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While MyKayla Skinner stays embroiled in a social media feud over her earlier feedback concerning the US gymnastics workforce, her husband is exhibiting his assist.
The retired gymnast, who received a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics, has been on the middle of controversy since she took intention on the present group of U.S. gymnasts. She prompt that Team USA lacked depth and had a poor work ethic.
“Besides Simone [Biles], I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be,” and “the girls just don’t have the work ethic.” Skinner mentioned in a now-deleted YouTube video.
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Mykayla Skinner of Team United States competes within the flooring train throughout 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 apologized for her earlier remarks and likewise known as on Biles “to please put a stop” to what she described as “cyberbullying.”
“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 am just asking for it to just stop for the sake of my family, because enough is enough. So, why I’m here. It’s because about four weeks ago, I made a comment about work ethic and what seems to be taking place 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,” Skinner mentioned within the video.
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“My family and my friends don’t deserve to be caught in a crossfire here. They’ve done nothing. So, to Simone, I am asking you to directly and publicly to please put a stop to this. Please ask your followers to stop. You have been an incredible champion for mental health awareness, and a lot of people need your help now. We’ve been hurt and attacked in ways that I am certain you never intended.”
MyKayla Skinner of Team United States competes within the Women’s Vault Final on day 9 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Skinner’s husband, Jonas Harmer, then got here to his spouse’s protection by way of the video’s feedback part.
“Proud of you for apologizing when you did, staying quiet when you did, and now standing up for yourself,” Harmer wrote. “You’re the strongest person I know!”
Mykayla Skinner and Simone Biles of Team United States pose for a photograph throughout Women’s Podium Training forward 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 appeared to hit again at Skinner by sharing a social media publish after Team USA earned gold within the workforce the all-round competitors. “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,” Biles captioned an Instagram publish.
In a current interview with PEOPLE, Biles defended calling out her former teammate, arguing that it was her duty to “stand up” for the remainder of the workforce.
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“It’s important because you have to teach them to use their voices. And if not, you’re a voice for the voiceless, which is okay,” Biles mentioned. “I just felt like it was right in that moment to stand up for them, because they’re so young and they haven’t fully stood in their power yet.”
“For somebody to stand up, I know it meant a lot for [my teammates],” Biles added.
Biles added to her storied profession on the Paris Olympics, successful three golds and one silver medal.
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