After catching flack for her since-deleted YouTube video, MyKayla Skinner asks Simone Biles to speak to cyberbullies on her behalf.
Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner is speaking out after catching heat for comments she made in a since-deleted YouTube video in which she seemingly shaded Simone Biles‘ Olympic teammates.
The 27-year-old took to her Instagram on Tuesday to directly ask Biles to reprimand the cyber bullies who have attacked her on social media for the viral comments she made last month about the future champions‘ lack of “work ethic.”
“I sincerely hoped that this topic wouldn’t need to be revisited but unfortunately things have really gotten out of hand lately. And it’s one thing to disagree with me regarding something I have said or a point I was trying to make, but it’s something else entirely when that turns into cyberbullying or even worse,” Skinner said in her Instagram video. “Watching people cheer on the bullying — which has led to threats of physical harm to me my husband and our daughter — is disgusting. So please at this point, I’m just asking for it to stop for the sake of my family because enough is enough.”
She continued: “About four weeks ago, I made a comment about work ethic and what seems to be taking pace with the rising generation. To be totally clear, I take 100 percent responsibility for poorly articulating the point I was trying to make and the last thing I wanted was to cause harm or offend our U.S. Olympic team. I know these women are incredible — the very best of the best — and almost all of them are my former teammates who I have enjoyed very much cheering on the last few years.”
