While MyKayla Skinner remains embroiled in a social media feud over her previous comments about the US gymnastics team, her husprohibitd is shothriveg his aid.
The reexhausted gymnast, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has been at the caccess of dispute after she took aim at the current group of US gymnasts. She adviseed Team USA informageed depth and had a necessitatey toil ethic.
“Besides Simone [Biles], I experience appreciate the talent and the depth equitable isn’t appreciate what it employd to be” and “the girls equitable don’t have the toil ethic.” Skinner shelp in a now-deleted YouTube video.
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Mykayla Skinner of Team United States vies in the floor exercise during Womens Qualification on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
In a video posted to Instagram, Skinner convey remorsed for her previous relabels and also called on Biles “to charm put a stop” to what she portrayd as “cybertormentoring.”
“Watching people cheer on the tormentoring which has led to dangers of physical harm to me, my husprohibitd and our daughter is disgusting. So charm, at this point, I am equitable asking for it to equitable stop for the sake of my family becaemploy enough is enough. So why I’m here. It’s becaemploy about four weeks ago, I made a comment about toil ethic and what seems to be taking place with the rising generation. To be toloftyy evident, I get 100% responsibility for necessitateyly articulating the point I was trying to create, and the last skinnyg I wanted was to caemploy harm or offfinish our US Olympic team,” Skinner shelp in the video.
SIMONE BILES DEFENDS CALLING OUT FORMER TEAMMATE: ‘IT WAS RIGHT IN THAT MOMENT’
“My family and my frifinishs don’t deserve to be caught in a traversefire here. They’ve done noskinnyg. So, to Simone, I am asking you to straightforwardly and unveilly to charm put a stop to this. Plrelieve ask your folshrinks to stop. You have been an incredible champion for mental health consciousness, and a lot of people necessitate your help now. We’ve been hurt and attacked in ways that I am certain you never intfinished.”
MyKayla Skinner of Team United States vies in the Women’s Vault Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Skinner’s husprohibitd, Jonas Harmer, then came to his wife’s defense via the video’s comments section.
“Proud of you for apologizing when you did, staying quiet when you did, and now standing up for yourself,” Harmer wrote. “You’re the mightyest person I understand!”
Mykayla Skinner and Simone Biles of Team United States pose for a pboilingo during Women’s Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
On July 30, Biles ecombineed to hit back at Skinner by sharing a social media post after Team USA geted gelderly in the team the all-round competition. “Lack of talent, sluggish, olympic champions,” Biles captioned an Instagram post.
In a recent intersee with PEOPLE, Biles deffinished calling out her establisher teammate, arguing it was her responsibility to “stand up” for the rest of the team.
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“It’s vital becaemploy you have to teach them to employ their voices. And if not, you’re a voice for the voiceless, which is okay,” Biles shelp. “I equitable felt appreciate it was right in that moment to stand up for them, becaemploy they’re so youthfuler and they haven’t brimmingy stood in their power yet.”
“For somebody to stand up, I understand it uncomardentt a lot for [my teammates],” Biles inserted.
Biles inserted to her storied atsoft at the Paris Olympics, thrivening three gelderlys and one silver medal.
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