MyKayla Skinner is pleading with Simone Biles to “put a stop” to cyberbullying.
One week after Biles made headlines for dissing her former teammate in an Instagram caption celebrating her 2024 Paris Olympics win, Skinner issued a response.
“I love our country and don’t want to take anything away from our athletes,” the 27-year-old captioned an Instagram video Tuesday. “Let’s use this time to build each other up, not tear others down ❤️🇺🇸.”
MyKayla Skinner reacted to Simone Biles’ 2024 Paris Olympics diss.Getty Images
Skinner issued an Instagram response on Tuesday.mykaylaskinner2016/Instagram
Skinner, who said that Biles’ teammates — Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Hazyl Rivera — lacked work ethic in a June YouTube video, explained that she has received threats toward herself, her husband, Jonas Harmer, and their 10-month-old daughter, Charlotte.
“Watching people cheer on the bullying … is disgusting,” she said. “So please at this point, I’m just asking for it to stop for the sake of my family because enough is enough.”
She asked Biles to “put a stop” to cyberbullying.AFP via Getty Images
The retired gymnast said she has received “disgusting” comments.Getty Images
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Skinner alleged that she apologized to the women and received a response from Biles, who said she was “proud” of her.
“You guys can imagine my surprise last week when I was celebrating our team winning gold just to see this brought up all over again by a caption on an Instagram post,” Skinner continued.
In the upload in question, Biles sarcastically referred to her gold medal-winning team “lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions.”
Skinner said that her family members have received death threats.Mykayla Skinner
She appealed to Biles as a “champion of mental health awareness.”Getty Images
Skinner said, “If Simone truly believes that I called our team lazy and lacking talent and if that’s really how she feels, I am really heartbroken over it.
“But not just heartbroken because it isn’t what I feel or even how I previously said, but because Simone’s latest post and others that followed it fueled another wave of hateful comments, DMs, articles and emails,” she noted before addressing Biles directly.
“I am asking you directly and publicly to please put a stop to this,” she begged. “Please ask your followers to stop.”
Biles has yet to respond.Getty Images
Biles competing at 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 5.Europa Press via Getty Images
She pointed out that Biles has been “an incredible champion for mental health awareness,” concluding, “A lot of people need your help now. We’ve been attacked in ways that I’m certain you never intended.”
Biles’ rep did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The most-decorated Olympic gymnast, 27, previously tweeted that she had been “blocked” by Skinner.
Biles does floor routine on Aug. 5 at 2024 Paris Olympics.Getty Images
Biles competes on balance beam at 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 5.Getty Images
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Chiles, 23, confirmed this with an Instagram Story photo.
Many former Olympic gymnasts rallied behind Biles at the time, with McKayla Maroney writing via Instagram that Skinner “f[–ke]d around and found out.”
The 28-year-old joked, “Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name.”
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