tyla homepage
tyla homepage
  • News
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Astrology
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Simone Biles' teammate takes shady swipe at MyKayla Skinner following ongoing feud
Home>News
Updated 18:37 1 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 18:28 1 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Simone Biles' teammate takes shady swipe at MyKayla Skinner following ongoing feud

Simone Biles' teammate has gotten involved in the debacle.

Mia Williams

Mia Williams

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover
Featured Image Credit: Naomi Baker/Getty Images/Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Topics: Olympics, Sport, Simone Biles

Mia Williams
Mia Williams

Advert

Advert

Advert

Simone Biles' teammate has joined the ongoing drama between the gymnast and Mykayla Skinner.

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee is next to enter into the spat between Simone Biles and her former teammate Mykayla Skinner.

The beef started when silver medallist Skinner questioned the talent and work ethic of the USA Gymnastics' Olympic team, after not being picked earlier this year.

In a now-deleted video, Skinner said: "...besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be."

Advert

"The girls just don't have the work ethic," she added.

MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles were teammates in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles were teammates in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

She was, however, quick to retract her claims, and swiftly put out an apology defending the sport, in which she said: "I want to formally apologise to Team USA and to our gymnastic community for my comments during my recent YouTube episodes of the gymnastics Olympic trials.

"It was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to take away from their hard work."

But it seems as though the apology didn't feel very sincere to Biles, who has clearly backed her teammates' talent and work ethic all the way.

In retaliation to the hurtful comments, after winning gold with her team, Biles posted a picture of them holding the American flag to Instagram, captioned: "Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions."

But it seems as though Skinner has really taken the joke to heart, after she appeared to block Biles following the post.

Yet another Gold for Team USA! (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Yet another Gold for Team USA! (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Posting a photo of Biles phone on Skinners account, teammate Jordan Chiles wrote: "When she blocks Simone."

And Instagram isn't the only platform she has ridded Biles of.

On X (formerly Twitter), Biles posted: "Oop I've been blocked" with side eye and laughing emojis.

Lee has now taken to the comments section of Biles' original post, where she said: "Put a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you."

Biles' husband and Chicago Bears NFL star, Jonathan Owens, was also in support of the girls, and commented: "F AROUND AND FIND OUT."

But the relationship breakdown is a sad reality for Biles and Mykayla , after they competed together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when Skinner won silver for Team USA on the vault.

Choose your content:

2 days ago
  • Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images
    2 days ago

    Facebook is currently down for millions of users

    A number of people have flocked to social media, reporting issues with the platform

    News
  • Chris Jackson/Getty Images
    2 days ago

    Queen Elizabeth II's secretary says she was 'dumbfounded' by Meghan Markle's claims

    Ailsa Anderson, who worked as the late Queen's press secretary for over 13 years, criticised Meghan's claims about Archie's skin tone

    News
  • Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
    2 days ago

    Donald Trump’s ‘all-American’ diet is really quite something

    The President is renowned for his love of fast food and drinking soda

    News
  • Carl Recine/Getty Images
    2 days ago

    England's World Cup squad issued worrying prediction by psychic who foresaw Covid outbreak

    Nicolas Aujula, a mystic based in London, is also famed for having predicted the Notré Dame fire and the Black Lives Matter movement

    News
  • Olympian gymnast Simone Biles 'almost dies' following alarming medical emergency
  • Simone Biles praised after admitting to plastic surgery but fans still have one question
  • Simone Biles and MyKayla Skinner feud explained as Olympian reveals ex-teammate ‘blocked’ her following savage post
  • Simone Biles breaks silence with apology following feud over trans athletes