Jordan Chiles Confirms Simone Biles Was ‘Blocked’ by MyKayla Skinner After Gold Medal Win

Jordan Chiles confirmed that nan beef betwixt Simone Biles and MyKayla Skinner continued to simmer betwixt nan 2 women erstwhile she posted receipts showing MyKayla had blocked Simone connected Instagram.

“When she blocks Simone,” Jordan, 23, wrote via her Instagram Stories connected Wednesday, July 31, alongside a image of Simone’s phone.

In nan photo, MyKayla’s Instagram relationship pinch a connection that read, “No posts yet,” which is nan societal media platform’s measurement of letting personification cognize they’ve been blocked.

Jordan shared nan photograph soon aft Simone, 27, posted, “Oop [sic] I’ve been blocked,” via X.

This newest information successful nan feud betwixt MyKayla, 27, and Simone came aft she seemed to respond to her 2020 Olympic teammate’s shade pinch a post celebrating nan U.S. women’s gymnasts’ golden badge win.

“Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions,” Simone wrote alongside nan image of herself, Jordan, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera connected Tuesday, July 30.

Fans quickly made nan relationship betwixt Simone’s caption and MyKayla’s comments from June astir this year’s Olympic gymnasts. Several rushed to nan comments pinch their opinions astir nan play betwixt nan women, including Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, Simone’s husband, Jonathan Owens, and golden badge victor Nastia Liukin.

“F AROUND AND FIND OUT,” Jonathan, 29, wrote.

McKayla, 28, added, “It doesn’t get much iconic than this. She f’d astir n recovered retired fr. Feels for illustration I request to apologize conscionable to redeem my first name.”

Nastia, 34, chimed successful with, “Mic drop.”

During nan Olympic tests successful June, MyKayla said astir her determination to not effort retired for this year’s team. However, she besides added immoderate less-than-flattering comments astir nan women who landed spots connected nan team.

“Besides Simone, I consciousness for illustration nan talent and nan extent conscionable isn’t what it utilized to be. I mean, obviously, a batch of girls don’t activity arsenic hard. The girls conscionable don’t person nan activity ethic,” MyKayla said during a YouTube video. “A batch of girls don’t activity arsenic hard. It’s hard, too, because of SafeSport. Coaches can’t get connected athletes which successful immoderate ways is really bully but astatine nan aforesaid time, to get to wherever you request to beryllium successful gymnastics you do person to beryllium … a small aggressive, a small intense.”

Jordan’s mom, Gina Chiles, and Simone some seemed to respond to Mykayla’s remarks astatine nan time.

“Whoa. She really said that retired large and posted it. That’s something,” Gina wrote via X connected July 3.

Simone noted that “not everyone needs a mic and a platform” via Threads connected nan aforesaid day.

MyKayla has since apologized for her comments and claimed that they were “misunderstood.”

“A batch of nan worldly I was talking astir wasn’t ever needfully astir nan existent squad because I emotion and support each nan girls that made it and I’m truthful proud of them,” MyKayla explained via her Instagram Stories nan week of July 5. “It was much astir going backmost into my ain gym and nan activity ethic is different compared to erstwhile we were doing gymnastics successful nan Marta [Karolyi] era.”