Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey has laid into Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles aft they bowed down to Brazil's Rebeca Andrade connected nan podium of nan level final.
On Monday, minutes aft nan results were in, Humphrey, 28, took to X to stock his feelings connected nan 2 Team USA gymnasts hailing Andrade aft she won her first golden badge of nan summer.
Biles and Chiles came respectively successful 2nd and 3rd successful nan event. Andrade had suffered 3 ACL tears successful her profession earlier winning for nan first clip successful Paris. She now has six Olympic medals successful her career, 2 successful golden (Andrade besides won nan vault last successful Tokyo successful 2021).
'This is virtually disgusting,' Humphrey wrote complete SportsCenter's station capturing nan infinitesimal erstwhile Biles and Chiles show emotion to Andrade.
He later faced backlash for his take.
Simone Biles (L) & Jordan Chiles (R) bowed down to Rebeca Andrade aft her triumph successful level final
Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey decried nan sportsmanlike motion connected societal media
'Yeah, because giving personification their flowers who has travel backmost from THREE ACL tears to proceed to beryllium a apical gymnast is disgusting,' a personification connected X shared arsenic a reply to Humphrey's post.
Another Olympic spectator echoed: 'God forbid athletes show respect to a chap jock who has suffered a torn ACL aggregate times.'
Someone other done immoderate said astatine Humphrey, telling him to 'get to a last and triumph something. Then you tin talk.'
'This is virtually beautiful,' a personification pointed retired successful opposition to Humphery's reaction.
The three-time Pro Bowler later said that he felt nan wrath of Brazil fans connected societal media though he seemed to person forgotten that they speak Portuguese successful nan South American country.
'I'm lowkey getting cooked correct now. I deliberation I'm getting cussed retired successful Brazilian connected Instagram lol,' Humphrey shared successful a abstracted post.
Humphrey later faced backlash for his remark connected X, particularly from Olympic fans successful Brazil
Yeah, because giving personification their flowers who has travel backmost from THREE ACL tears to proceed to beryllium a apical gymnast is disgusting.
— Danny Bennett (@RealDannyB) August 5, 2024Get to a last and triumph something. Then you tin talk
— Danilo Lacalle (@danlacalle) August 5, 2024God forbid athletes show respect to a chap jock who has suffered a torn ACL aggregate times
— Food Court Bandit (@NiceKentrell) August 5, 2024This is virtually beautiful
— Terrance A. Sullivan (@TASullivan) August 5, 2024I’m lowkey getting cooked correct now. I deliberation I’m getting cussed retired successful Brazilian connected Instagram lol
— marlonhumphrey.eth (@marlon_humphrey) August 6, 2024Biles vanished nan 2024 Olympics pinch 4 medals, including 3 successful gold, to return her full count to 11.
She besides praised Andrade for her keeping nan barroom precocious successful gymnastics astatine nan Olympics.
'I've ne'er had an jock truthful close,' Biles said astir facing nan Brazilian. 'This decidedly kept maine alert and brought retired nan champion jock successful me. So I'm excited and proud to compete pinch her.
'I've ne'er been truthful stressed before. Thank you, Rebeca.'