screen, revealing that MyKayla, 27, had blocked Simone, 27, on Instagram.
“When she blocks Simone,” Jordan wrote across the image via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 31. One day prior, Simone seemingly threw shade at MyKayla in an Instagram post while celebrating their team victory.
“Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,” the GOAT of gymnastics captioned the post. Although she didn’t mention her former teammate’s name, fans believed that Simone was subtly calling out MyKayla over her past remarks about current gymnasts.
— MyKayla Skinner (Harmer) (@mykaylaskinner) July 6, 2024
In June, a video went viral of MyKayla criticizing modern gymnasts over their lack of “talent” and “work ethic.”
“Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be,” MyKayla said in the clip. “Just notice, like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
The former Olympian clarified that her comments were “not necessarily about the current team.” Additionally, MyKayla noted that the modern “work ethic is different compared to when we were doing gymnastics in the Márta [Károlyi] era.” Márta was the main coordinator for U.S. Olympic gymnasts and is known for her strict coaching methods.
“And I’m not sticking up for Márta or saying what she did was good, I’m just saying it was different,” MyKayla added. “So anyway, sorry for anything that got out of context or seemed hurtful. That is never my intention. And seriously, throughout the video, I was so pumped for the girls, and it was so fun watching trials and doing a live with everybody.”
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MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles are not on good terms, Jordan Chiles confirmed. One day after Team USA won gold at the Paris Olympics, Jordan, 23, shared a photo of a phone screen, revealing that MyKayla, 27, had blocked Simone, 27, on Instagram.
“When she blocks Simone,” Jordan wrote across the image via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 31. One day prior, Simone seemingly threw shade at MyKayla in an Instagram post while celebrating their team victory.
“Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,” the GOAT of gymnastics captioned the post. Although she didn’t mention her former teammate’s name, fans believed that Simone was subtly calling out MyKayla over her past remarks about current gymnasts.
— MyKayla Skinner (Harmer) (@mykaylaskinner) July 6, 2024
In June, a video went viral of MyKayla criticizing modern gymnasts over their lack of “talent” and “work ethic.”
“Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be,” MyKayla said in the clip. “Just notice, like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
The former Olympian clarified that her comments were “not necessarily about the current team.” Additionally, MyKayla noted that the modern “work ethic is different compared to when we were doing gymnastics in the Márta [Károlyi] era.” Márta was the main coordinator for U.S. Olympic gymnasts and is known for her strict coaching methods.
“And I’m not sticking up for Márta or saying what she did was good, I’m just saying it was different,” MyKayla added. “So anyway, sorry for anything that got out of context or seemed hurtful. That is never my intention. And seriously, throughout the video, I was so pumped for the girls, and it was so fun watching trials and doing a live with everybody.”
