Simone Bail says she was “right” to call Mikail when the opponent begs her to “stop” intimidation
After the former Olympic gymnast, Mykayla Skinner begs Simon Bilz “stop” in online lonely isolation, Simona said she was “right” to call her for her comments.
After testing the US gymnastics Olympic teams in Minnesota in July, Mikail Skinner published a video on YouTube, who said that the 2024 gymnasts “had no work ethics”, like the team Who came to them, a huge excavation was present in 2020. She continued, “Aside from Simone, I feel like the talent and depth isn’t what it used to be. I realized a lot of the girls just don’t work as hard,” which was very difficult to do, and now the video has been deleted.
In response, Simone Biles appeared to diss the song in an Instagram post celebrating Team USA’s victory, writing, “Lack of talent, lazy Olympic champion.”
Later, Mikayla Skinner took to Instagram to ask Simone Biles to “stop” the cyberbullying she’s been receiving since her comments went viral. But Simone believes she was right to call them out, telling People magazine in an interview: “It’s important, because we have to teach them to speak up. And if they don’t, you’re a voice for the voiceless, and that’s okay.” They are still very young and haven’t shown their true potential yet, so I felt like now was the time to stand up for them. I know it means a lot to my teammates.”
In her full message to Simone, Mikayla explained: “And that’s what I said or what I was trying to do, but when it became cyber fusion or bad, that’s another thing.
“I don’t want to observe how people who have eradicated threats that lead to threat to physical damage, my husband and our daughter, are threatening. So please, for now, I just ask that this stop for the sake of my family, because enough is enough.”
She continued, “If Simone truly believes that I called our team lazy and untalented, and if she truly believes that, then I am truly heartbroken.
“But I am heartbroken, not only because that is not how I feel or even what I have said before, but also because Simone’s latest post and others that followed have sparked a new wave of offensive comments, private messages, articles, and letters. Hatred that includes death threats against me, my family, and even my agent. My family and friends do not deserve to be caught in the crossfire here. They did nothing.
“Simone, I want to ask you directly and publicly: please stop this. Please ask your followers to stop, you are a great advocate for mental health awareness and so many people need your help right now. “We have been attacked in a way that none of you expected at all. Your performance, the team’s performance and the whole Olympic Games should be a time when we support each other. »