Simone Biles interrupted her gold medal celebration on Tuesday to give her former teammate a shot… and the trolling was so perfectly executed that more than TWO MILLION people gave it a “like.”
The greatest of all time in gymnastics threw the barb at My Kayla Skinner hours after she, Suni Lee, Jordan peppers It is Jade Carey won the competition in the team final of the Olympics at the Bercy Arena in Paris.
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On IG, she posted four photos of her team celebrating their big win… with the caption: “lack of talent, laziness, Olympic champions ❤️🥇”.
Of course, this is all a reference to controversial comments Skinner made earlier this summer, when she declared in a YouTube video following Team USA’s formation that “aside from Simone, I feel like the talent and depth is not what it used to be.”
Part 1: The gymnastics community cannot let these comments be swept under the rug. I will be as respectful as possible to @meukaylaskinner but instead of engaging in meaningful conversations, she blocks anyone who holds her accountable for her words. photo.twitter.com/Y69pwCxnUG
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“A lot of girls don’t work that hard,” she continued. “Girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
Skinner retracted the comments days later, saying they had all been “misinterpreted”… but Biles and Team USA clearly didn’t forgive the words — as Chiles and Lee signed off on the 27-year-old’s scathing caption.
“Put your finger down if Simone Biles is done with you,” Lee said in the Instagram post.
Chiles added: “And that’s final!!”
Even the former Olympic gymnastics star McKayla Maroney chimed in, writing, “She walked around and found out. Looks like I need to apologize just to get my first name back.”
As of Wednesday morning, the post had nearly 2.5 million “likes.”
For his part, Skinner appeared to offer an olive branch after the podium ceremony… posting an image of the American gymnasts with a few heart emojis.
Biles and Skinner competed together at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Skinner won silver on vault… while Biles — who is now the most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time — won a silver in the team event and a bronze in the balance beam competition.