SIMONE Biles is being accused of bullying a teammate.
MyKayla Skinner recently revealed what it was like being teammates with Biles during the Olympics.
Simone Biles has been accused of bullying by MyKayla Skinner[/caption]
Skinner claimed to have been ‘belittled’ by Biles multiple times[/caption]
Skinner made an appearance on Fox News, where she detailed her relationship with Biles.
“Well, throughout my career, there’s been many times where I have been belittled and bullied by Simone and have wanted to keep quiet for the other athletes,” she said.
“And there has been just many times through my Olympic journey and through camps, training, everything that we have gone through have been multiple times where she has come and belittled all of us.
“And I’ve wanted to stay silent through this because she has a huge platform to have people speak up and stand by her side.
“And I have kept quiet to not make any more disruptions through the athletes of college and through the Olympics.”
Skinner also revealed a “big incident” between her and Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“Simone and I had had a conversation and thought things had died down,” she said.
“More had started to play into it throughout the Olympic Games. And I was getting bullied.
“My publicist was also getting bullied, hateful threats, comments and comments on my family and my daughter.
“And I had reached out to Simone personally and got no response. No response from the girls.
“I had reached out to my fellow teammates and friends and got no responses from them as well.”
Skinner shared that she has been a victim of bullying throughout her career.
“And it has been very hard and very difficult,” she said.
“And this is why I wanted to speak out. Obviously, with the Olympics going on, that was a major experience that I went through and very difficult.
“And I want to continue to help cyberbullying come to an end.”
‘Mother hen’ Biles
Simone Biles’ first coach Aimee Boorman exclusively told The U.S. Sun that she thinks Biles will be spurred by a new role this year.
“Having younger teammates benefits her because she has stepped in as the mother hen figure,” said Aimee.
“And so she has to tell them to stay calm. You’ve got this. You’re prepared. And so as she’s saying it, she’s also hearing it.
“You always have tiny kids that come into the gym, but they’re never ripped like Simone was,” she said.
“I know she was very self-conscious about it growing up. But from a coaching perspective, it was great.
“I didn’t think that Simone would be a multi gold medal athlete straight away.
“But she did stand out because she was very tiny, but very muscular.”
This isn’t the only controversy Biles is caught up in right now.
She has been publicly beefing on social media with Riley Gaines over the inclusion of trans athletes in women’s sports.
Biles is a firm defender of trans athletes, and has come to blows with Gaines multiple times.
She even recently sent an apology out to Gaines for personally attacking her on social media.
