Gabby Douglas is sick and bored with all of the bullying, particularly in relation to being in comparison with Simone Biles.
The 28-year-old Olympic legend shared her emotions in a touch upon a TikTok video from a person who asserted Biles changed Douglas because the face of gymnastics. The TikToker went on to say in the 32-second clip that she’s shocked as to how Douglas was “dropped like a bad habit when Simone Biles came on the scene.”
The TikToker questioned, “When was the last time you thought about Gabby Douglas?”
Douglas responded by dropping a remark.
“[T]hat’s ok! constantly being bullied is very tiring and wearing on me,” she wrote. “I just want to live my life and be at peace 🖤 thanks for the love! definitely needed in this world x.”
Douglas, after all, is a three-time gold medalist who competed on the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Video games, and was a member of the celebrated Fierce 5, who captured the hearts and spirits of the world once they gained the crew occasion in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Douglas additionally made historical past as the primary Black girl to win a gold medal within the all-around competitors on the 2012 Olympics in London.
Her feedback come amid Biles being roped in one other beef amongst a fellow Olympian. Earlier this week, former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner took to social media to instantly ask Biles to reprimand the cyber bullies who’ve attacked her for the viral feedback she made final month about the longer term champions‘ lack of “work ethic.” Skinner has since deleted that YouTube video.
“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 stated 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.”
Following Skinner’s preliminary essential feedback, the ladies’s gymnastics crew went on to haul in three gold medals, together with two particular person gold medals for Biles.
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