“Take Any Freebies They Want to Give”- Fans React as 25-Year-Old Simone Biles Gets Mistaken for a Child on Flight
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TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Simone Biles of Team United States reacts during the Women’s Team Final on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
People recognize celebrities easily in public spaces. Most people even approach them to greet or click a selfie with them. Similarly, most people recognize Simone Biles when they see her in public. However, sometimes they fail to, as the most decorated gymnast found out recently.
The gymnast was returning from Washington after receiving the highest civilian honor when she faced an embarrassing situation. She even posted about the incident on her Instagram story.
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Simone Biles shared an Instagram story regarding a recent mix-up
Biles recently received the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. The list included 16 other personalities who have achieved great heights in their respective fields. Everything went smoothly during the award ceremony. However, she faced a slightly embarrassing situation when boarding the return flight.
While boarding, the flight attendant handed her a coloring book. The attendant did not recognize the celebrated athlete and mistook her for a kid. Biles has a short stature, standing at 4’8”. Therefore, it must have been a gaffe on the flight attendant’s part.
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USA’s Simone Biles in the Women’s Beam Final at Ariake Gymnastic Centre on the eleventh day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. Picture date: Tuesday August 3, 2021. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
However, it must have been embarrassing for Biles as the gymnast shared the incident as a story on her Instagram account soon after boarding the flight. The caption read, “Not the flight attendant trying to give me a coloring book when I board….. I said ‘no I’m good I’m 25.’ ”
The story featured a photo of the athlete inside the flight wearing a smirk. It left the seven-time Olympic medalist seemingly flustered by the incident. Soon after she posted the story, the incident spread like wildfire on social media. And it found its way to Twitter in no time.
Twitter users reacts to Biles’ embarrassing incident
The community cannot get enough of the gaffe. And it has resulted in some hilarious results from Twitter users. However, not all tweets on the platform were funny, as some users tweeted some rude comments about the athlete. Let’s check how Twitterati reacted to the story.
Given what flights cost these days… take any freebies they want to give you!
— Matthew Isak 🐜 (@MatthewIsak) July 12, 2022
She’s 4’8”. I’m sure it happens a lot.
— La Cosa Knowlestra (@knowlestra) July 12, 2022
I wish I were that lucky. Coloring books would really help those long flights.
— Jeff Wurtz (@JeffWurtz1) July 12, 2022
I wish all flight attendants were that nice. I’ve never been offered a coloring book on a flight!
— Godfather (@ID_As_Normal) July 12, 2022
They should give coloring books to everyone. Plus different colors of crayons to different people. People could share and laugh and interact, rather than stare at their phones and grumble for four hours at a time. The flights would be nicer.
— Constance1916 (@Constance191611) July 12, 2022
Naturally, many tweets were regarding the age of the athlete:
Yeah she hates that now, but when she gets older she won’t 🤣
— TANSTAAFL believes inflation is higher than 8.6% (@Born2Ponder) July 12, 2022
She’ll appreciate that more in 25 years!
— Pat Melinchuk Foster 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@PatMelinchuk) July 12, 2022
25 years from now, she'll miss being mistaken for a child
— M (@Mikejku) July 12, 2022
Simone should celebrate… we all wished we could look younger😊
— Sue Bechtol (@SueBechtol) July 12, 2022
she will love it when she's 36+yrs old getting carded.
— Lisa Zimmerman (@Twang1776LZ) July 11, 2022
However, some even came to the flight attendant’s defense:
I really do hope she wasn’t offended. I’m sure the Flight Attendant was very embarrassed and meant no harm.
— Jerry (@jl19682015) July 12, 2022
But not all tweets were positive, some were plain rude:
She quit on the coloring book halfway too?
— ConservativeMao (@ConservativeMao) July 11, 2022
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Should’ve given her a book on not being a quitter.💁🏼♂️
— Governor Dill (@TheGreenOldDill) July 11, 2022
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Manaal Siddiqui