Simone Biles is a young Texas girl who achieved international fame via her outstanding performances in the discipline of gymnastics. The four-time Olympic gold medalist constantly has a broad smile on her face. However, if she encounters any commentary or criticism regarding body shaming, she may not shy away from revealing her activist side.

Biles expresses her views clearly and is not shy about sharing her ideas and opinions with her teammates. The gymnastics champion doesn’t hold back on speaking what she feels is right. It brings to mind a moment when the legendary gymnast flamboyantly responded to her retired compatriot gymnast, Gabby Douglas’ tweet against women’s clothing.

Simone Biles fires a tweet as a response to Gabby’s

Gabby Douglas, a retired gymnast, is the first African American to become the Olympic individual all-around champion. A tweet that the two-time Olympian made preaching how women must dress brought a storm of criticism and backlash, specifically from her counterparts.

She said in the then-deleted tweet, “however it is our responsibility as women to dress modestly and be classy. Dressing in a provocative/sexual way entices the wrong crowd.”  Simone lashed at her.

Simone responded to the tweet by saying, “shocks me that I’m seeing this but it doesn’t surprise me..honestly seeing this brings me to tears.” She expressed her disappointment that she had expected more support from her, as she was their teammate. The gymnastics legend also said that she supported Aly and all the other women out there.

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It came in the light of Aly Raisman confirming that USA Gymnastics doctor Lawrence G Nassar sexually abused her. She wrote, “What is wrong with some of you? AND when a woman dresses sexy it does not give a man the right to sexually abuse her EVER.” Furthermore, she said that just because a woman did a sexy photoshoot or wore a sexy outfit, it didn’t give a man the right to shame her or not believe her.

Gabby apologizes for her tweet

With recognition comes great responsibility. Biles showed the world that one should be very mindful of their comments or posts. They could have a detrimental effect on people. Simone rightly highlighted the toxicity and tastelessness of the comment made by Gabby, which served as fuel to the burning fire. The issue gained momentum to an extent that Gabby chose to undo her mistake by writing an apology.

Gabby realized it was not the camaraderie expected of her as a teammate. Also, she apologized for not wording her response well. Furthermore, she corrected her comments, saying abuse under any circumstance is never acceptable.

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